A 1959 Ferrari 250GT California Spider has been added to Gooding & Co's 16-17 January Scottsdale auction line-up, and it has a great chance of making more than $10million.
The long wheelbase example is being offered for sale for the first time since it was bought in 1969 by the late Jack Castor, and will be sold with a fantastic collection of photographs. The car is one of just 49 California Spiders to be built in a long wheelbase configuration, and is finished in Rosso Rubino red.
A 1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica swb Coupé Aerodinamico is also a recent addition to the lot list, and is estimated at $4-5m. The 400 is less common than the California Spider, being the 12th of 17 Series 1 cars, in addition to being one of only seven left-hand-drive examples to feature covered headlights.
The Bianco white Aerodinamico was bought by its first owner, Hubert Charpentier, in April 1962 and remained in Paris for much of its earlier life. For a short while, it was in the collection of Cartier president Alain-Dominique Perrin.
The car was restored in 2005 by Bachelli and Villa, earning Ferrari Classiche certification two years later, when it was displayed at Ferrari's 60th anniversary celebration in Maranello.
