Among the most expensive cars ever sold at auction, Ferraris tend to rank near the top. But this one could very well set a new record.
It’s a 1964 Ferrari 275 P – the very one in which Jean Guichet and Nino Vaccarella scored the last ever victory for the Ferrari factory team in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The rare specimen – more closely related to the 250 LM than it is to the 275 GTB – was part of the legendary Bardinon Collection. Owned by the late Pierre Bardinon, the car was kept at the family’s chateau (with adjoining private circuit) at Mas du Clos in central France, alongside so many other notable Ferraris (Le Mans winners especially) that old man Enzo reportedly said he didn’t need to build a factory museum because Bardinon had done it for him.
High praise, and not given idly: Bardinon was said to have owned hundreds of Ferraris over his lifetime, including four 250 GTOs, a 250 Testa Rossa, several other P-series racers, a rare 268 SP prototype, and a 335 S. Bardinon and his wife having died just a few years ago, their children are forced to sell off large portions of their father’s collection in order to pay the inheritance tax on the estate.
Artcurial sold that 335 S for over $35 million at auction last year. Now the same firm is set to auction off the 275 P at the Retromobile show in Paris come February, two years after it handled the 335. Given this one’s history, it could very well top that $35-million mark and even eclipse the GTO that still holds the record, three years after its sale by Bonhams, at over $38 million.
There’s unfortunately few photos available at this early stage of its consignment, but we’re expecting a full gallery in the coming months. In the meantime, these Artcurial has provided the moving and transporter images below (from the Cahier Archive and Bernard Beaumesnil) with the rendering and race-start images from the manufacturer.
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