23.1.13

At Gooding & Company's annual Scottsdale Auctions last weekend, the top-selling lot of the week was this 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider. The car was sold for 8.25m USD (5.2m GBP, 6.2m EUR, 3714 ewe lamb yearlings, or 22.5 Texel lamb tups), which broke records for both a steel LWB California Spider and the most valuable car ever sold in Arizona auction week’s history.

The car's details are:

• Early-Production LWB California Spider
• Bleu Sera Metallizzato Livery
• One of Only 23 Covered-Headlight Examples
• Nut-and-Bolt Dennison International Restoration
• Displayed at the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
• 2012 FCA Nationals Platinum Award Winner
• A Prime Candidate for the Most Important Automotive Events
• Documented by Ferrari Historian Marcel Massini
• Offered with Extensive File of Records Dating Back to the 1970s
• Matching-Numbers (#1073GT), Ferrari Classiche Certified Example

It was one of 10 Ferraris sold which helped the auction house realize $52.5 million.

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With thanks to Gary Dearn & NPB