Buy What You Love, Pay What You Should
Steve Ahlgrim
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2000 Ferrari 360 Modena
Photo ©2026 Courtesy of RM Sotheby’s Being one of 25 “sunroof” models built doesn’t fully explain this wild price Ferrari debuted the new 360 Modena at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show. The successor to the F355, the new model significantly modernized the marque’s mid-engine-V8 offering. The 360 Modena featured an all-aluminum spaceframe developed in partnership…
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1985 Ferrari 288 GTO
Photo courtesy 1600Veloce The first Ferrari supercar is the rarest when collecting a full set of six This 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO is one of the initial 200 examples constructed en route to achieving the model’s homologation status in FIA Group B competition and is among a total of 272 examples built between 1984 and…
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2023 Ferrari Daytona SP3
At a reduced Euro-market price, this SP3 sale was still a multimillion-dollar windfall The Ferrari Daytona SP3, the second model in Ferrari’s “Icona Series,” is many things at once — a rolling tribute to one of the marque’s most triumphant afternoons, a showcase of naturally aspirated engineering at its peak, and quite possibly the final…
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1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider
Photos courtesy RM Sotheby’s What does another record sale say about the broader Enzo-era market? Ferrari achieved incredible heights during the 1950s and 1960s with its 250 GT platform, experiencing remarkable success in sports-car competition with models such as the Tour de France, Testa Rossa and GTO. Alongside these wondrous racing machines, Maranello built a…
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1975 Ferrari Dino 308 GT4
Bertone’s wedge-shaped 2+2 splits opinions and divides markets Completely restored between 2015 and 2017 with no expense spared and under the supervision of Fritz Neuser, this car is now in a desirable condition. Neuser was particularly fond of this car, which he had known for a long time, as it was previously repaired by Auto…
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1993 Ferrari 348 Serie Speciale tb
Styled by a design team led by Pininfarina’s Leonardo Fioravanti, and created under the direction of Enzo Ferrari in what became one of his final acts, the Ferrari 348 made its debut in 1989 at the Frankfurt Auto Show. Three years into production, Ferrari introduced the hardcore 348 Serie Speciale, limited to just 100 examples…
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Tear Up Your Ferrari Price Guides
My friend Phil Bachman was a Ferrari collector. His son Philip wrote a book on the collection, Full-Scale Passion: The Bachman Collection, which opens with a quote from his father: “Some people collect model cars, like 1:18- or 1:43-scale models. I collect the full-scale ones.” The quote is uncharacteristically boastful for the rather modest man.…
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2003 Ferrari Enzo
This 2003 Ferrari Enzo is the very definition of exclusivity in a bespoke Ferrari, a one-of-one creation ordered new by Phil Bachman and customized through the factory to Phil and his wife, Martha’s, exacting specifications. Of the 400 examples produced from 2002 through 2004, this Enzo, S/N 135262, is one of 127 built for the…
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2015 Ferrari FXX K Evo
The FXX K was propelled by a Formula 1-derived Hy-Kers hybrid powerplant — a Tipo F140 V12 engine displacing 6.3 liters. A “Manettino” dial on the center console provided four different levels of assist from an electric motor, including one designed for “instant maximum torque delivery,” offering an additional 187 horsepower. With total output now…
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2021 Ferrari Monza SP1
Across both SP1 and SP2 variants only 499 cars were produced for Ferrari’s most treasured clients. The example offered here — chassis number 270155 — is, incredibly, even more exclusive. Built in July 2021, it was delivered new to the Tailored For Speed Collection in November via Garage Niki Hasler of Basel. Commissioned by one…