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RM-Sotheby's to auction 290MM – 0626 in December

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  1. Peloton25

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    #1 Peloton25, Oct 19, 2015
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    More on their website:

    1956 Ferrari 290 MM by Scaglietti | New York - Driven By Disruption 2015 | RM Sotheby's

    >8^)
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  2. Jack-the-lad

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    #2 Jack-the-lad, Oct 19, 2015
    I just got the PR release from RM today. It's difficult to imagine many cars that have had such a legendary driver history as this one.
     
  3. Timmmmmmmmmmy

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    #3 Timmmmmmmmmmy, Oct 19, 2015
    Wow, what a beautiful, important and rare V12 car from the grandest era. That and the DB4GT Zagato (estimate $15 million or more) are either going to sell for huge money or not sell at all...............

    RM are dominating the market at the moment :)
     
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    #4 kevfla, Oct 19, 2015
    Is this the Davies' car?
     
  5. Peloton25

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    #5 Peloton25, Oct 19, 2015
    Barchetta.cc says that 290MM chassis 0616 is the Davies' car.

    They note the current owner of this one as Ronald Stern since 2004.

    >8^)
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    #6 kevfla, Oct 19, 2015
    Thank you!
     
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  8. Jack-the-lad

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    #8 Jack-the-lad, Oct 21, 2015
    I notice that Marcel's post in this thread has mysteriously disappeared......
     
  9. Peloton25

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    #9 Peloton25, Oct 21, 2015
    I think it lasted all of 5 minutes and he might have decided some things were better left to private discussions than a public forum and removed it himself.

    No slight on the car for anyone who missed it btw.

    >8^)
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  10. Jack-the-lad

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    #10 Jack-the-lad, Oct 21, 2015
    I agree with the sentiment he expressed. But there is no trace of a post as in "post deleted by".

    Hmmmmm.....
     
  11. El Wayne

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    #11 El Wayne, Oct 27, 2015
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    He deleted it himself. As a moderator, I can still see it and it's nothing shocking or of any particular interest. No "mystery" here.

    Don't know why you can't see it. This is how it should appear to non-moderator users:
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  12. Jack-the-lad

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    #12 Jack-the-lad, Oct 27, 2015
    I know, but it doesn't, at least not on my screen. That's what was puzzling, not the content.
     
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    #13 El Wayne, Oct 27, 2015
    Yeah, odd, but the moderators have been noticing a lot of strange little glitches in Vbulletin lately. I suppose this is another one to add to the list.
     
  14. Jack-the-lad

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    #14 Jack-the-lad, Oct 27, 2015
    Here's another one for you, then: the attachment in your post above did not appear the first couple of times I viewed it.

    (Perhaps you added it later.)
     
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    #19 rob lay, Nov 25, 2015
    yes
     
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    #20 Lusso123, Nov 25, 2015
    As an aside, but Ferrari related though a little off topic, so apologies in advance.

    I was going to consign a 1:10th scale scratch built model by Michele Conti of this exact car in the exact color scheme, but the problem for me was, and still is that RM insists that all automobilia in their sales must be consigned with NO reserve. For obvious reasons that IS a major risk issue for many individuals. Sooooo, I sold it directly to a client who also happens to be a major RM client, who also knows the car is in this sale. If I had been allowed to have a reserve (which would have been a reasonable and realistic figure) the model would have been consigned, and quite possibly sold for much more that I sold it for privately. There are other issues too, but I don't want to get into a negative spiral here.
     
  21. Marcel Massini

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    #21 Marcel Massini, Nov 25, 2015
    You may have noticed that almost all auction companies, not just RM Sotheby's, accept automobilia items (incl. models) at NO reserve only. That 's industry standard.

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    #22 lancia, Nov 25, 2015
    It is interesting that the effort has been taken to reproduce the Mille Miglia race number markings of 0626 on the car, but not the trouble to place them in the correct position as in the historic photos.
     
  23. Marcel Massini

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    #23 Marcel Massini, Nov 25, 2015
    Not just that, the fonts are also wrong. Happens all the time.

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    #24 El Wayne, Nov 25, 2015
    Yes, seen far too often, even when period photos are widely published and readily available. Go figure.
     
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    #25 Lusso123, Nov 25, 2015
    Yes Marcel, but...... I've been buying and selling models with auction companies since the about 1990, and at least a good number of them still do accept automobilia with reserves; granted that some companies may have changed policy, but certainly not all. So I'm not quite in agreement about it being industry standard.

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