What Ferrari collectibles have brought most value?

I would say old (pre 70’s) owners manuals and brochures.

 

Add yearbooks to that.

 

Some years ago, I would have agreed. More recently, though, eBay and other platforms are positively full of 1949-70 yearbooks that were once completely unavailable or selling quickly for more than they do now. Over the past couple of decades, it's the cars themselves that have seen the greatest value retention or increase within the Ferrari realm. As such, I would agree about the older manuals and brochures mentioned above. In addition, it seems that much the same holds true for anything else directly tied to the cars (pouches, tools, parts, etc.) and their perceived completeness, originality, concours performance, etc.

 

I have a lot of Ferrari collectables bought over the years.

Here are a few of my highlights...

CMC Ferrari 1/18 models- all gone up, some like the Ferrari 250 GT California, 250 GTO, 312 SP increased in value many times over.
Exoto Ferrari 1/18 models- gone up even more then the CMC's.
Ferrari brochures from the 1980's mostly all gone up.
Selected classic Ferrari books over the last 40 years eg. Ferrari in Camera, Ferrari by Vignale, Ferrari 250 LM, Ferrari 250 GTE, etc all increased.
Fitted Schedoni luggage and accessories - doubled in value minimum.
Ferrari Lego F40 in unopened box- doubled in value.
Nicholas Watts signed Ferrari prints gone up especially if signed by Fangio, Schumacher, Lauda, etc

Those are just a few items off the top of my head.

Good luck with your collecting.

 

Ferrari yearbooks have taken a serious hit. Exceptions are 1949-52 and the pre-war Scuderia Ferrari yearbooks(also Alfa Corse). Pre-1974 manual sets and manual items are a safe bet, the older the better(all 250, 275). Dealer paint and leather samples bring strong money as well--again, older/better. Cavallino magazine collections are weak when sold at auction. Original issue #1s are hard to find but that's about it. Forza and FML collections sell for giveaway prices. The great Ferrari books have done very well.

 

I would agree with that and the comment about Schedoni luggage above. The one slight exception being about Cavallino magazine collections. While they have not achieved the level of near complete worthlessness of Forza, FML, AQ, R&T, C&D, and so on, they seem to be consistently heading in that direction. Case in point, the attached near complete run (including slipcases even) has been on eBay forever at $1400. I would be surprised if a real offer for half of that wouldn't seal the deal. And yes, the "desirable" #1 issue is very much from the original print run...
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