Even when you set aside the Italian stallion 1950 Ferrari 166 MM/212 Export “Uovo” and the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta from the Ferrari Performance Collection, as well as the brute British 1956 Aston Martin DBR1 from the Aston Martin Motorsport collection, there’s still a world of selectio
Despite the recent resurgence of the super-low production, even one-off, special editions from modern manufacturers, this elite practice was dying off towards the end of the 1960s. Times had changed, and the days of the eccentric count or fabulous film star writing a letter to their chosen firm to request a model not available to the rest of world were starting to disappear.
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For most, the talking point of the sale will likely be the 1970 Porsche 917K — the star of Steve McQueen’s Le Mans and estimated between 13 and 16 million US dollars — but there are plenty of superstar consignments set to cross the block at Pebble Beach.
