Cars

The epitome of boulevard bravado

In the second year of the Pebble Beach Road Race – dubbed the Del Monte Cup due to the company’s ownership of much of the surrounding land – a 166 MM piloted by Jim Kimberly became the first Ferrari to be raced along the serpentine route. Ultimately, Phil Hill would win the event three times (becoming the only man to win both here and at the Pebble Beach Concours), so it was a poignant moment when his widow Alma Hill brought down the green flag on 2015’s celebration race, with the ex-Kimberly 166 leading away a half-dozen Ferrari barchettas that raced there in period.

Tough at the top

Same car, different concours, new outfit

Premiere in Pebble Beach

Once again, it’s a Ferrari 250 GT California Spider that headlines a major auction sale, this time in SWB, covered headlamp form, i.e. the most desirable configuration. Gooding has set the estimate at $16m - $18m, which pitches it squarely between the similar example sold by Bonhams for $15.18m almost exactly a year ago, and the $18.5m ex-Alain Delon ‘barn-find’ car sold in February by Artcurial.