Into Vintage Cars :) Next week is your Week!

RM  Auctions is organizing A premier event on the auction calendar in Arizona which attracts cars and collectors from around the globe to the spectacular Biltmore Resort! 
The Auction will be for 2 days, the 16 & the 17 of January 2014!  

The top sale of the RM Auction in Scottsdale is expected to be this 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider by Scaglietti. Nope, not quite the one seen in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" -- that would be copy of a later short-wheelbase version that is valued a bit higher, though this example, the 11th of just 50 made, is sure to make waves of its own. Chassis 1055 GT was originally delivered to a lawyer in Texas, later doing a bit of racing in SCCA events in Florida. Previous owners have included Gerald L. Roush, founder and publisher of the Ferrari Market Letter, with the car remaining in the south for a few years afterwards. A "concours restoration" was completed in 1994 at a cost of $150,000 (in 1994 dollars). Documented by Ferrari historian Marcel Massini, this example is estimated to bring in between $7 million and $9 million on auction day.

Another top sale of the auction is expected to be this 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 by Scaglietti. A claimed numbers-matching example, this European-spec 275 GTB/4 was originally finished in Argento, first selling new to a customer in Rome before departing for Canada in 1972 where it remained until the 1990s, when it passed into actor Nicolas Cage's collection. This example is said to feature only light patina on the interior, and to be a very strong driver, though it's worth mentioning that the 275 GTB/4 can take a couple minutes to warm up properly. The car's new owner is unlikely to encounter any issues -- if one is getting into a 275 GTB/4 then he or she already knows how these cars handle and what they're all about. This example comes with all the original tools and an owner's manual, and given the high interest, we wouldn't be surprised if it sold at the top of the estimate of $3.2 million.

Here's a Porsche that perhaps only the cognoscenti will immediately recognize -- a 718 RS 61 Spyder from 1961. Porsche in 1961 didn't quite have the reputation and name recognition it enjoys today, and it was up to race cars like these to make it a household name. This 178-hp 1,600-cc flat-four-engined 718 was the ultimate development of the Spyder platform, one that turned out to be quite popular with privateers in races like the Targa Florio and the 12 hours of Sebring. This example is one of the earliest 718s built, and has been raced by noted privateers Bob Donner and Don Wester, among its accolades being a second-place finish for its class at the 1961 running of the 12 Hours of Sebring. This car went on to gather no less than eight podium finishes in 1963 alone in SCCA races, eventually retiring from racing and undergoing a thorough restoration when it was purchased by its current owner in the 1990s. This example would make a stunning entry in historic racing or rally events, and that's really what the winning bidder would be buying here. This Porsche is estimated to bring in between $2.8 and $3.2 million.

And i thought Old cars Cost less!