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☆ A 1954 Mercedes worth up to $70 million will be among legendary racing cars up for sale soon
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 Streamliner valued between $50-70 million is among the historic cars set to be sold by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. “These vehicles will be some of the world’s most significant cars ever sold,” Gord Duff, global head of auctions at RM Sotheby’s, said in the statement. The cars will be sold at different events late this year and in 2025, according to the statement. In 2022, a very rare 1955 Mercedes-Benz SLR coupe that had been kept in the German automaker’s collection was sold to a private buyer for €135 million ($142 million at the time). “The Ferrari 250 GTO is the motoring market’s equivalent of Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ and a talisman for any top-end collection,” he said.

Persons: Mercedes, Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss, Fangio, Moss, Ferrari 250LM, Ferrari, Ford GT40, ” Gord Duff, Joe Hale, “, Laurin, Mercedes Brookland, Craig Breedlove, Lee, David MacNeil, James Knight, Van, ” Organizations: CNN, Benz, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, Chief, Sotheby’s, Prix, Le, Sotheby's, Chevrolet Corvette SS, XP64, Ford, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Motor, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Le Mans, IMS, Klement, Ferrari Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monza

☆ Ferrari program aims to stop counterfeit cars.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Ferrari is so determined to maintain the authenticity of its cars, then, that it’s crushing potential fakes into cubes. Potential tattle-tales can share tips on possible faux Ferrari goods on a web page Ferrari created just for the purpose. How to fake a carWhile creating fake merchandise can be a simple matter of placing an unlicensed Ferrari prancing horse logo on a product, producing a believable fake Ferrari car can be much more involved. “Generally, the Ferrari collector tends to have a considerable knowledge over the brand as a whole and its cars, especially the most valuable ones,” said the spokesperson. As an example of the fate that awaits any fake Ferrari automobiles the company can find, Ferrari published a photo of a red car squished into a crinkled metal cube.

Persons: Ferrari, – Ferraristi, ”, ” Ferrari, Brian Rabold, “, ” Rabold, they’ll, Enzo, Michael Mann, “ Ferrari Organizations: CNN —, counterfeits, CNN, Ferrari Locations: Italy, Italian

☆ A mysterious Jupiter-sized planet that shouldn't exist is as puffy as a marshmallow and astronomers finally think they know why
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

WASP 107b: The exoplanet that shouldn't existAn artist's impression of WASP 107b passing in front of its host star. But models suggested that WASP 107b's core would be too small to have formed a gas giant. Scientific models didn't align with observationsHubble images of WASP 107b didn't solve the mystery of its large size and low density. Venom82Why it took astronomers years to understand WASP 107b's mysterious origins stems from what many astronomers face: a lack of information due to technological limits. But WASP 107b's surface temperature was cold enough that it should have had more methane than what JWST observed.

Persons: —, they've, it's, David Sing, NASA's, Luis Welbanks, Sagan, James Webb, Welbanks —, Sing, Welbanks, Ralf Crawford, we're, Scott Gaudi, Gaudi, Olmsted, Russo Organizations: Service, Business, ESA, Hubble, NASA, Kornmesser, Bloomberg, Johns Hopkins University, WASP, NASA's Goddard Space Flight, ESO, Arizona State University, Telescope, Sing, WASP 107b's, CSA, JHU, Ohio State University

☆ This Ferrari GTO from 1962 just sold for record-breaking $51.7 million at auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThis Ferrari GTO from 1962 just sold for record-breaking $51.7 million at auctionThis car, chassis no. 3765, has become the most valuable Ferrari ever sold at auction and has the second-highest price ever achieved for any car at auction. It's the only factory GTO Tipo 1962 to have been raced by Scuderia Ferrari. Driven by Mike Parkes and Lorenzo Bandini for the Scuderia Ferrari at the 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans, no. 3765 earned a class win and finished second overall at the 1962 Nürburgring 1000 KM.

Persons: Mike Parkes, Lorenzo Bandini Organizations: Ferrari, Scuderia Ferrari

☆ Most expensive Ferrari ever auctioned fetches $51.7 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO has sold for $51.705 million, becoming the most expensive car from the Italian manufacturer ever sold at auction. “Now, it ranks among the most expensive cars sold at auction, a true testament to its singular place in history,” he added. Only 39 examples of the 250 GTO were built by the legendary Italian marque between 1962 and 1964, and it’s extremely rare for an owner to part with one at any price. Renowned car collector David MacNeil, founder and CEO of automotive floor-mat company WeatherTech, bought chassis number 4153 GT for $70 million in 2018. “The Ferrari 250 GTO is the motoring market’s equivalent of Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ and a talisman for any top-end collection,” said Knight.

Persons: Gord Duff, ” Duff, Le, ”, David MacNeil, James Knight, Van, “ Organizations: CNN, Ferrari, Scuderia Ferrari Locations: Sotheby’s, New York

☆ A Ferrari Sold at Auction for $52 Million
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Kelly Crow | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO just sold for $52 million, the second highest price a car has ever been auctioned for. Photo: Sotheby’sA cherry red, 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO known for its rarity and winning race history has become the second-most expensive vehicle ever sold at auction. RM Sotheby’s sold the car for $52 million on Monday, below its $60 million asking price, as the market for collectible cars falters slightly along with other collecting categories. The top-selling car is a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe, a prototype that was auctioned for $142 million last year and one of two ever manufactured.

Persons: Sotheby’s Organizations: Benz

☆ A Ferrari Sold At Auction for $52 Million
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Kelly Crow | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Sotheby’s Organizations: Benz

☆ 1962 Ferrari Brings $51.7 Million at Sotheby’s
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Julia Halperin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A bright red Ferrari with a storied history sold for $51.7 million, with buyer’s fees, on Monday, becoming the most expensive automobile from that Italian carmaker ever sold at auction. RM Sotheby’s, the automobile seller in which Sotheby’s bought a controlling stake in 2022, offered the 1962 Ferrari 330 LM/250 GTO by Scaglietti with an unpublished estimate of $60 million. Two bidders drove the price to $47 million before auction-house fees. Sotheby’s promoted the car as a luxury object, offering it in a stand-alone sale during its marquee fall auctions of fine art in New York. There are only 36 Ferrari 250 GTOs in existence, produced between 1962 and 1964.

Persons: Sotheby’s, Oliver Barker —, Europe —, Jonas Wood, Ralph Lauren, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd Organizations: Ferrari Locations: New York, Europe

☆ A rare, bright-red Ferrari 250 GTO that initially sold for $6,000 in 1964 could soon be auctioned for $60 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Nidhi Pandurangi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

RM Sotheby's has put up a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO for auction for around $60 million. Car collectors love the GTO model Ferraris because of their championship history, Gord Duff, RM Sotheby's global head of auctions, told the Journal. In fact, another 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO was auctioned by RM Sotheby's for more than $48 million back in 2018, CNBC reported. A 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO was reportedly bought by David MacNeil, the founder, and CEO of WeatherTech, for $70 million in 2018, per various media reports at the time. RM Sotheby's sold a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe for the equivalent price of $142 million last year.

Persons: Jim Jaeger, Jaeger, Ferrari, Gord Duff, That's, David MacNeil, Sotheby's, Duff Organizations: Sotheby's, Ferrari, Service, Street, Scuderia Ferrari, CNBC, CNN, Benz Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ohio, Detroit, New York, Monterey , California, it's

☆ This twisted hunk of metal that used to be a Ferrari just sold for $1.TK million
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A hulk of dented, torn and scorched metal that was, decades ago, a Ferrari race car just sold at an RM Sotheby’s auction in California for $1.9 million. One of only 13 made, this 1954 Ferrari Mondial Spider Series I wasn’t one of Ferrari’s fabled V12 models but a an entirely different design. This car, a different 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Pinin Farina Spider, was offered for sale on the auction site Bring A Trailer in September, 2021. The most expensive Ferrari ever sold at auction was the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, which was also on the block at RM Sotheby’s. The price includes the RM auction house commission, and the buyer is undisclosed.

Persons: it’s, Ferrari, Pinin Farina, Franco Cortese, Pinin Farina Spider, Walter Medlin, Brian Rabold, drivable, Rabold, ” Rabold Organizations: CNN, Ferrari, Pininfarina, Ferrari Mondial Spiders Locations: dented, California, Scaglietti, United States

The long-awaited rule is expected to require that real estate professionals such as title insurers report the identities of the beneficial owners of companies buying real estate in cash to the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Criminals have for decades anonymously hidden ill-gotten gains in real estate, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in March, adding that as much as $2.3 billion was laundered through U.S. real estate between 2015 and 2020. That debate has slowed down FinCEN's work on the real estate reporting rule, one of the sources said. PATCHWORKWhile banks have long been required to understand the source of customer funds and report suspicious transactions, no such rules exist nationwide for the real estate industry. FinCEN implemented GTOs in 2016 after the New York Times revealed that nearly half of luxury real estate was bought by anonymous shell companies.

Persons: Janet Yellen, Erica Hanichak, FinCEN, Jodi Vittori, Guo Wengui, Guo, Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Howard, David Szakonyi, Luc Cohen, Chris Prentice, Amy Stevens, Michelle Price, Matthew Lewis Organizations: U.S . Treasury Department, FACT Coalition, Association, New York Times, Carnegie Endowment, International Peace, Nardello, Government, Office, George Washington University, New, Thomson Locations: New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Chinese, Jersey, Manhattan

These kind of megadeals are at the vanguard of billions of dollars of annual spending on classic cars globally in a wave of investment in this alternative asset. "The track record of the past 30 years tells us classic cars have become a financial asset class we want our clients to have in their portfolios." [1/5] A general view of the classic car collection of Florian Zimmermann, owner of over 300 classic cars, in a warehouse in Lindau, Germany, April 5, 2023. "Electrification will favour classic cars," said Cristiano Bolzoni, head of Maserati's vintage car unit Maserati Classiche. "The classic car community has changed tremendously over the past five to 10 years," Zimmermann said.

☆ From fly fishing to cycling — the new popular pastimes of the ultra-rich
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

For the ultra-rich, fly fishing is one of the most popular ways to spend time, a new report says. Fishing and cycling are among the ultra-rich's top ten favorite ways to spend their time, according to new research by wealth intelligence firm New World Wealth and investment migration consultancy Henley & Partners. Cycling and mountain biking beat skiing to third place, with only golf and art collecting being more popular. Back in 2000, both cycling and fishing were much lower on the list, ranking seventh and tenth respectively, New World Wealth told CNBC's Make It. Among anglers, fly fishing was especially popular.

☆ На торги выставили целый музей маслкаров вместе с 200 машинами
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-15 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Коллекция уникальных автомобилей насчитывает более 200 экземпляров, передает motor.ru. Владелец уникальной коллекции, Рик Треворджи, приобрёл свой первый маслкар в 14-летнем возрасте. В настоящий момент на территории 1800 квадратных метров хранится более двухсот различных маслкаров. Стоимость автомобилей пока не называется, однако, учитывая идеальное состояние каждого экземпляра коллекции, рассчитывать на бюджетные покупки вряд ли придётся. В конце декабря на аукционе Bring A Trailer выставили на продажу коллекцию из шести редких Ford Mustang 1980-х годов.

Persons: Ford Fox, Рик Треворджи Organizations: Car, General Motors, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Pontiac Locations: El Camino

Modelul ăsta, Puma GTB, a fost prezentat iniţial ca un prototip pe nume Puma GTO, în anul 1971. Puma GTB / Sursa:PiataAuto.mdOh, dar cât de curios e substatul tehnic al acestui sportcar brazilian! Aşa că Puma GTB are motor poziţionat frontal, longitutdinal, şi tracţiune spate. Cu aceşti parametri, Puma GTB putea alerga până la o viteză maximă de 193 km/h. Puma GTB / Sursa:PiataAuto.mdExemplarul din imaginile articol e vândut azi în Suedia, fiind unul din cele două exemplare înmatriculate vreodată în Suedia.

Persons: producţia, !, Cuplul Organizations: Puma, Gran, S1, S2, Pontiac, Ford Mustang ., Motors, GM, Opel Locations: Brazilia, Gran Turismo Brazil, american, America de Nord, Suedia

☆ Trei mașini unice din anii '50 au fost scoase la licitație pentru 20 de milioane de dolari (FOTO)
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-19 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Trei mașini concept din ani '50 au fost scoase la licitație cu o valoare estimată de până la 20 de milioane de dolari. Mașinile unice, care reprezintă concepte de inginerie și proiectare pionieră a anilor '50, sunt scoase la licitație ca un singur lot. Mașinile nu au fost prezentate niciodată împreună în anii 1950 și au fost vândute mai apoi unor colecționari separați. În 2018, un Ferrari 250 GTO din 1962 s-a vândut cu 48,4 milioane de dolari la vânzarea anuală de mașini de colecție RM Sotheby's Monterey, un record mondial pentru o mașină vândută vreodată la o licitație. GTO a câștigat campionatul italian din 1962 GT și a obținut peste 15 victorii în cursă din 1962 până în 1965.

Persons: CNN, Franco Scaglione, GTO Organizations: Ferrari Locations: RM, Monterey

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