{"id":493556,"date":"2013-12-13T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=58082"},"modified":"2024-12-06T03:38:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T03:38:27","slug":"ferrari-california-spider-at-2014-rm-auctions-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/ferrari-california-spider-at-2014-rm-auctions-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"RM Auctions Arizona (2014) – Ferrari California Spider"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider will headline the 2014 RM Auctions Arizona sale, scheduled for January 16\u201317, at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa in Phoenix. The 15th annual sale will see more than 120 motor cars cross the auction block.
\nThe 11th of 50 long-wheelbase California Spiders ever constructed, this matching numbers and factory covered headlamp example was delivered new through importer Luigi Chinetti Motors and sold to Fawcett Motors in Lubbock, Texas, where it was purchased by its first private owner, a local attorney, in 1959.In its only competitive outing, the Ferrari, chassis 1055 GT, placed first in class at the SCCA 1962 Osceola Grand Prix in Geneva, Florida, with Ross Durant at the wheel, and eventually passed through the hands of Ferrari Market Letter founder and publisher Gerald L. Roush in the early 1970s. Following a full restoration in the early 1990s, 1055 GT placed first in class at the 1994 Cavallino Classic III Concours d’Elegance and appeared at the Concorso Italiano, the Ferrari Club of America International Concours and the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in that same year. More recently, the California Spider has received an engine rebuild by Roelofs Engineering in the Netherlands, along with a fresh service by Ferrari of Newport Beach, and is offered for sale in well-preserved condition in its original color of Rosso Rubino with a black top and black leather interior (Estimate $7,000,000 – $9,000,000).
\n\u201cThe Cal Spider is amongst the most highly prized of all road-going Ferraris,\u201d says Shelby Myers, Managing Director, RM Auctions<\/a> \u2013 California. \u201cProduced in exceedingly low quantities, the long wheelbase covered headlight model, such as the one we have the pleasure of offering in Arizona, is arguably the most beautifully proportioned of all Ferrari Spiders. It radiates elegance and performance while encapsulating everything that open-air motoring is intended to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Another headline consignment at the 2014 RM Arizona sale is an ACD Club Category One certified 1930 Duesenberg Model J \u2018Disappearing Top\u2019 Convertible Coupe, engine J-357, known to enthusiasts as “Melvin\u2019s Murphy”. The Murphy Convertible Coupe is one of only approximately 25 built with the \u201cdisappearing top,\u201d the most desirable iteration of the convertible Duesenberg. J-357 was collected new at the Duesenberg factory in Indianapolis by West Virginia coal and lumber baron, Doran Hinchman, who kept the Model J until 1946, when it entered the ownership of Melvin Clemans, an enthusiast who would care for it for over 50 years. Melvin passed the Duesey on to its own mechanic, Harry Van Iderstine in 1998, who mechanically restored the car, leaving the majority of its original paint, upholstery, chrome, and all of its original body wood intact. The original Duesenberg has been driven and enjoyed for all of its 83 years; its presentation in Arizona marks the first time that is has ever been offered for public sale (Estimate $2,000,000 – $2,400,000).
\n\u201cThe outstanding Duesenberg offered in RM\u2019s Arizona sale is emblematic of many of the consignments featured at this annual event,\u201d says Ian Kelleher, Car Specialist, RM Auctions<\/a>. \u201cAs a company and as a team we constantly strive to set new benchmarks in the collector car auction industry and without question, the best way to elevate ourselves is to feature the most desirable, most interesting and most unique motor cars available. We are thrilled to present such a diversified and unique offering of consignments for the 2014 sale.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Additional notable highlights slated for the 2014 RM Auctions Arizona sale include:<\/p>\n