Quite a few traditional autos went beneath the hammer on the numerous auctions coinciding with final week’s 2023 Monterey Automobile Week in California, however one which stood out was the sale of 1967 Ferrari 412P.

The numbers-matching Ferrari race automobile was offered by Bonhams at its public sale at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering and the ultimate value pad together with the patrons premium was $30,255,000.

The worth makes it the fourth costliest Ferrari offered at public sale and the costliest automobile offered by Bonhams, eclipsing the 2013 sale of Fangio’s 1954 Mercedes-Benz F1 W196 race automobile which offered for simply over $29 million.

A 412P hasn’t crossed the block in 1 / 4 of century, because the vehicles, constructed for endurance racing, are extraordinarily uncommon. There are simply two unique examples, together with chassis quantity 0854 which was offered final week in Monterey, and chassis no. 0850. There are two additional examples, chassis no. 0844 and 0848, although these have been transformed 330 P3 race vehicles.

1967 Ferrari 412P bearing chassis no. 0854 – Photograph credit score: Bonhams

Chassis no. 0854 was initially offered as a buyer race automobile to the U.Okay.’s Maranello Concessionaires. It was pushed to a 3rd place end at Spa and Le Mans, with Lucien Bianchi and Richard Attwood on the wheel in Belgium, and Attwood becoming a member of Piers Braveness for the race in France.

Chassis no. 0854 stands out as being the one 412P nonetheless with its unique physique, chassis, engine, and transmission. The engine is a 4.0-liter V-12 with carburetors (as an alternative of gas injectors which Ferrari reserved for its manufacturing facility 330 P3 and P4 vehicles) and is rated at an estimated 420 hp. The engine is mated to a 5-speed handbook transmission and sits in a chassis with impartial suspension together with unequal size wishbones and coil springs.

1967 Ferrari 412P bearing chassis no. 0854 – Photograph credit score: Bonhams

After its racing life was over, the automobile traded arms a number of occasions, with one proprietor treating it to a nine-year restoration.

There have been many different traditional Ferraris offered in Monterey. Bonhams additionally offered a 1951 Ferrari 212 Export Barchetta that completed seventh within the 1951 24 Hours of Le Mans. The worth paid was $3.9 million.

1966 Ferrari 275 GTB/6C Alloy bearing chassis no. 08157 – Photograph credit score: Mecum

Mecum offered a 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB/6C Alloy for $3.4 million, whereas RM Sotheby’s offered a 1965 275 GTB/6C Alloy for $3.3 million. Each vehicles characteristic the long-nose physique by Scaglietti that Ferrari launched in mid-1965 to cut back entrance carry at excessive speeds.

It was a bumper week for traditional Ferraris, as even a badly broken 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider Collection I by Pininfarina offered for nearly $2 million at an RM Sotheby’s sale. Regardless of basically being a crumpled husk of a automobile, somebody snapped it up for $1,875,000. It was considered one of 20 classic Ferraris that have been broken throughout 2004’s Hurricane Charley and offered final week in Monterey.