Gooding & Company will be presenting one of the finest collections of modern
high-performance Ferraris ever assembled
under one roof at its Scottsdale Auctions in just a few weeks time. On behalf of the
estate of the renowned Ferrari collector Benny Caiola and his family, Gooding & Company
is presenting this must-see, private collection of supercars on Friday, January
21.
“We are honored to present the private collection of Benny Caiola in Scottsdale
this January,” says David Gooding, President and founder of Gooding & Company.
“These modern supercars represent an exciting shift in the collector hobby,
where today’s leading prototypes are now being considered to be instant
collectibles on the international stage.”
Designed
especially for a select few of Ferrari's best clients, the biggest highlight -
as well as the most valuable - Prancing Horse sports car
at the Scottsdale Auction is set to be a 2006 Ferrari FXX Evoluzione, one of
just 30 "track-use-only" FXX examples of the dramatic
spin-off from Ferrari’s most
advanced production car ever created. This is one of the handful that were
further upgraded with the $300,000 "Evoluzione" kit that
upped power to 860 HP, featured revised suspension
settings and aerodynamics as well as improved gearshift
response times and carbon-ceramic brakes
A second racing car is
amongst the eight Ferraris set to go under the hammer
next month: a 333 SP from 1999, an
unmodified example of the manufacturer’s last sports racing prototype that
Caiola never raced but did use occasion during on track
events. The third and final racer to be auctioned by
Gooding & Co is an F430 Challenge which his son competed
with and which was crashed before being rebuilt.
The five road cars
kick off in chronological order with a well-travelled
1973 Dino 246 GTS (one of the just under one thousand
five hundred that were built, named in dedication to
Enzo Ferrari's son) and the quintet are highlighted by
the inclusion of an F40 and F50; the former is a genuine
U.S.-specification version, while the latter car is #38
of the 349 that were built, and with 4,000 km on the
clock it was one of Caiola's favourites.
Caiola was larger than life, generous in nature and philanthropy,
respected and loved by his friends in the collector community as well as by
members of the Ferrari family. Caiola’s involvement in elite rallies, track
trials and other select automotive events over many years ensured him a place
among the glitterati of the car community, cementing strong friendships with the
world’s finest racing and design figures including Enzo Ferrari, Luca Cordero di
Montezemolo, Michael Schumacher and Horacio Pagani.
The works of rolling art in the late collector’s personal collection are not
only beautiful, but also represent the pinnacle of high-performance engineering
from the most prestigious automotive marque in the world.
The following Ferraris
from the
Caiola supercar collection will be presented at Gooding & Company’s Scottsdale
Auction on Friday, January 21:
1973 Ferrari Dino Estimate: $160,000 - $180,000
1990 Ferrari F40 Estimate: $475,000 - $550,000
1995 Ferrari F50 Estimate: $750,000 - $850,000
1999 Ferrari 333 SP Estimate: $800,000 - $1 Million
2006 Ferrari FXX Evoluzione Estimate: $2.2 Million - $2.5 Million
2007 Ferrari F430 Challenge Estimate: $125,000 - $150,000 (No Reserve)
2008 Ferrari F430 Scuderia Estimate: $215,000 - $240,000
2010 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano HGTE Estimate: $275,000 - $315,000
In total there will be
eleven cars from the Caiola collection in the auction,
ten of them being Italian, with nine coming from within
the umbrella of the Fiat Group, as the final three cars
are made up of a 2005 Maserati MC 12 which Caiola purchased direct
from the factory, the 31st car of 50 built (Estimate: $1.1 Million - $1.4 Million,
a 2008 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster (Estimate: $240,000 - $325,000)
and finally a 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 (Estimate: $175,000 - $225,000).
