Gooding & Company, the
official auction house of the esteemed Pebble Beach
Concours d’Elegance, has announced an exceptional
collector historic racing car that will be offered at
next month's Pebble Beach Auctions: a 1947 Italian
Championship-winning 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza that
will proudly drive over Gooding & Company’s auction
stage as its premier offering at the Sunday Auction on
August 15, 2010, which commences at 6 p.m. at the Pebble
Beach Equestrian Center.
“We have more consignors
and exceptional cars from around the world than ever
before,” says David Gooding, President and founder of
Gooding & Company. “The diversity and quality of our
cars this year is the best we have ever presented at
Pebble Beach.”
This truly ultimate pre-war racing Alfa Romeo
will be made available to the public this August, an
exciting opportunity for collectors during Alfa Romeo’s
centenary year. The
1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza joins a long list of
consignments for Gooding & Company’s Sunday Auction,
which also includes the 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K, 1927
Mercedes-Benz S Boattail Speedster, 1995 McLaren F1,
1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta SEFAC Hot Rod and
1956 Maserati 200SI. Additional Saturday Auction
highlights include Gil Nickel’s 1951 Ferrari 340 America
Spider, the 1958 Ferrari 250 GT Tour de France, the 1959
Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider Competizione and
the barn discovery 1933 Duesenberg SJ LWB Convertible.
1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza with coachwork by Brianza
An
exceedingly rare and significant Alfa Romeo, this Monza
was piloted by a few noteworthy Genovese drivers during
the 1930s and 1940s, including the famous Renato
Balestrero. In his hands, chassis 2311218 competed
successfully at all the major European racing events,
including San Remo, Gran Prix of Bari, Circuito di
Senigallia, Circuito di Modena, and Circuito di Voghera,
all of which supported Balestrero’s achievement of
winning both the 1947 Sport Nazionale and Sport
Internazionale Championships with this 8C Monza. In the
Monza’s later years of racing, it competed successfully
in the Mille Miglia twice (1997 and 2001), Laguna Seca
(1997, 1998, and 2008), Copperstate 1000, New England
1000, Colorado Grand and the 8C Tour. Notably, this car
has an unbroken ownership history from new and has had
only three Californian owners since 1954.
