Ever Moving Markets

In early 2014 we felt the market for the Enzo-era Italian exotics was peaking and so between April and Sept., of 2014 we sold my non-Factory Comp Daytona s/n 14049…

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The Market Correction

Collectable Ferraris, like all commodities, trade on a world-wide market. That market has doubled and doubled again in only five years, a classical bubble run-up. Although some will disagree, we…

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The Generational Shift

The Baby-Boomers, now in their 60s, are moving on The Collectable Ferrari market, like any commodities market, shifts with global socio-economics, demographics and time. Our long term clients are baby-boomers,…

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Ferrari Enters the Marchionne-Era

We begin with a history lesson: Over the last seventy years Ferraris have evolved through four distinctive eras, the rapid evolution of the Enzo Ferrari era, the mass-market production increases…

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Auction House One-Upmanship

The auction house arms race Every year the various auction houses at Monterey compete for the most spectacular headline car, the highest price, the most market credibility. Until a few…

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Collectable Ferraris, 1031 Tax Trades* & the I.R.S.

Let the good times roll The 10 May RM Auction in Monaco again raised the price bar to all new price levels with RM selling over 41.m €uro ($56m) in…

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How Many 599 SA Apertas

Every column has its inspiration and this column is the response to one of the oft-repeated questions that crosses my desk “Will the modern Ferraris, such as the Scuderia, the…

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The Every-Day Exotic

Ferrari’s four-seat V12 models may not have the same cachet as its two-seaters, but these 2+2s are no less worthy of the famed Prancing Horse badge. They are fast, exotic,…

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Revisiting Ferrari’s Cycle of Booms and Busts

Every two or three years I revisit the world’s economies as they have been, at best, volatile, with major changes in direction coming every few years, all of which affect…

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Ferraris Ride Unusual Tides

The Monterey auctions have again redefined the auction world’s segment of the collector car market, and, as usual, Ferraris are in the top tier of cars. Gooding offered 15 Ferraris…

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