The inaugural Sporting Classics of Monaco auction, held at the Grimaldi Forum on 1st May, saw five automobiles fetch prices in excess of €2,000,000 and two new world records get set. The event’s top seller was a rare 1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Cabriolet Pininfarina SWB, s/n 3309 SA, setting a new world record for a Superamerica when it sold for €2,800,000 ($3,799,600), well exceeding its high estimate of €2,450,000.
A rare 1960 Maserati Tipo 61 ‘Birdcage’, s/n 2470, also set a new world record for a Birdcage at €2,464,000 ($3,343,648). The sale’s cover car, the 1937 BMW 328 MM ‘Bügelfalte’, s/n 85032, exchanged hands less than 24 hours of the sale’s conclusion for a confidential sum and is not included in the final sale results.
