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The Real Stories of the Fabled Alfa B.A.T.S

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If you are thinking about spending as much as 20 million (or more) on three used Alfas at tomorrow night’s Sotheby’s Auction, it is advised that you read the following four articles, which provide additional background information about the Scaglione B.A.T.s. From the Archives of VeloceToday, they were published in 2019 but timely and relevant today.

After making a few sketches, working with Ezio Cingolani, who was responsible for fabrication, Franco Scaglione developed a full size model, watched daily by Nuccio Bertone. This is B.A.T. 5

B.A.T. 5: A Stunning Achievement

What are these openings for? One, to strengthen the rather large fin itself, and two, to allow some of the air to escape that was ‘tunneled’ through the extremely inward curved fins on B.A.T. 7.

B.A.T. 7: The Best of the Bunch

Aiming to create more of a GT car and needing a direct connection with Alfa, Scaglione forgot penetration and allowed the use of the new Giulietta grille on B.A.T. 9.

B.A.T. 9d: Ready for the Road

Courtesy Centro Documentazione Storica Alfa Romeo

Scaglione, Strother MacMinn and the B.A.T.s

All three to be auctioned as one lot, tomorrow, October 28 in New York. Click here for RM Sotheby’s Auction Website

Online Car Auctions in the Age of Covid-19

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This Ferrari 288 GTO s/n 55223 is the answer to a crucial online auction question: Can $1 million cars sell online? Not only is the answer “yes” with a final price of $2.3 million, but it is one of two seven-figure cars sold in RM Sotheby’s second Online Only auction, Driving into Summer. The other was a Ferrari Enzo that brought $2.6 million a few lots later. Photo courtesy RM Sotheby’s.

By Rick Carey

Other than home repairs, yard work, baking and Netflix binging, much of life has gone remote and online.

That’s true for collector car auctions, too

We’ve now seen enough online only auctions to reach some conclusions, the most important of them being: online only collector car auctions are a commercial success, if lacking in the excitement generated by their live counterparts.

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RM Sotheby’s Auction in London, September 7, 2015

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Ferrari 250 GT/L berlinetta lusso of 1964 sold for 1.7 mln euros

Ferrari 250 GT/L Berlinetta Lusso of 1964 sold for 1.7 million euros.

Story and Photos by Alessandro Gerelli

During the weekend of the Concours of Elegance this year held in Edinburgh, (see stories) RM Sotheby’s had its traditional auction in London. About 75 were on the block, with many Ferraris and few other Italians including Maserati, Lamborghini, Alfa, Lancia.

The results of the auction were rather good with about 75% of cars sold and a record price of 4.760.000 pounds (6.5 million euros) for the Ferrari 250 Tour de France chassis 0897 GT. [Read more…] about RM Sotheby’s Auction in London, September 7, 2015

Gerelli at the RM Auction, Villa Erba

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Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Villa d’Este coupè by Touring of 1949 sold for 785k

Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Villa d’Este coupè by Touring of 1949 sold for 785k.

Story and photos by Alessandro Gerelli

During the weekend of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, an important auction was held by RM Sotheby’s in the nearby Villa Erba. Only 40 lots were in the catalog with a couple of Riva boats and 17 Ferraris.

Top Ferrari models were a 1961 California SWB (with an estimate of more than 10 M euros) and a 1960 Berlinetta 250 SWB, unfortunately both unsold. Top price was reached for the Ferrari 212 Export by Touring of 1952 at 6.7 M euros.

All the prices are in euros and include the buyer’s premium.

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