Ferrari Mailing List: Re: RM Auctions Tops $125 Million in Sales, Ferrari 275 GTB Sells for $27.5 Million

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

Rumors were that RM was going to donate some of their fees to charity.

They did this as a publicity move and I think they were successful.


On Monday, August 26, 2013, Larry T <l02turner [at] comcast.net> wrote:
> ahh - forgot about the fees - they were considerable - I bet RM likes those kinds of sales -
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> LarryT
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> On 8/25/2013 6:35 PM, Erik Nielsen wrote:
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> The Mercedes was closer to $31.6 Mio with fees.  Still the record...
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> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Larry T <l02turner [at] comcast.net> wrote:
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> speaking of record prices at auctions -- the latest edition of Octane reports Fangio's Mercedes W196 sold for 19.6 mil Euros/$26.4Million in the Sept. issue --   The NART quickly beat that -- a short lived record!
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> LarryT
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> On 8/20/2013 9:41 AM, Michael James wrote:
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> Well, let's not be too harsh - the car will be used like Eddie would have, if he were still around to drive it.  It will receive World-Class maintenance, and if you're up in Canada, you'll probably still get to see it driven at-speed.  It was the only NART Spyder still doing that.....the greater the risk, financially, the more-likely the car becomes a lawn ornament.  How fun would that be?
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> M J
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> From: Adam Green <FlatCrank [at] gmail.com>
> To: Michael <Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 2:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] RM Auctions Tops $125 Million in Sales, Ferrari 275 GTB Sells for $27.5 Million
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> There's nothing impressive about a billionaire risking millions; no more impressive than a small boy risking a dollar instead of a penny when he can afford to lose either amount.
> Adam
> ps.
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:55 PM,