Ferrari Mailing List: 1978 308GTB sold in french auction.... holy high price batman!!

[Gavin (gavinnz]

Spotted this today.....
1978 308GTB sold at auction in France last week for an eye watering 
$202,640 Euro... or $226,000USD inculding all fees and taxes.

I thought it MUST have been a factory rally car with race history but 
no... it's a bog standard blue GTB that has been repainted even and has 
paper work for life and one (not famous) owner.... I am amazed!

Auction results here...
http://www.artcurial.com/en/asp/results.asp

Auction catalog with pictures here... page 117.
http://issuu.com/artcurialbpt/docs/2769?e=6268161/12789934

I have been saying for years that this was going to happen to this model 
when the Magnum PI generation came into serious money.  There are a lot 
of us out their and their wealth is growing all the time. This is the 
extreme end at the moment but I think time will prove me right on this 
one.  The good cars will get very good money in time.

regards
Gavin
New Zealand
1978 308GTB, red/tan dry sump full euro spec RHD car, air cond, tool kit 
and original jack, resprayed once... ok with 100 thousand kms on the 
clock!  :)