K500 2015 sector analysis: Ferrari (Pre-1958)

January 2015 693.59, December 2015 741.66.

The sector to beat, currently heading the K500 index after 21 years of results. While entries have been few and far between, the stand-out figure must be RM’s Monterey 1956 250 GT Tour de France-winner, the car that gave the model its name, which sold for $13.2m. An honourable mention should go to Gooding’s Pebble Beach 1957 410 Superamerica ($5.1m).
 
Earlier roadgoing Ferraris from this sector, unexciting to drive, heavy and often with less-than-glamorous coachwork, generally failed to shine. And six-million-dollar-plus, Series 1 250 GT Pininfarina Cabriolets probably peaked in August 2014.

Photos by K500/the auction houses