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The Ex-Works, Ex-Mike Hawthorn, Ex-Umberto Maglioli, Ex-Luis Milan 1953 Ferrari 625 Targa Florio Vignale Offered At Bonhams Monaco Sale


1953 Ferrari 625 TF s/n 0304TF Est. €4,500,000 - 6,500,000 £4,000,000 - 5,800,000

1953 Ferrari 625 TF s/n 0304TF Est. €4,500,000 - 6,500,000 £4,000,000 - 5,800,000

 

Monaco, 14 April, 2018

Bonhams is delighted to announce that it has added a highly important and remarkably rare Ferrari to its roster for Les Grandes Marques du Monde à Monaco sale on 11 May at Villa La Vigie, Monaco Beach. 

The ex-works, ex-Mike Hawthorn, ex-Umberto Maglioli, ex-Luis Milan 1953 Ferrari 625 Targa Florio two-seat spider by Carrozzeria Vignale (€4,500,000-6,500,000) is one of only three of the 2.5-litre, 4-cylinder twin-overhead camshaft 625 Targa Florio cars to have been built. For some reason, the car was never favoured by the notoriously selective Enzo, and he never showed enthusiasm for the Autodromo bodywork. The legendary Alfredo Vignale was thus commissioned to rebody the chassis, and a beautiful, ultra-compact spider was duly created. 


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Its debut was at the final practice session for the Grand Prix dell’Autodromo at Monza, an appearance that was slightly delayed due to the fac that its allotted driver, the legendary Mike Hawthorn, had been held up at the Rouen Grand Prix campaigning a works 625 F1 single-seater. Hawthorn, although tired from his outing at Rouen, performed admirably in the car and finished fourth in both the first and second heat.

Following the race, the Vignale spider underwent some remodelling, believed to be the work of none other than Scaglietti. The radiator grille was significantly reduced, a modification that the car’s unmistakable front end retains to this day. In its new guise, the car was entered in the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti, entrusted this time to Umberto Maglioli, a participant in 10 Formula One World Championship Grand Prix and winner of the gruelling Carrera Panamericana in 1954. 

Not everyone was happy with Enzo’s choice of Maglioli, as his team-mate Paolo Marzotto recalled: ‘I tried the 4-cylinder and had no doubt that it could be the car to win…it was light, agile and with enormous torque, it was the ideal car. I said to Ferrari that I intended to compete with it, but there was no way of convincing him. He insisted I raced the twelve. I said, ‘As you like…I’ll take the lead, I’ll stop 10 metres from the finish line and I’ll let Taruffi pass me.’

Enzo called Marzotto’s bluff and stood his ground, knowing that no driver could ever really give up a victory out of sheer stubbornness. Marzotto took the victory in the 250MM Vignale spider, Piero Taruffi came in second in his Lancia D20 and Maglioli was third. 

Following its Italian racing career, the car passed through 5 South American owners in Brazil and Argentina, where it competed in famously tricky races such as the 1000kms de Buenos Aires (five times) and the 500 Miles of Argentina. In the mid 1960s, the car exchanged in part for a Ferrari 250GT and sent to Italy where it remained, unloved, until 1974 when it was discovered by Franco Lombardi in a scrapyard in Naples. 

The car was sent to Modena by its new owner and underwent a complete restoration in preparation for the Mille Miglia, a race that the car successfully entered four times in 1984, 1986, 1989 and 1990. In 2006, it was raced by its current owner at the legendary Monaco Historic Grand Prix having been once again restored, this time by Carrozzeria Nova Rinascente near Padova. 

This is a racing car par excellence: ex-works, driven by one of the most celebrated British racing drivers of all time, and fastidiously restored. It is eligible for the most glamorous and exciting motoring events across the globe and, as Maglioli himself claimed, ‘it is suitable for even the most tortuous routes.’ 

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Estimate

Price
incl Buyers’s Premium

101

1970 FIAT 500 'Mare' Beach Car

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€25,000 - 35,000
£22,000 - 31,000

€34,500

102

1959 Autobianchi Bianchina
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110B-017190 

€25,000 - 35,000
£22,000 - 31,000

€17,250

103

1987 Austin Rover Mini Moke

TW7XKFP
3285681056 

€25,000 - 35,000
£22,000 - 31,000

€21,850

104

1968 BMW 2000 CS Coupé

1108534 

€35,000 - 55,000
£31,000 - 48,000


€20,700

105

1962 Jaguar Mark 2 Sports Saloon

221329DN 

€40,000 - 50,000
£35,000 - 44,000

€36,800

106

1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia 1600
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AR-357362 

€70,000 - 80,000
£61,000 - 70,000

Not Sold

107

1974 BMW 2002 Turbo

4290992 

€80,000 - 120,000
£70,000 - 110,000

€101,200

108

1959 Porsche 356B Roadster

86875 

€120,000 - 170,000
£110,000 - 150,000

€138,000

109

1956 Austin-Healey 100M
'Le Mans' Roadster



BN2-L/230581 

€160,000 - 180,000
£140,000 - 160,000

Not Sold

110

1969 Tecno-Novamotor Ford 69
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TOO334 

€80,000 - 120,000
£70,000 - 110,000

€92,000

112

1980 BMW M1 Coupé

WB50000009
4301080 

€540,000 - 580,000
£470,000 - 510,000

Not Sold

114

1953 Alfa Romeo 1900 Corto Gara
Stradale Coupé

AR 1900C 01420 

€380,000 - 460,000
£330,000 - 400,000

€414,000

115

1973 Porsche 911 2.7 Carrera RS
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911 360 1141 

€550,000 - 750,000
£480,000 - 660,000

€575,000

116

1992 Porsche 964 Carrera RS Coupé

WP0ZZZ96ZNS
490994 

€180,000 - 240,000
£160,000 - 210,000

€230,000

117Ω

1993 Bugatti EB110 GT Coupe

ZA9AB01E0PCD
39033 

€600,000 - 700,000
£530,000 - 610,000

€603,750

118

1993 McLaren-Cosworth Ford MP4/8A
Formula racing Single-Seater

MP4/8-6 

TBD

€4,197,500

120

1956 Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertible

B24S-1187 

€280,000 - 320,000
£250,000 - 280,000

€287,500

121

2002 Ferrari 575M Maranello Coupé

127860 

€240,000 - 280,000
£210,000 - 250,000

Not Sold

122

1971 Maserati Ghibli SS 4.9-Litre Coupé

AM115/49.1956 

€250,000 - 300,000
£220,000 - 260,000

Not Sold

123

1931 Bentley 8-Litre Tourer

YR5094 

€800,000 - 1,000,000
£700,000 - 880,000

Not Sold

124

1984 Toleman-Hart TG184
racing single seater

TG184-02 

€750,000 - 1,000,000
£660,000 - 880,000

€1,610,000

125

1962 Citroen 2CV Sahara 4x4

217 

€80,000 - 120,000
£70,000 - 110,000

€69,000

126

1988 Ferrari Testarossa Coupé

77965 

€80,000 - 100,000
£70,000 - 88,000

€80,500

127

1961 Mercedes-Benz 190SL Convertible

121.040.10.
020902 

€80,000 - 120,000
£70,000 - 110,000

€92,000

128

1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster

198.042.75.
00453 

€950,000 - 1,150,000
£830,000 - 1,000,000

€1,219,000

129

1967 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL Convertible

113.044.10.
000077 

€200,000 - 240,000
£180,000 - 210,000

€230,000

130

1989 Mercedes-Benz 500 SL Roadster

WDB1070461A
100197

€80,000 - 110,000
£70,000 - 96,000

€82,800

131

1993 Mercedes-Benz 500 SL Roadster
with Factory Hardtop

WDB1290671F
087544

€50,000 - 70,000
£44,000 - 61,000

€39,100

132

1955 Jaguar XK140 SE Michelotti Coupé

S814286 

€20,000 - 50,000
£18,000 - 44,000

€356,500

133

1980 Aston Martin V8 Volante

V8COL/15191 

€300,000 - 350,000
£260,000 - 310,000

Not Sold

134

1951 Delahaye 135M Convertible

801011 

€250,000 - 350,000
£220,000 - 310,000

€310,500

135

1987 Ferrari F1/87 Formula 1
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100 

€650,000 - 850,000
£570,000 - 740,000

Not Sold

136

1974 Ferrari 365 GT4 Berlinetta Boxer

18041 

€285,000 - 315,000
£250,000 - 280,000

€333,500

137

1953 Ferrari 625 TF
Two-Seat Spider by Vignale

0304TF/0306TF

€4,500,000 - 6,500,000
£3,900,000 - 5,700,000

Not Sold

138

2017 FIAT 500 Jollycar

ZFA3120000J
792268 

€45,000 - 55,000
£39,000 - 48,000

€40,250

139

1967 Porsche 912 'SWB' Coupé

461241 

€40,000 - 50,000
£35,000 - 44,000

€44,850

140

1968 Maserati Mistral 4000 Coupé

AM 109/A1*1658* 

€150,000 - 180,000
£130,000 - 160,000

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141*

1963 Ferrari 250GTE 2+2 Coupé

4787GT 

€300,000 - 350,000
£260,000 - 310,000

€379,500

142

2011 Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0

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785420 

€380,000 - 440,000
£330,000 - 390,000

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143

2013 Aston Martin V12 Zagato Coupé

SCFGBBGF8CGS
31157 

€550,000 - 750,000
£480,000 - 660,00000

Not Sold

144

1999 Ferrari 550 Maranello Coupé

114984 

€130,000 - 160,000
£110,000 - 140,000

€132,250

145N

1993 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.6-Litre
Type 964 X88 Coupé

WPOZZZ96ZPS
470239 

€250,000 - 300,000
£220,000 - 260,000

Not Sold

146†

1939 Horch 853a Sportcabriolet

854 375 

€400,000 - 600,000
£350,000 - 530,000

€391,000

147

1984 Jaguar XJ-S V12 Lynx Eventer

SAJJNAEW3BC
113109 

€75,000 - 95,000
£66,000 - 83,000

Not Sold

148

1964 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider Veloce

AR390210 

€70,000 - 80,000
£61,000 - 70,000

€73,600

149

1999 Rover Mini Cooper Sports Saloon

SAXXNWAZRXD
168719/S8 

€12,000 - 18,000
£11,000 - 16,000

€11,500

150

1995 Mercedes-Benz E500
Limited Sports Saloon

WDB1240361C
207479 

€30,000 - 40,000
£26,000 - 35,000

€33,350

151

1969 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL Convertible
with Hardtop

113.044.12.
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€80,000 - 120,000
£70,000 - 110,000

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152

1970 FIAT Dino 2400 Spyder
with Hardtop

135BS001223 

€100,000 - 150,000
£88,000 - 130,000

€108,100

153

1967 Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 Series II Coupé

9793GT 

€190,000 - 240,000
£170,000 - 210,000

€218,500

154

1958 Mercedes-Benz 300 d Adenauer

189.010.85.
01044 

€80,000 - 100,000
£70,000 - 88,000

€35,650

155

1965 FIAT 600D Multipla

126167 

€25,000 - 30,000
£22,000 - 26,000

Not Sold

156

1971 FIAT/Autobianchi 500
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120.273308 

€13,000 - 18,000
£11,000 - 16,000

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