pic. courtesy of RM Sotheby's 2018
"Los Angeles, California (8 December 2018) – Today in front of a packed salesroom at the renowned Petersen
Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, RM Sotheby’s sold a 1956 Ferrari 290 MM by Scaglietti, chassis
no. 0628, for $22,005,000 (est. $22m/26m) after an extended bidding contest between three collectors.
Leading the company’s first auction at the recently redesigned Petersen Museum, the fully matching-numbers,
Classiche-certified 290 MM was campaigned by Scuderia Ferrari for the 1956 and 1957 seasons, piloted by an
amazing roster of factory team drivers including Juan Manuel Fangio, Phil Hill, Peter Collins, Wolfgang von Trips,
Olivier Gendebien, Eugenio Castellotti and later, under private ownership, Sir Stirling Moss, in some of the most
prestigious events the racing world has known.