one of the few opportunities to acquire a real GTO
It is more than two years ago that one of the few real 250 GTO has been offered in public. The last one known was 3851GT, the former car of the Maranello Rosso Collection that was sold by Bonhams in Monterey when the collection of Fabrizio Violati, who passed away in 2010, was finally disbanded.

At that time it seemed like the collection would meander through the market. Nearly everybody of known enthusiasm for historic Ferraris or being of certain fame for being a connoisseur of the brand was asked by people with investment background what the true value of the collection would be. What wonder that the experts of F-Register have been adressed as well. It have been the days when prices for Ferraris began its dramatic gallop and 3851GT was finally sold at US $38,115,000. Rumours have it -and that is obviously always the case- that private transaction without any publicity would have exeeded the price achieved by Bonhams by a notable amount. Estimates of 50 to 60 mil. US$ made the rounds but never have been confirmed.

Is it any wonder that Talacrest gives no asking price for 3387GT, the GTO they have on offer currently?

3387GT comes from a long term ownership with Bernard 'Bernie' J. Carl of Washington who owned the car since 1997. The Ferrari had a short but intensive race carreer from 1962 to 1965. All results are -as usual- accessible in F-Register's Sportscar Race Results db.

For our Subscribers the complete history records are available if you look up 3387GT in the query form. 34 history records will show up and tell 3387GT's life to date.

Kindly enough, John Collins, the owner of Talacrest, who offers 3387GT for sale, provided us with some pictures of the car that are used for today's Slide Show with his kind permission.

Enjoy one the real icons of automotive engineering - the real Ferrari 250 GTO, #3387GT!