Equipment
5-speed, painted wire wheels.
Condition
Started off as a factory development car before selling to construction tycoon and race team owner Tony Parravano, who commissioned this one-off Scaglietti spider coachwork. Carroll Shelby drove it to a win at the 1956 Palm Springs Road Races. When Parravano fled the country to escape the tax man, the Ferrari went with him and it had a renewed racing career south of the border. Restored by marque specialists in 2017 and shown at Pebble Beach in 2018. It's still fresh-looking without being overdone.
Market commentary
This car's history, beauty and monster 5.0-liter V-12 pushed this car to an unsurprising eight-figure price, as almost any big-engined '50s Ferrari sports racer is bound to be worth this much. Another 410 Sport Spider with even better history (driven by Shelby, Fangio, Gregory, Gonnier, Daigh, Ginther) sold for $22M at this sale two years ago.