Equipment
Chrome spoke Borranis, Michelin XWX tires, Becker cassette stereo.
Condition
One of four 330 GTCs bodied by Pininfarina in similar Speciale coachwork with covered headlights, clean front fender flanks and concave rear window. First owned by Maria Maddalena Da Lisca, wife of pasta magnate Pietro Barilla. Restored for Paul Forbes in the late 1980s. Sound but scratched old paint cracked behind the left rear and right front wheels. Orderly but aged underbody and chassis. Clean, very orderly engine compartment. A very well restored and maintained older restoration but definitely showing its age.
Market commentary
Sold by Sotheby''s at Zurich in 1993, probably to the present owner, for $157,049 and tucked away largely out of sight since then. The result here is roughly five times the value of a ''standard'' 330 GTC in comparable condition but it also is many times more exclusive and rare. The result here may not adequately account for the aged restoration and failing paint, but the Ferrari is still more than good enough to be driven and shown as it is. A nearly singular object of special beauty, it is impossible to argue with the bidders'' determination of its value.