Bernie’s Collection for sale

Thought everyone might be interested in this one.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/2024/12/01/bernie-ecclestone-ferraris-brabhams-grand-prix-collection/

 

Bit beyond my budget that one.

 

Peasant!

 

Previous owner was an old guy, never tracked.

 

Guilty as charged.

 

Just to clarify, is the collection being offered as a whole or are the cars offered individually; auction?

 

I'd love the 312 from 1966. Its the Race winner from Monza, and the only original one left.

 

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The Bernie Ecclestone Grand Prix Collection, 69 cars for sale | FerrariChat

 

The Exclusive Bernie Ecclestone Interview | Discussing the collection plus personal and F1 stories

 

Ever notice, with these large collections, they all get sold off because the families want nothing to do with them? I wonder what will become of the Ralph Lauren collection in a couple years..

 

I suspect that many high end collector cars will become charitable donations in the coming years.

 

Lol, I couldn't even afford that collection if it was 1:18th scale!!!!

Wow!!!

 

Surely the most important collection of F1 cars ever assembled? Bernie is doing the right thing. He is a master negotiator, and he wants to make sure he gets top dollar for every single item. I wish him well with the sale.

Hopefully Gordon Murray can pick up the fan car for GMA. That would be appropriate.

 

that was most likely the best interview I've ever seen with Bernie. he actually talked. I met him several times but only once had an actual conversation he was the master of silence.

 

Part 2

The Ferrari Walkaround | We discuss the Ferrari Formula 1 cars within The Ecclestone Collection

 

they need to do a marketing tie in with Gordon, I don't think there will be a huge demand for that many Brabhams owned by Bernie and driven by Piquet...but Gordon Murray designs seem to do well

 

I don't see $400 million worth--but there may be a dictator or Arabian prince who might.....

 

What an awesome couple of videos! Sent me back in time - I'm sure i'm not the only one here old enough to have lived through the time a lot of these cars and mentioned drivers were on track! I feel lucky just to have been around and to be a fan - Bernie is on a different level and has lived one heck of a life

 

I remember almost all the cars from my childhood. The cars from the 50's and very early 60's I was not around for, but when I was a young kid, my dad had a huge slot car collection and many if not all those early cars he had as a slot car. My favorite of the time was the Ferrari 312, and the Matra ms 80.... as well as the Super squallo.

 

It's a bit sad when you remember how the Ferrari collection was ‘acquired’ from Albert Obrist. These are the man's words, not mine:

"In the early 1990s I had around fifty cars, including thirty or so that I considered to be the ‘hard core’, covering the entire history of Ferrari, from a pre-war Scuderia Alfa Romeo to the F40. Alongside this, I also had a number of road Ferraris. My favourites were one of three aluminium-bodied 250 Californias, a NART spyder, and the 250 SWB. Unfortunately, I lost my cars in 1996. I needed cash because the market was collapsing. Bernie Ecclestone, whom I thought was trustworthy, offered to pledge my collection. After a delay in payment, he seized it and then shamelessly dispersed a large part of it. I don't need to tell you what I think of this gentleman... I'm not a man of money, but it was still the fruit of a lifetime's work! Fortunately, I have memories that are priceless."

Albert Obrist loved and used his Ferraris whenever he could ( " ...to have reunited ‘Gigi’ Villoresi with the 375 of the 1951 Swiss Grand Prix, where Piero Taruffi took her to 2nd place. He drove it as a curtain raiser at the Hungarian Grand Prix. When he got out of the car, he kissed me and said: ‘You've made me the happiest of men’."). Bernie kept them secret in a vault and looked at the value raising. Two different philosophies indeed.

 

MInd blowing F1 collection! I was surprised to learn that the Niki Lauda 1975 312T (chassis #022) that used to reside here in Washington as part of the Richard Griot collection ended up with Ecclestone. Richard Griot is an active vintage racer who restored the 312T but never raced - because he couldn't fit! I actually saw this car (chassis #022) race at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix, where it crashed on the first lap and was floored when it appeared in Seattle, fully restored, decades later. My photos from those events:

 

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There are some unflattering stories about Bernie! Ken Tyrell told Jackie Stewart he didn't want him anywhere near his funeral. Money is his king.

 

The Brabham Walkaround | Bernie gives us a unique tour of his Brabhams