The Matsuda GTO goes over the block next week, it'll be interesting to see what it brings Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
In that picture it was really hard to see the separation line of the base of the mirror and top part that folds. That's all. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login I saw this Image Unavailable, Please Login
55237 just sold for $2.55. Est was $2.75-$3.25. https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/MO18/Monterey/lots/r0107-1984-ferrari-288-gto/694130
Oh dang, it had a reserve? My mistake. I was watching the stream and thought there was a hammer and sold announced...maybe I messed it up with something else.
55237 has been trending downwards for a while. I haven't seen the car in the flesh, so perhaps Marcel can offer some insight .
On another post I made about the fact the car didn't sell, Marcel commented that it has an additional JAPANESE (emphasis his) xxxxxx serial number. I gotta be honest I don't know 100% what he meant by that, but I'm inferring the car may not be as original as one would hope.
Quoting Marcel in another post: Japan authorities often overstamp chassis numbers with their own JAPANESE chassis numbers (their own Japanese system). Why that affects value so much, I don't know, especially since this is a well known car, but such are the whims of those who can afford these cars...
2.55 high bid wasn't bad, if it had sold and that had been the hammer number, the buyer would be paying 2.8m all-in with fees.
Est range does not include the fees. Bottom-line, it went below est.; the trend is downwards like it or not
Totally agree, numbers speak for themselves. My point is, that high bid is still a strong number for a GTO, compared to years ago.
Again: Japanese authorities blank existing chassis number stamping out by overstamping all numbers with xxxxxxxx over the Ferrari chassis number. Thereafter they stamp their own, Japanese, number to the metal, longer than the 17 digit VIN. Totally different number which has zero to do with normal Ferrari chassis number. So they basically alter the factory number, one could even say destroy original identity of the car. Not everybody wants such a car. Any car coming out of Japan can have such a modified and altered number, have also seen it on F40‘s and Testarossas. Japanese just want their own system. Marcel Massini
I bought an RS500 Cosworth out of Japan, original numbers were untouched and no addition numbers added to the chassis, this is the first time I have ever heard of such a practice there, so it is not a regular thing. It could be if the cars had landed into Japan with no supporting original paperwork this is what the authorities did. Same here in the UK, the registration authorities will issue a unique number at first registration and stamp it into the chassis if no historic info comes with the car, here it start "SABTVROxxxxxxxx" I believe Japan was the place where many dubious cars ended up in the 80s!
The Matsuda 288 GTO was sold new in Japan by official importer Cornes and came WITH proper paperwork. The xxxxxxx-ing over has nothing to do with or without paperwork. Marcel Massini
