Ultimate Ferrari250GTO-The Definitive History book -preorder?

For those buyers in Germany:

According to the publisher 25 copies were sent to Germany. Only 24 copies arrived at German customs, so the whole shipment was sent back to its origin (I’m not sure if that would be the publisher or printer) by the authorities.

 

Thanks to Boris and his Torry friends customs is a big problem after Brexit.

I don't know if the European Union is working on a plan to award him a medal for the extra cash they are making

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Good old German customs making us pay for leaving there club. Others have experienced similar petty reasons for having a book returned. Hopefully it will sort itself out.

 

Any one else notice this third edition of the GTO book

https://porterpress.co.uk/collections/ferrari-books/products/iconic-ferrari-250-gto-book

 

It was there from the start IIRC... I even suggested they could give away these copies to the (very few) actual owners.

 

The actual owners can easily afford these. I think the owners should pay 10x so that us ordinary guys can get free copies!
Nathan

 

Definitely a much later release to the standard and Collector's edition.

Correct, since they said they worked so closely with them, give them their own book.

Seems like they saw how successful the Miura Book was with owners of the actual cars, why not hit up the even more wealthy GTO owners while we are at it.

Seems three additions is now the norm for Porter Press these days.

So surprised they stopped at just the one for the GTE book.

 

The GTE book ticked the 5 magic boxes to become a instant collectable, thus increase in value.

1 Well written, great content.
2 Value for money.
3 Limited edition volume generally needs to be less than 600
4 Must contain reference chassis numbers of car/cars covered.
5 Car covered must have significant value and be produced in a number close to or greater than books printed

Once these 5 bases are covered it’s a battle between owners, book collectors and general interest buyers for the available pool.

Work to this formula and you will never buy a dud title.

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100% agree.

I wrote something very similar a while ago saying that that's the formula Porter Press and others should follow to guarantee sell out success.

 

There is a review of the James Page/Bluemel/Porter 250 GTO book in the November 2021 edition of UK magazine Classic & Sports Car.

 

I haven’t even received August yet.

 

That's because you live in the bush!

 

Not exactly a 5 star review for such an expensive book.

 

Any photo or link of the review....?

 

Thanks for the heads up Steven.
Cheers


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“...’definitive’ is a bold claim by the publisher.” Indeed, I think we have discussed this very thing right here. The lack of original photographs, illustration and artwork is something that I frankly had not considered, but it seals the deal for me.

 

Meaning no deal?

 

Yes.

 

Never mind, if you want badly pixelated images lifted off the Internet then you can get the GTO 64 book instead.

 

So, I should accept less than what I consider sufficient value because another book also has shortcomings?

 

No, that's not what I meant at all. Both books are disappointing and their authors (and purchasers) have been short-changed by their publishers who have charged premium prices (in both cases taking the money upon ordering rather than upon delivery) but have not realized premium products. But your reasons for not purchases the Porter Press title "the lack of original photographs, illustration and artwork" apply equally to both titles. Personally, I am quite annoyed that both publishers have gone a fair way to producing great books but not the whole way and in both cases it is not the text that is the problem.

 

To be clear, I’m definitely not planning to purchase the Porter book, and have not decided about GTO64, although chances are I probably won’t buy that either. I get that some people are completists and will purchase just about any book associated with Ferrari. I get it because I used to be that way, and with books on Porsche as well. But factors such as space, value and....”do I really need to know more about the subject?”...creep into the calculation.

I’ll hold out for Nye’s photobiography on Ferrari, and for the Chinetti/N.A.R.T. book. If they’re ever published I’ll almost certainly buy them. Because I find myself more interested in Ferrari’s life than his cars, and because so little has been published about Chinetti, a man without whom Ferrari almost certainly would not have achieved as much as he did.

 

My copy arrived a few weeks ago now of the Porter 250 GTO and it’s in very good condition. Really impressed by the quality and presentation.

 

Any updates on the availability of the Mangusta book?

 

Thank you for asking. I am still waiting for my publisher to do the layout and send it to me for final tweaks and caption writing. Beyond selling his family company due to Brexit he is now setting up two or three new companies.
Anyway I have done my work which I finished in 2020, the ball is in his court, last I heard from him he said we would finish and print later this year.

Apologies for answering in the wrong thread.