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The much-anticipated auction of Ferrari sports and racing cars, hosted by RM Auctions in association with Sotheby's, made history last month, recording NZ$63 million in sales.
The one-day auction held at Ferrari's Fiorano test track in Maranello, Italy, featured 33 factory certified road and racing Ferraris along with memorabilia spanning six decades of the famed marque.
The "Ferrari: Leggenda e Passione" sale was highlighted by the NZ$12.5 million sale of the Le Mans-winning 1962 Ferrari 330 TRI/LM Testa Rossa piloted to victory by world champion Phil Hill and Oliver Gendebien.
One of most recent offerings was Felipe Massa's first Grand Prix winning 2006 Formula 1 car, which changed hands at $2.9 million.
Top sellers of the memorabilia collection from Ferrari's archives were a 1:24 scale model of a F2004 race car used for wind tunnel testing that drew a bid of $91,250 and an original F1 steering wheel used by Michael Schumacher during the 2005 season, which made $116,892.
