A 1928 ‘Bobtail’ Bentley, a 1964 Prototype Ford GT40, a Porsche RS60 Spyder and a 1955 Ferrari 857 Scaglietti Spider will play starring roles at Gooding’s Pebble Beach sale on 18-19 August.
The 4 ½-Litre Bentley works car (below) competed in 1928’s Le Mans 24 hours, which was won by the marque. It went on to compete in 1929’s inaugural Double Twelve race at Brooklands, finishing second behind an Alfa Romeo, before heading back to Le Mans, finishing third in the hands of Dr Benjafield and Baron Andre d'Erlanger – its second career podium in 24-hour events. The car is expected to make $5–7,500,000.
The Ferrari Scaglietti Spider (main pic and below) (0588 M) – the last of only four created – features a 3.5-litre, 4-cylinder engine and began life as a works car. It would later be crashed in the hands of Olivier Gendebien and was returned to Ferrari where it received its spider coachwork and upright rear fin.
The Italian was then purchased by John Edgar and raced by Jack McAfee – who took it to a second place at Palm Springs. It would go on to take third at Pebble Beach on the way to a long list of significant wins – some with Carroll Shelby at the wheel, before falling into the hands of American artist Andy Warhol and more recently a European collector.
