French auction house Artcurial has already announced some blockbuster lots for its annual Rétromobile auction in Paris in February.
Leading the charge will be a unique Oblin-bodied 1953 Ferrari 166MM with superb history.
Having started life with a Vignale body chassis 0300M was raced and rallied extensively by first owner Jacques Herzet, usually shared with Lucien Bianchi or jazz musician Johnny Claes, and including a seventh-place finish on the Tour de France and the Rio de Janiero and Sao Paolo GPs.
When the car returned from South America, Herzet treated it to the new barchetta body by Carrosserie Martial Oblin in Brussels.
The Ferrari was sold to the USA in 1966 and the expensively restored 166MM returned to Europe last year.
Artcurial will also sell a rarer-than-a-GTO 1964 Ferrari 500 Superfast S1 Pininfarina. With period appearances at both the Paris and Turin motor shows, the one-of-36 GT cost more than a 275 GTB new and was reputed to top 100mph in second.
