Schlagwort: Collections

Autofriedhöfe hatte ich hier schon des Öfteren. Ganze Sammlungen stehen da mitunter in der Gegend rum. So wie in diesem Fall eine eher hochpreisige. Es handelt sich um die Sammlung eines betuchten Mannes, der irgendwann krank wurde und finanziell ins Schleudern kam. Wenn man in diesem Fall so ausdrücken kann. Finanziell ins Schleudern kommen ist bei einem dutzend Ferraris aufm Acker wohl eher relativ. Jedenfalls sind die Kisten mittlerweile Kisten verkauft, Silodrome aber hat eine recht umfangreiche Fotosserie der auf einem Feld vor sich hingammelnden Ferraris.

Once he started collecting Ferraris he never looked back. He eventually acquired 13 examples of Maranello’s finest including a Testarossa, a 308 Quattrovalvole, a 400i, at least two 328s, at least three 348s, and a small number of Mondials.

Sadly he was diagnosed with a serious illness in 2011/2012, before beginning treatment he paid to have the cars put into secure warehouse storage with a friend.

Sadly, his condition worsened and he missed a few payments, the cars were moved out of the warehouse and into a field as a result. Once payments had resumed and the back-payment had been taken care of the cars were never moved back into the warehouse. This was an exasperating decision to say the least, and it would lead to the cars all degrading significantly over the years to follow.

The Ferraris would stay in the field for almost a decade until legal proceedings were complete and the family was able to take possession.