Michael Satterfield
TGR Staff
RM Auctions returns
to Monaco next month, May 11 – 12 for its biennial sale at the Grimaldi Forum.
Coinciding with the 8th Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, the upcoming sale
follows a record-setting debut performance in 2010 which saw the company
achieve over €33 million in sales. Next month’s sale – one of the most
important collector car events to be held in Europe this year – is set to continue
the momentum, presenting an elite, handpicked selection of more than 90
blue-chip automobiles along with approximately 100 motorcycles from the
acclaimed Saltarelli Ducati Collection. The sale will further cater to
discerning motorcycle collectors with the exclusive offering of two Ducati
Desmosedici GP machines, a GP10 raced by Casey Stoner and a GP11 raced by
Valentino Rossi presented directly from the Ducati Corse racing department
within the Ducati factory in Bologna, Italy.
include a superb roster of Ferraris, including one of two 1957 Ferrari
625 TRC Spiders ever built; a 1966 Ferrari 206 S Dino Spyder,
offered for the first time in 40 years; and the world-famous Ferrari-engined
Hydroplane racing boat, ARNO XI. Also on offer, a pair of Alfa
Romeo Tipo 33 sports racing cars; a beautiful, ex-Fangio 1950
Talbot-Lago T26 GS with one of the most complete racing histories in
the world; the 1958 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I “Honeymoon Express”
Two-Seater Drophead Coupe, one of the rarest and most important
post-war coach-built Rolls-Royces in existence; and the 1968 Rondeau
M378 which has taken more 24 Hours of Le Mans starts than any other in
history.
