Classic Ferraris to be sold for RNLI
H&H to auction 250GT and 275GTB/4 from notable collection to benefit lifeboats
To the cars first though. This is PH after all, not ShipHeads. One is a RHD 250 GT short-wheelbase, chassis 1995 GT and one just 10 supplied new to the UK. This is a steel-bodied road car but in 'semi-competizione' spec with an uprated engine and gearbox, bigger fuel tanks and a limited-slip diff. Alongside chassis number 1993 GT, it was used to launch Maranello Concessionaires and is completely original. And rather lovely, it might be said.
The other is a 275 GTB/4, again right-hand drive and one of just 27 sold new in the UK. It has to be up there as one of the prettiest Ferraris ever, surely? Like the 250 GT it was a demonstrator for Maranello Concessionaires.
The owner of these two magnificent cars was Richard Colton, one of Britain's most notable V12 Ferrari collectors. In his ownership the 250 covered 60,000 miles and the 275 over 70,000, including many European road trips, which is great to hear. As a man 'known to be somewhat nervous of the sea', choosing to benefit the RNLI is understandable. Very generous too!
Estimates haven't yet been released for the two cars but you would have to think they will sell for many millions. The auction isn't until October 14 though so there are a few months remaining to buy Lotto tickets!
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I'm sure he'd prefer to keep them, but that option ran out when he died six weeks ago - missus already dead, no kids...
http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/189615...
I'm sure he'd prefer to keep them, but that option ran out when he died six weeks ago - missus already dead, no kids...
http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/189615...
Or do you really mean "what a horrid man not having a wife and children to pass these cares on to"
I'm sure he'd prefer to keep them, but that option ran out when he died six weeks ago - missus already dead, no kids...
http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/189615...
Or do you really mean "what a horrid man not having a wife and children to pass these cares on to"
I'm sure he'd prefer to keep them, but that option ran out when he died six weeks ago - missus already dead, no kids...
http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/189615...
So fking what! Do you know how much it costs to build a lifeboat and just how fking much it costs to run such an organisation?
Troll!
http://rnli.org/aboutus/aboutthernli/Documents/ann... (p29)
Which, with their £279m investments (p39), means they should be fine for a while - even without the £156.6m they received in the year, after deducting the £34.4m fundraising costs.
But that wasn't my point, either.
My point seems fairly obvious, and actually not that controversial, but I'll spell it out anyway. Look at the replies before mine. Top bloke. Incredibly generous. Well played, Sir.
Umm, not quite. He's died and has no direct descendants. His will has left his estate (in whole or in part) to charity. Fair play to him for that. It's just not quite the huge chunk of magnanimous lifetime philanthropy some appear to have taken from the article.
Whether the RNLI is the most deserving charitable cause is another question entirely, and one that's entirely up to each individual donor.
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