To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sothebys' Paris
event, 5 February 2020.
Estimate:
€130,000 - €170,000
- Offered from the Poster Car Collection
- Retains its original engine
- Includes heritage certificates from Maserati Classiche and
invoices dating to 1989
- Well-preserved older restoration
The upgraded Ghibli SS that Maserati introduced in 1970 featured an
enlarged 4.9-litre engine and an array of comfort amenities,
including standard air conditioning. This fine mid-production
example benefits from factory documentation sourced from Maserati
Classiche, as well as a deep file of invoices while under American
ownership.
Chassis no. 2110 was built in February 1971 and delivered at the
end of the month to Thepenier, the well-known marque distributor in
Saint-Cloud, in western Paris. Finished in black paint over
Cinghiale leather, the Ghibli was ordered for Edouard de Cazalet, a
banker who eventually relocated to Washington, DC, when he began
working for the World Bank.
The Maserati was then sold in the 1980s to Richard Grinstead of
Wylie, South Carolina, and he gradually performed a complete
restoration that refreshed the car both mechanically and
cosmetically. After passing in 1995 to Richard Pew of Arlington,
Virginia, the Ghibli was sold in 2006 to the esteemed collector Joe
Corbaccio of Hershey, Pennsylvania, before being shipped to the UK,
where it resides today.
Currently displaying 63,656 kilometres, this Maserati retains the
original V-8 engine and colour scheme, and it would make a fabulous
addition to any assemblage of European GT models, sure to stoke the
passions of marque enthusiasts worldwide.
- Issu de la collection "Poster Car"
- Equip� de son moteur d'origine
- Muni de certificats d�livr�s par Maserati Classiche et de
factures remontant � 1989
- Bon �tat de conservation apr�s une restauration d�sormais
ancienne
La Ghibli SS, une version modernis�e que Maserati lan�a en 1970,
b�n�ficiait d'un moteur port� � 4,9 litres et de divers �l�ments de
confort, dont l'air conditionn� mont� en s�rie. Ce bel exemplaire
datant du milieu de la p�riode de production est muni de documents
d'usine fournis par Maserati Classiche et d'un volumineux dossier
de factures datant de sa p�riode am�ricaine.
Le ch�ssis n� 2110 fut produit en f�vrier 1971 et livr� � la fin de
ce m�me mois � Th�penier, le concessionnaire bien connu de la
marque �tabli � Saint-Cloud, � l'Ouest de Paris. De couleur noire
et garnie de cuir de sanglier, cette Ghibli fut command�e par
Edouard de Cazalet, un banquier qui s'installa apr�s coup �
Washington pour y entamer une carri�re � la Banque Mondiale.
Elle fut ensuite vendue dans les ann�es 1980 � Richard Grinstead,
de Wylie, en Caroline du Sud, qui restaura int�gralement sa
m�canique et son esth�tique, �tape par �tape. Apr�s avoir �t� c�d�e
en 1995 � Richard Pew, d'Arlington, en Virginie, elle fut revendue
en 2006 � Joe Corbaccio, le respectable collectionneur de Hershey,
en Pennsylvanie, avant d'�tre exp�di�e au Royaume-Uni, o� elle se
trouve actuellement.
Cette Maserati affiche 63 656 km ; elle a conserv� son V8 et son
harmonie de teintes d'origine. Elle constituerait un merveilleux
apport � toute collection de GT europ�ennes et r�veillerait � coup
s�r la passion des amateurs de la marque partout dans le monde.To
view this car and others currently consigned to this auction,
please visit the RM website at
rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/pa20.
