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Originally Posted by sugarwood
Are most Ferrari transactions done via a dealer?
Maybe that is why the BAT prices seem low?
A high end guy is not going to be trolling CL for a car and going to random homes.
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Most Ferrari transactions are done with serious people who know the cars. People like Mike Sheehan is someone that people in the know go to. He doesn't deal with 308s/328s/348s usually, but since the market has changed, he may. Another person is Dick Fritz or Harley Cluxton or Bill Pollard. There are probably 10 others, but that's really about it.. These people know where every Ferrari of note has gone to, who has owned them, and if they are (or will be or maybe will be) for sale. These are people that have specialized knowledge. They have been in it for sometimes 40 years or more. Come to think of it, I have been in it as well for decades, but left the country for a time.
Most people who want a Ferrari (especially vintage) go to someone who has an eye on the market and someone who knows their history and knows where the quality cars are.
BaT isn't the venue right now. It just doesn't have the platform to move these cars. Ferraris in general are not hobbyist cars like a 911 is. People own them as status symbols, want to park them in the garage, say they have a Ferrari. In all the years of working around them (around 9) and being around 100s of cars, I only met ONE guy who did the work on his Ferrari (and that was an old 365). Porsches, by nature, are hobbyist oriented.
There are just too few Ferraris and too few of people that know how to properly work on them compared to an aircooled 911. Most Ferrari people want the experience of ownership, not the experience of working on them or driving them.