The 1957 Ferrari 625 TRC Spider was expected to fetch between €3,000,000 and €3,700,000 and actually sold for €5,040,000 to an anonymous telephone bidder.
For the first time, the Monte Carlo Country Club (Riviera League) was selected by the Federal Bureau of the French Tennis Federation to host the quarter final Davis Cup between France and the United States on 6th, 7th and 8th April.
The World Famous, Record-Breaking, 1953 Ferrari-Powered Hydroplane, "ARNO XI", is up for auction in Monaco this May.
The ARNO XI combined the designing expertise of Achille Castoldi, ho wanted to break a world water speed record, and the engineering genius of Enzo Ferrari to create this piece of automotive genius. Although desinged and built between 1952 and 1953, it looks like something from the future. It uses the same 12-cylinder, 4,500cc, V12 Ferrari engine used in the Type 375 Grand Prix car.
RM Auctions returns to Monaco, 10th – 12th May, 2012, for its biennial sale at the Grimaldi Forum.
Arrive in Monaco from the UK on your own private jet charter, transfer by helicopter, stay in high end accommodation, experience race day hospitality on board a luxury yacht and receive exclusive party invites that are not available elsewhere. All for a mere £72,000.
Prince Albert II of Monaco has cut the inaugural ribbon to open the Italian Style Exhibition "Art and Design the Italian Way" held at the Espace Diaghilev in the Grimaldi Forum. He was accompanied by the Ambassador of Italy in the Principality Monaco, Anthony Morabito. Among others who were also present were many representatives of world culture, business and art, with Italian and Monegasque mayors who came from neighbouring cities.