MOTOR MANIA ! 10.5.07

MOTOR MANIA
THURSDAY 10TH MAY 2007 

A racing car enthusiast since the 1940s is selling his collection of
automobilia, including many items from the legendary Mille
Miglia, at Simon Chorley Art & Antiques on Thursday, 10th May
2007.

The Mille Miglia (Thousand Miles) was a car race from Brescia to
Rome and back. From 1927 to 1957, the greatest drivers at the
wheels of the most prestigious sports cars raced along the dusty
roads of a figure-of-eight shaped course of roughly 1500km – or a
thousand Roman miles. The race was banned after a fatal crash in
1957 when the driver and co-driver, as well as 11 spectators were
killed, due to a blown tyre.

The sale includes an oil painting by Tony Smith of Piero Tarrufi
in a Ferrari Tipo 335 winning the 1957 race (est £1800-2200), a
framed newspaper cutting of La Domenica del Corriere of 26
May 1957 outlining the tragedy of the race (est £70-90), an original
race programme of 1957 including others from 1934, 1947, 1949,
1952-1958 and nine Automobile Club Brescia Souvenir
programmes (est £500-600), a commemorative silk scarf of the
1957 race (est £40-60) as well as a large number of scrap books
relating to the Mille Miglia race (est £100-150).

Other items of interest are black and white photographs by Jarrott
of Mike Hawthorne in a Cooper Bristol at Silverstone in 1952 (est
£30-40) and in a Ferrari at Silverstone in the Daily Express
International Trophy, 1953 (est £40-60), Jose Froilan Gonzalez
and Reg Parnel in V16 BRM’s at Goodwood, 1952 (est £30-40)
and Fangio in an Alfa Romeo at the Swiss Grand Prix, 1951 with
autograph, (est £40-60).

For Ferrari enthusiasts there is an oil painting by Tony Smith of
Nino Vaccarella driving a Ferrari 512, pursued by Joe Siffert in a
Porche 908 in the 1970 Targa Florio (est £1800-2200), a silk scarf
with Ferrari insignia and a Le Mans scarf (est £40-60), an
ashtray with Ferrari insignia (est £30-40), 12 volumes of
Ferrarissima (est £40-60), a brass Ferrari prancing horse (est
£60-80) and a large number of scrap books relating to Ferrari (est
£80-120).

There is also a watercolour by Dutch artist Ryk Heuff of Maglioli
driving a Ferrari 375 in the Carrera Pan American race (est £300400),

and a quantity of Targa Florio race programmes (est £80120).