A few years later the 275 GTB/4 changed hands to become part of another world-renowned collection, this time in England, and remained in storage until the early 2000s.
In 2004, Coys sold it at its Monaco auction to the current vendor, who used it sparingly for a variety of events. Coys is once again selling the car, at its auction at the Royal Horticultural Halls in Westminster on May 18.
Jean-Pierre Beltoise, a Formula One driver and journalist for L’Auto Journal, wrote when he tested the car in 1967: “It is, first and foremost, a serious and comfortable gran turismo, but it retains the lineage of a race car in the response of the engine and the quality of the handling. The 275 GTB/4 is one of the greatest automobiles created in our times.”