Aje’s Ferrari sells for 300 million today: ‘not immortal’

Today, Sweden’s most exclusive Ferrari collection is headed to auction. Billionaire Aje Philipson’s cars worth nearly £300m are on display in stunning film ahead of auction. The most expensive Ferrari worth 100 million gets a real ride.
– You are not immortal. I think it’s better for me to do this now than for the kids to bump into each other, Aje Philipson tells Expressen.

One of Europe’s leading car auctions takes place this weekend at Villa Erba on Lake Como in Italy. The main number of RM Sotheby’s auction It is the Aurora Group that is owned by Swedish billionaire Aje Philipson, 80. He is the heir to the Philipson car empire and has a car collection worth up to SEK 500 million. The value of cars sold this weekend could be close to SEK 300 million. It is so valuable that it is guarded by armed guards.

Aje Philipson made the decision to sell the cars since he suffered from a bone disease, although the prognosis is good, a wide range of exclusive cars means a lot of work.
– It’s a little sad, I’ve had a lot for 50 years, of course it’s a little sad. But you can’t see it that way, he says Express.

Watch the Ferrari Cars movie here

The collection was previously unknown to most Swedes, but before the auction, the impressive cars were shown in a new film where the cars can be admired. It’s about 14 cars, and in this case the Ferrari is a dozen cars surrounded by two Mercedes.
– My family and I are more attached to Mercedes, so I think it’s actually more fun, and I have some nice old cars.

Now the amazing cars are featured in a new video from RM Sotheby’s. Auctioneer expert Anders Bildt took a ride in Sweden’s most expensive car with the vice president of the Swedish Ferrari Club, Jan-Erik Lindgren. Scaglietti’s Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta was featured in the movie Herbie The Love Bug. Just that Ferrari. It could be worth close to SEK 100 million. The collection also includes the Ferrari Testarossa and Ferrari Daytona Cabriolet that Aje Philipson has owned since new.
– Why not buy both a Testarossa and a Daytona and create your own Miami Vice? Jan Eric Lindgren says:

Cars from the collection being sold at auction

1961 Ferrari 250 GTS WB Berlinetta by Scaletti Value
1956 Ferrari 500 TR Spider by Scaletti
1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 by Scaglietti
1973 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spider by Scaletti
2019 Ferrari Monza SP1, driven under 600 miles
2011 Ferrari SA Aperta driven less than 600 miles
1965 Ferrari 275 GTS from Pininfarina
1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing
1961 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Series II by Pininfarina
1956 Mercedes-Benz 300 SC Roadster
2001 Ferrari 550 Barchetta Pininfarina
1986 Ferrari Testarossa driven with less than 600 miles.
1997 Ferrari 550 Maranello, driven less than 600 miles.
2002 Ferrari 360 Spider
Source: RM Sotheby’s