Mecum Auctions will present the Phil and Martha Bachman Ferrari Collection at its Kissimmee sale in January 2026.
The Bachman Collection charts the evolution of Ferrari’s road and competition models, spanning early grand tourers through to contemporary supercars. The collection includes 48 cars – not all of them Ferraris – all carefully selected and maintained over several decades. Many are believed to be among the final examples of their type to leave Maranello, and several remain in factory-preserved condition as part of the late Phil Bachman’s preference for low-mileage cars. The vast majority of the collection are painted either red or yellow – and in some cases there’s one of each.
The collection contains a 2017 LaFerrari Aperta, 2017 F12tdf, a 2015 458 Speciale Aperta, a 2015 LaFerrari, a 2011 599 SA Aperta, a 2011 599 GTO, a 2009 430 Scuderia Spider 16M and a 2009 430 Scuderia – all with fewer than 150 miles on the clock, with some less than half that.
The Bachman Ferrari Collection also includes a 2007 612 Sessanta in a brown and yellow motif, a 2006 FXX, a brace of 2005 575M Superamericas (one red, one yellow, of course), a 2004 360 Challenge Stradale, a 2003 Ferrari Enzo and a 2001 550 Barchetta Pininfarina. In a turn-up for the books, there’s a dark green 2004 360 Challenge Stradale.
Moving into the 1990s, there’s a 1999 F355 Spider Serie Fiorano, a 1995 F512 M, a 1994 348 TB Challenge and a 1994 512 TR. However the main interest here will be in the brace of 1992 F40s, one with 864 miles on the clock, the other 456. There’s also an F50 with just 251 miles beneath its wheels.
The Bachman Ferrari collection includes a 1953 166 MM/53 Vignale Spyder (chassis 0342/M) – one of only 13 examples of the 166 MM updated to MM/53 specification, this car is among ten bodied by Vignale. Completed in June 1953, it was delivered new through Porfirio Rubirosa to its first owner, Hollywood screenwriter Ranald ‘Randy’ McDougall. McDougall entered the car in the 1954 Pebble Beach Road Race, where he won his class and finished fifth overall in the Del Monte Trophy. Following a crash in 1955 he retired from racing, and the car later passed through the hands of several owners, including Otto Zipper, Jack Brumby, Bruce Danielson and Mari E Grim. It later formed part of the Gerald Suttefield Collection for many years, joining the Bachman Ferrari Collection in 2007.
The Bachman Collection also includes a silver 1964 250 GT/L Berlinetta Lusso (chassis 5593), a 1967 275 GTB/4 Alloy (chassis 10269), and both Plexiglas and standard examples of the 1970 and 1973 365 GTB/4 Daytona. It also features two 1974 Dino 246 GTS models (one in black, the other a rare ‘Chairs and Flares’ version in red), alongside a 1975 365 GT4 BB.
From the mid-1970s come several 308 GTBs, including both Vetroresina (including one in grey) and steel-bodied cars, as well as a 1978 308 GTS and 512 BB. Later highlights include a 1980 308 GTSi, a 1984 308 GTS Quattrovalvole, two 1984 512 BBis, a 1985 288 GTO and a 1985 400 GTi. Completing the line-up are a 1989 Testarossa on 256 miles, a 1989 328 GTB (328 miles) and a 1989 328 GTS (560 miles). The yellow non-Plexi Daytona has covered just 431 miles, while the yellow 365 GT4 BB has done 443km.
There are also a couple of Alfa Romeos in the collection: a yellow 2009 8C Spider on 94 miles, and a 2008 8C Competizione on 115 miles.
No estimates have been revealed for the Bachman Ferrari Collection sale, but the cars will be put up for grabs at Mecum’s massive Kissimmee sale, which takes place on January 6-18 2026. More details can be found here.
