- Chassis 10453 is a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S NART Spider formerly owned by Steve McQueen.
- Gooding Christie's will offer the car at its Rétromobile New York auction in November.
- The Ferrari carries a $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 estimate.
Steve McQueen did not baby his cars, and a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S NART Spider he once wrecked on the Pacific Coast Highway is proof. Chassis 10453 is heading to auction for the first time, carrying a $15 million to $20 million estimate.
Gooding Christie's will offer the Ferrari at its inaugural Rétromobile New York sale, part of the auction house's first US edition of the European collector-car event. The consignment reunites McQueen's Hollywood legend with a car he owned, crashed, and personally modified.
Gallery: Steve McQueen’s 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S NART Spider
McQueen's Ferrari Headlines A New York Debut
Chassis 10453 is the sixth of just 10 NART Spiders built between 1967 and 1968, and it is one of only two finished at the factory in Blu Sera, or Evening Blue. Luigi Chinetti, Ferrari's North American racing partner, pushed Enzo Ferrari and coachbuilder Scaglietti to strip the roof off the 275 GTB/4 berlinetta for this small run.
Completed in September 1967, the car was invoiced to Luigi Chinetti Motors and sold to McQueen through Hollywood Sport Cars. He wasted no time making it his own, repainting the body a darker metallic blue and having the seats retrimmed with a distinctive stitching pattern.
The 3.3-liter V12 made 300 horsepower, and McQueen drove the car hard enough that a rear-end collision on the Pacific Coast Highway popped both doors open. Junior Conway handled the repair, and the actor sold the Ferrari by 1971, after which it passed to J. David Kopf of Tujunga, California.
The current owner bought it in 1986 through Long Island dealer Grand Prix SSR and has kept it for 40 years, preserved rather than restored. The car retains its matching-numbers engine, transaxle, and Scaglietti bodywork, plus the custom details McQueen added.
What Else Is Crossing The Block
Gooding Christie's President David Gooding called the NART Spider "the most elusive and mythical" of McQueen's high-profile cars, noting it spent most of its life away from public view. Ferrari historian Marcel Massini described it as "forever linked" to the actor and called the sale "a monumental moment in car history."
Two more Scaglietti-bodied Ferraris round out the early consignment list. A 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB carries an estimate of $2.25 million to $2.5 million, while a 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso, the same model McQueen owned before trading up to the NART Spider, is estimated at $1.4 million to $1.6 million.
The NART Spider has surfaced publicly just twice since leaving McQueen's ownership. It appeared at the 1996 Louis Vuitton Classic at Rockefeller Center and at a 2003 Ferrari exhibition at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia. This November marks its return to Manhattan three decades after that Rockefeller Center appearance.
Rétromobile New York runs November 19 to 22, 2026 at the Javits Center, with public hours each day from Thursday through Sunday. Gooding Christie's will stage its Rétromobile New York Auctions on Friday, November 20 and Saturday, November 21 as part of the four-day event, and says more consignments will be announced ahead of the sale, with the NART Spider already confirmed as the star lot.
Motor1's Take: McQueen's provenance makes the NART Spider a test case for high-end collector demand. Watch whether its preserved condition appeals to purists or narrows the buyer pool. How it sells will influence momentum for the New York debut and future marquee consignments. New consignments announced before the sale may shift bidder interest.
