✦ Shifty Estimate
$12,080,000
- 12 months median
- $10.8M
- Market cap
- $2.13B · 176 built
- Sales, 12 months
- 6
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1959 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB
1959 to 1962 · Coupe · Limited edition · 176 built
Price history
Recent sales
26 sales
1961 · Blu Scuro2026-04-25$16,655,000
1960 · Nero2026-01-28$14,067,500
1959 · Grigio Scuro2025-10-18$381,875
1961 · manual2025-08-16$25,305,000
1961 · manual2025-08-16$7,550,000
1959 · Nero2024-08-17$5,615,000
1960 · Grigio2024-08-17$17,055,000
1959 · Red · 63,000 mi2024-07-31 · ottocarclub$352,222
1960 · manual2024-02-29$940,000
1960 · Giallo2024-01-31$10,158,125
1960 · Grigio Argento2023-11-04$325,625
1959 · Blu Genziana (MM 16229)2023-08-19$731,000
1960 · Red2023-08-19$280,000
1962 · manual2023-08-19$9,465,000
1960 · manual2023-08-19$1,300,000
1960 · Grigio2023-05-20$483,125
1959 · Red · 63,000 mi2023-03-13 · DSFM2005$402,000
1962 · manual2023-03-02$18,045,000
1959 · Red2022-09-24$489,500
1960 · manual2022-09-03$7,762,500
1960 · manual2022-08-20$1,600,000
1960 · Argento Nürburgring (101 C/36520)2022-08-20$533,000
1959 · Rosso2022-08-20$5,340,000
1959 · Grigio Conchiglia2022-02-02$1,141,250
1959 · manual2021-08-14$10,840,000
1963 · manual2019-01-04$7,595,000
Specifications
- Engine
- Naturally Aspirated V12, 3.0L
- Power
- 280 hp
- 0 to 60
- 6s
- Top speed
- 152 mph
- Transmission
- Manual
- Drivetrain
- RWD
- Curb weight
- 2,200 lb
- Production
- 176 units
- Designer
- Pininfarina
Common questions
How much does a Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB cost?
Over the past 12 months, 6 have sold publicly at a median of $10,808,750. The Shifty Estimate for a well-kept example is $12,080,000. Cars have changed hands anywhere from $3,249,125 to $21,845,000, depending on mileage, color, and history.
What is a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB worth today?
The Shifty Estimate is $12,080,000. We rate confidence medium: 6 public sales in a year is a thin market, and the spread between them is wide.
What has a Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB sold for at auction?
The 3 most recent public sales we have on file:
- $16,655,000Apr 25, 2026Blu Scuro
- $14,067,500Jan 28, 2026Nero
- $381,875Oct 18, 2025Grigio Scuro
The 250 GT Berlinetta SWB stands as one of Ferrari's greatest achievements—a perfect marriage of competition prowess and road-going elegance. Piero Drogo's shortened wheelbase transformed the already excellent 250 GT into something transcendent, equally at home at Le Mans or cruising the Riviera. With just 176 examples built, each SWB is a masterpiece of Scaglietti craftsmanship, featuring the sublime Colombo V12 in its most refined form. The competition history reads like a greatest hits of 1960s motorsport, with victories at every major venue. Today's market reflects this significance—clean examples routinely exceed eight figures, making the SWB one of the most valuable Ferraris ever built. It remains the ultimate collector Ferrari, combining rarity, beauty, racing pedigree, and that ineffable quality that separates the truly great from the merely excellent.