Ferrari: temptations within reach

Milan, November 2016. I am having lunch with a friend and he says to me “See, you can no longer buy anything [from Ferrari] for less than €150,000…; a few days ago, I was offered a 512 BB carburettor for €395,000”. I try to convince him that the prices will drop, and that it’s better to keep his money in his pockets but it’s really hard for me as just a few metres from where I’m standing the craziest auction that Europe has ever known is underway. It goes by the name of “Duemila Ruote” and was recently witness to one of the most insane upward runs to say the least. Three and a half years have passed but it feels more like a century, the euphoria has given way to reason and the prices have gone down.