Enzo Ferrari Typed Note Signed.

FERRARI, Enzo.

$2,000.00

Item Number: 147516

Modena:, 1987.

Rare typed note signed by the founder of the Ferrari automobile marque, Enzo Ferrari. One page, typescript on the verso of a color photograph of Ferrari, the note reads: ‘Grazie degli auguri  signed “Ferrari” febbraio 1987.’ In very good condition with remnants of hinging on the left edge and slight fading to the signature. The note measures 4 inches by 6 inches. Accompanied by two black and white photographs featuring Ferrari, one of which shows him standing with American businessman William F. Harrah at the Ferrari factory in Maranello, May 1961, with a typed plaque asserting the fact.

Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari was the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque. He was widely known as "il Commendatore" or "il Drake". In his final years he was often referred to as "l'Ingegnere" or "il Grande Vecchio (the Great Old Man)". In 1920, Enzo joined the racing department of Alfa Romeo as a driver. In 1924, Ferrari won the Coppa Acerbo at Pescara, a success that encouraged Alfa Romeo to offer him a chance to race in much more prestigious competitions. Deeply shocked by the death of Antonio Ascari in 1925, Ferrari, by his own admissions, continued to race half-heartedly. Following the birth of his son Alfredo (Dino) in 1932, Ferrari decided to retire and to focus instead on the management and development of the factory Alfa race cars, eventually building up a race team of superstar drivers, including Giuseppe Campari and Tazio Nuvolari. This team was called Scuderia Ferrari (founded by Enzo in 1929) and acted as a racing division for Alfa Romeo. The team was very successful, thanks to the excellent cars, for example the Alfa Romeo P3 and to the talented drivers, like Nuvolari.