---
title: "This $30,000 Coffee Table Book Is Only for the Most Hardcore Ferrari Enthusiast"
description: "Explore Ferrari’s entire history in this limited edition collector’s book."
date: "2018-08-02"
modified: "2018-08-02"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Constantine"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-constantine"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/22570/this-30000-coffee-table-book-is-only-for-the-most-hardcore-ferrari-enthusiast"
categories:
  - "Ferrari News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Books"
  - "Collector"
  - "Ferrari"
  - "limited edition"
  - "Sergio Marchionne"
---

# This $30,000 Coffee Table Book Is Only for the Most Hardcore Ferrari Enthusiast

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2018/08/ferrari-coffee-table-book.jpg>)
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How much would you pay to call yourself the ultimate Ferrari collector? Since the cheapest barrier of entry into the exclusive Maranello club is the [$215,000 Portofino](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/19283/the-ferrari-portofino-a-600-horsepower-entry-level-dynamo>) model (if you're buying new), it's obvious that Ferrari weeds out the frugal-minded. Case in point is Ferrari's new [coffee table book](<https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/photography/all/66921/facts.ferrari.htm>), a version of which costs $30,000.

Italian journalist Pino Allievi and art book publisher [Taschen](<https://www.taschen.com/>) worked with Ferrari to put together this 514-page compendium, which includes photographs, drawings, and documents from Ferrari's private archives. In addition, the book features an appendix of every Ferrari race win [since 1947](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/15611/watch-ferraris-comprehensive-70th-anniversary-exhibition>), including original documents from many iconic Ferrari racing drivers.

![message-editor%2F1533157666433-ferrari\_ce\_gb\_3d\_66921.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1533157666433-ferrari_ce_gb_3d_66921.jpg>)
**Courtesy of Taschen.com**

Only 1,947 total copies of "Ferrari" will be made, the first 250 of which are the [$30,000 Art Editions](<https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/photography/all/86903/facts.ferrari_art_edition.htm>). This edition comes with a display case and bookstand designed by Marc Newson, which is meant to resemble a Ferrari V12 engine and exhaust headers. All 250 copies are signed by Piero Ferrari (son of Enzo Ferrari), Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles chairman John Elkann, and [the late Sergio Marchionne](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/22391/the-automotive-world-and-beyond-reacts-to-sergio-marchionnes-death>).

![message-editor%2F1533157464701-ferrari\_ce\_image011\_66921\_1805171124\_id\_1194232.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1533157464701-ferrari_ce_image011_66921_1805171124_id_1194232.jpg>)
*The Art Edition pedestal and case in closed position., *Courtesy of Taschen.com**

The remaining 1,697 [Collector's Edition](<https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/photography/all/66921/facts.ferrari.htm>) copies cost a slightly more reasonable $6,000 and include the aluminum V12 display case and Piero Ferrari's signature but ditch the exhaust stand and the signatures of FCA's personnel.

A trailer for "Ferrari" was released in late May but the book itself isn't expected to hit shelves until October, although we're certain that dedicated *Tifosi* will snag every last copy before it even comes out. Following the [tragic death of Marchionne](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/22385/sergio-marchionne-an-automotive-executive-icon-dead-at-66>) last week, Ferrari fans will hand over $30,000 without batting an eye for the chance to own something with the late Ferrari (and FCA) CEO's autograph.

![message-editor%2F1533157534138-005\_ferrari\_ce\_gb\_open009\_66921\_1805161525\_id\_1193610.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1533157534138-005_ferrari_ce_gb_open009_66921_1805161525_id_1193610.jpg>)
*Courtesy of Taschen.com*

![message-editor%2F1533157540982-010\_ferrari\_ce\_gb\_open029\_66921\_1805161527\_id\_1193640.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1533157540982-010_ferrari_ce_gb_open029_66921_1805161527_id_1193640.jpg>)
*Courtesy of Taschen.com*

![message-editor%2F1533157636593-014\_ferrari\_ce\_gb\_open042\_66921\_1805161528\_id\_1193660.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1533157636593-014_ferrari_ce_gb_open042_66921_1805161528_id_1193660.jpg>)
*Courtesy of Taschen.com*

![message-editor%2F1533157549955-012\_ferrari\_ce\_gb\_open044\_66921\_1805161528\_id\_1193650.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1533157549955-012_ferrari_ce_gb_open044_66921_1805161528_id_1193650.jpg>)
*Courtesy of Taschen.com*

![message-editor%2F1533157560515-020\_ferrari\_ce\_gb\_open041\_66921\_1805161530\_id\_1193680.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1533157560515-020_ferrari_ce_gb_open041_66921_1805161530_id_1193680.jpg>)
*Courtesy of Taschen.com*

![message-editor%2F1533157623328-015\_ferrari\_ce\_gb\_open045\_66921\_1805161529\_id\_1193670.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1533157623328-015_ferrari_ce_gb_open045_66921_1805161529_id_1193670.jpg>)
*Courtesy of Taschen.com*

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