Study 147: Chassis 0: The Ferrari Luce and the Auction of Inauguration

Ferrari's first electric car, the Luce, sends its inaugural unit (Chassis 0) to RM Sothebys at Monterey before the model has settled. The OAC reads the sale as a clean instance of speculative velocity: the auction of a serial number and a designer signature, in which manufactured firstness is converted into a 1.1 million dollar estimate, the electric powertrain guarantees the object is hollowed by obsolescence, and a genuine charitable gift functions as the tactical friction that launders institutional necrophagy into philanthropy.