{"id":5823,"date":"2018-04-10T09:16:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T07:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.internationalclassic.com\/signore-autodromo-monza-cap3\/"},"modified":"2018-11-20T14:42:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T13:42:04","slug":"master-of-monza-racetrack-ch3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/en\/master-of-monza-racetrack-ch3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Master of Monza racetrack \u2013 Chapter 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2013 Okay. However, shall we talk about the bookshop now? How was the idea conceived?<br \/>\n\u2013The idea was born when LEA (Editrice dell&#8217;Automobile in Roma) shut down the shop which they had in Via Hoepli. Giorgio Nada \u2013 who was their representative \u2013 bought everything, including the stock of books. So I told him: \u201cCome on, come to Monza!\u201d That was the beginning of the bookshop. Then, when Nada tired, my wife and I bought everything.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5823 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2280\" height=\"1660\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Giorgio-Nada-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Group photo with Giorgio Nada and Mario Acquati\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Giorgio-Nada-1.jpg 2280w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Giorgio-Nada-1-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Giorgio-Nada-1-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Giorgio-Nada-1-1024x746.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 You were very forward-thinking to create a business on memorabilia!<br \/>\n\u2013I was the very first to sell such things. My wife and I started to bring a few things to the first Motor Show in Bologna or the first R\u00e9tromobile in Paris. That\u2019s how it worked\u2026 people came to us and told us: \u201cWell, I have some stuff: are you interested?\u201d So I started to buy old books, photographs, items\u2026 and for years, both in Paris and at the Motor Show \u2013 where the market was completely different \u2013 I was the only one to do that. I had no competitors. I bought and sold a lot. And I made a lot of money too. Then the others came, who all learned from me. I\u2019m also very venal: when a driver donated his helmet to me, I used to sell it straight away!<br \/>\nHe says that while he\u2019s laughing, and I\u2019m wondering to what extent that is actually true. To what extent a person who even today \u2013 aged 78 \u2013 oozes life and creativity from every pore may be truly \u201cmaterialistic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5823 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1728\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Beltoise.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"F1 driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise photo\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Beltoise.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Beltoise-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Beltoise-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Beltoise-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5787'>\n\t\t\t\t\tJean-Pierre Beltoise\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Besides venality, this is a job which requires passion. Does being such a book expert mean reading them too, or does it only involve collecting them?<br \/>\n\u2013 Look, in my case, I based myself a lot on photographs. I studied them carefully. Maybe they launched a book on Ferrari, I knew that someone had one which had been photographed somewhere, I remembered it and I contacted him to sell the book to him. Then I also collected data, such as chassis numbers\u2026 which were all things which I could use later with my clients. I mean, everybody said that I was an expert, but that isn\u2019t quite right: I only copied and memorised all the useful information which I took from the books.<br \/>\n\u2013 And in the meantime your bookshop grew with the motor-racing track.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5823 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1728\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8194.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"photo of Bookshop at Monza racetrack\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8194.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8194-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8194-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8194-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Yes, there wasn\u2019t a Grand Prix where all the protagonists didn\u2019t come to say hello. All of them did!<br \/>\n\u2013 Was the motor-racing track only used for the Grand Prix?<br \/>\n\u2013 &#8230; For the Grand Prix, the Mille Chilometri race, the Grand Prix of the Lottery, the Coppa Carli and the Coppa Intereuropa in March. There were six or seven races in total. At a certain point, my wife and I realised that by keeping the shop open every day (and as we had a car park), people came to the park and to the motor-race track\u2026 and selling was a lot easier for us. Then, little by little, the other shops arrived too.<br \/>\n\u2013 Tell the truth, do you still travel around the world looking for memorabilia?<br \/>\n\u2013 No, no more. Prices have increased too much now. Even if they keep searching for me, especially widows\u2026 There was a journalist who wrote a book about Ferrari (\u201cRoaring Races\u201d), by Giulio Schmidt, who bought a lot of stuff from me\u2026 he even used to send me to England to search for the material. One day he told me: \u201cHey, my wife sleeps with your mobile number on her bedside cabinet and she has been instructed to call you, should anything happen to me!\u201d However, I cannot continue anymore now\u2026 I have two daughters, it\u2019s best if I sell everything before I die. I don\u2019t want them to be left with a burden.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5823 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1728\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Reutemann.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"F1 driver Carlos Reutemann photo\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-5783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Reutemann.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Reutemann-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Reutemann-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Reutemann-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-5783'>\n\t\t\t\t\tCarlos Reutemann\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite him joking constantly about his \u201cvenality\u201d, the fact that he says that he\u2019s sold everything, Mario Acquati has a lot of things still. They\u2019re memories: photographs, items, posters which acquired a different importance through time passing, which differs from material relevance. It\u2019s the importance acquired through history, victories, dreams. Faces which aren\u2019t amongst us anymore. The life of the Master is a tree which has grown next to (not in the shade of!) the great \u201ctheatre\u201d of the motor-sports track and of the characters who have raced through its stage. Acquati\u2019s shop, the one which in 1973-1974 became the legendary Libreria dell\u2019Autodromo, was a little like the \u201cbehind the scenes\u201d of this great theatre. A public but yet intimate place.<br \/>\n\u2013 Can you see these photographs? Gabriella Noris, Antonio Ghini\u2019s ex-wife took them, today he\u2019s the manager of the Lamborghini museum.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-5 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-5 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-5' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5823 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MARIO-E-GABRIELA.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"F1 driver Arturo Merzario photo from Gabriela Noris\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-5775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MARIO-E-GABRIELA.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MARIO-E-GABRIELA-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MARIO-E-GABRIELA-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MARIO-E-GABRIELA-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-5775'>\n\t\t\t\t\tArturo Merzario photographed by  Gabriela Noris\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He shows me a wide array of faces, there are Reutemann, De Adamich, Merzario, Brambilla, Beltoise&#8230;<br \/>\n\u2013 Jackie Stewart? Ah, Jackie Stewart is a legend! Firstly, he was the very first major professional\u2026 also humanly! When Moretti drew up the contract with him for the hats, they created fifty-thousand copies of his famous beret. According to the contract, Jackie Stewart had to come to the shop one hour on the Friday, one hour on the Saturday and one hour on the Sunday. Can you imagine Senna or Hamilton coming to the shop for one hour a day to sign? It was a different world all together.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-6 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-6 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-6' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5823 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1728\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Stewart.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Jackie Stewart photo\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-5777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Stewart.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Stewart-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Stewart-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Stewart-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-5777'>\n\t\t\t\t\tJackie Stewart\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-7 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-7 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-7 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-7 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-7' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5823 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_3061.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"F1 driver Jackie Stewart\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-7-5835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_3061.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_3061-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_3061-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_3061-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-7-5835'>\n\t\t\t\t\t Jackie Stewart hat\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Talking about legends\u2026 did you actually meet Ferrari?<br \/>\n\u2013 Of course I did. In the 70\u2019s I went to Fiorano with Eugenio Dragoni, the president of the Team SantAmbroeus, who later also became the Ferrari sports manager. CSAI had appointed him to select some drivers to use for the European Races with Formula Two and Dragoni asked me to lend him a hand. The first time we went to Fiorano, Ferrari \u2013 who was always interested in everything \u2013 asked Dragoni, while pointing at me: \u201cWho\u2019s that man?\u201d and Dragoni replied: \u201cAcquati, from the Linea Sport\u201d. Ferrari asked me to get closer: \u201cCan you see this raincoat? Would you be able to make me one which is exactly identical?\u201d It was the famous beige raincoat that he wore all the time. Of course, I said yes and then \u2013 very nervously! \u2013 I ran back to Milan, at Linea Sport, and I asked them to make a raincoat which was exactly identical to it and I took it to him within two weeks. Ferrari asked me how much it was but, of course, I replied that Linea Sport was very proud to offer it to him. He thanked me and he donated me the book &#8220;Le briglie del Successo&#8221;, with signature and dedication included. Of course, I sold it later!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-8 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-8 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-8 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-8 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-8' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5823 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1728\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Brambilla.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"F1 driver Vittorio Brambilla photo\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-8-5767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Brambilla.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Brambilla-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Brambilla-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Brambilla-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-8-5767'>\n\t\t\t\t\tVittorio Brambilla\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Did you ever see him again?<br \/>\n\u2013 No, but I always wrote to him on his birthday and he replied every time. At the end, I even became an expert on Ferrari signatures\u2026 When he died, you won\u2019t even guess how many books signed by Ferrari appeared! His signature was quite easy to falsify. I became an expert of these signatures also thanks to Pino Allievi, the journalist, who imitated Ferrari\u2019s signature as if he was Ferrari in person. Pino Allievi was so good at it that one day, during a press conference, Ferrari himself told him: &#8220;Listen, Allievi, they told me that you imitate my signature very well: please show me.\u201d Allievi got to work straight away. And Ferrari said: \u201cNo, you shouldn\u2019t start from here\u2026 wait and I\u2019ll show you!\u201d<br \/>\n\u2013 Is it true that he instilled apprehension?<br \/>\n\u2013 Yes, Ferrari was a legend. His cars, all of those kings or nobles who queued up to go to him\u2026 he was an idol. And not only for me.<\/p>\n<p>Acquati tirelessly talks while he browses through posters, books and old photographs, as if they were a giant memory book. I wonder if there really is a line between his life and the racetrack.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-9 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-9 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-9 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-9 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-9' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5823 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1728\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/de-adamich.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"F1 driver De Adamich photo of Mario Acquati\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/de-adamich.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/de-adamich-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/de-adamich-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/de-adamich-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013You mentioned that you sold everything, but is there anything at all that you kept because you were attached to it?<br \/>\n\u2013 To be honest, I wanted to create an actual museum, in Monza. I had a lot of stuff. However, one day my wife told me: \u201cCalm down with spending money, otherwise what will we put in sandwiches, posters?\u201d she was right of course. In the end, I offered the collection to the racetrack, but they refused it. So I sold it to an English collector, who bought the whole lot. It\u2019s a shame as I had all of the posters, all of the postcards issued by the racetrack (official and non-official ones, there were 1800)&#8230; to the extent that I organised some exhibitions in Monza and Biassonno, out of my own initiative.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-10 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-10 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-10 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-10 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-10' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5823 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1728\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8284.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"vintage postcard of Mario Acquati\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8284.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8284-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8284-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8284-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right, what a shame! However, the truth is that Acquati talks about it quite lightly: it\u2019s a shame, but not a shattered dream. From a certain point of view, which I cannot explain, it sounds as if Mario Acquati still has all of his dreams inside: alive and clear, just like many years ago. And while I leave I wonder what will be the actual reading key of a life \u2013 his \u2013 which is so extraordinarily ductile and kaleidoscopic. Who is Mario Acquati: is he a collector or a master? It\u2019s difficult to say. But it doesn\u2019t really matter. What is certain is that a man like him \u2013 who always lived amongst \u201cthings\u201d \u2013 is actually the least materialistic person who you may imagine because Acquati was able to let \u201cthings\u201d go. Without holding on to them. And maybe, that is his secret. The master\u2019s secret.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>By International Classic, written by Martina Fragale<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read also:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/en\/master-of-monza-racetrack-ch1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Master of Monza racetrack \u2013 Chapter 1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/en\/master-of-monza-racetrack-ch2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Master of Monza racetrack \u2013 Chapter 2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2013 Okay. However, shall we talk about the bookshop now? How was the idea conceived? \u2013The idea was born when LEA (Editrice dell&#8217;Automobile in Roma) shut down the shop which they had in Via Hoepli. Giorgio Nada \u2013 who was their representative \u2013 bought everything, including the stock of books. 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