Penned by Filippo Sapino of Pininfarina, the Ferrari 365 GTC/4’s flowing wedge shape was a significant departure from the more traditional profile of its predecessors when it debuted at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show. Proportioned like a two-seater coupe while cleverly incorporating fold-down rear seats, the GTC/4 effectively replaced two models, the 365 GTC and 365 GT 2+2. Ferrari produced approximately 500 examples over 18 months, the bulk of which were sold in the United States.

Completed in April 1972, this Ferrari 365 GTC/4, chassis 15471, left Maranello, Italy, finished in the elegant combination of Oro Kelso (2.443.214) over Beige (846) leather and was factory-equipped with instruments in miles, power windows, and air conditioning. Following its completion, 15471 was imported to American shores and sold via William Harrah’s pivotal Ferrari distributorship Modern Classic Motors in Reno, Nevada.

By the late-1970s, 15471 had come under the ownership of Hollywood talent agent Michael Ovitz. After co-founding the industry-leading Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1975, Ovitz was considered the most powerful man in show business for nearly 20 years, with a talent roster including Steven Spielberg, Tom Cruise, and Sylvester Stallone.

Accompanying service invoices document Ovitz as having 15471 regularly serviced by Hollywood Sports Cars of Hollywood, California, well into the mid-1980s. The invoices further disclose that in August 1978, Ovitz commissioned a bare-metal color change from gold to black, along with a full interior retrim in black leather and the installation of Borrani wire wheels. A period registration slip shows the powerbroker as owning the car through at least 1984 when he negotiated its sale to one of his top clients, Hollywood icon Sylvester Stallone. A well-known car enthusiast, Stallone continued to have 15471 serviced at Hollywood Sports Cars before parting ways with it in the late-1980s.

Following Stallone's stewardship, the car passed through several enthusiast owners before being acquired by the consignor’s father in 1992. Invoices confirm the car has since been carefully maintained, with a 2024 service by vintage Ferrari specialist Tom Yang of Hollowville, New York, including a new exhaust center section, motor mounts, and alternator rebuild. It is now offered with service records, an assortment of tools, and one spare Cromodora alloy rim.

The Ferrari 365 GTC/4 is regarded as a more genteel counterpart to the vaunted 365 GTB/4 “Daytona” and is a car which harmoniously blends the best of Italian engineering, luxury, and performance, making for an essential experience for any discerning tifoso.