This time of the year the snowbirds always fly south for the winter. They arrive in Scottsdale, Arizona with their Gucci, Pucci and Fiorucci plumage hungry for the Ferraris, Maseratis, Barchettas and Berrettas dotting the home of chartreuse-coloured fire engines, 200 golf courses, spicy Mexican food and bland signs.
Scottsdale is the site of the greatest used car show in the world. Five of this planet's biggest pre-owned classic car sellers get together with two not so large ones to put on Arizona Auction Week.
If you have a slightly better understanding of economic theory than the Trumpster, then you'll realise that the big money is chasing old Ferraris. Hagerty, the global leader for collector car and boat insurance, tracks classic car values with an index for the most important brands.
For the 16th month in a row, Hagerty's Ferrari index hovered around its all-time high.
RM Sotheby's, whose auctions are more like Las Vegas productions minus the water features and Elvis impersonations, are selling twenty-two Ferraris from 11am today at every price point. There's a nice 1961 Ferrari 400 Superamerica SWB Coupe Aerodinamico by Pininfarina for around $4.5m.
Bonhams are looking for $12m for a 1952 Ferrari 340 America Spider Competizione, but you should be looking at the Bob Jane, 1963 Australian GT Championship-winning, Jaguar E-Type lightweight competition.