THE REAL MASERATI McCOY; Birdcage on the block at Pebble is the real racer; Indy's is not.(News)

Byline: WILLIAM JEANES At the 2003 Christie's auction at Pebble Beach on Aug. 17, one of the offerings is a Maserati Birdcage in which Dan Gurney and Stirling Moss won the 1000-kilometer race at the Nurburgring in 1960. The value estimate shown in the Christie's catalog is between $1.5 million and $2 million.

At the Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance, two weeks prior to Pebble Beach, a group of enthusiasts was discussing the soon-to-be-sold Tipo 61 over dinner when a surprising assertion entered the conversation. "That car is at the Indianapolis museum,'' said one of the ...

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