As leading specialists in the international collector car market and champions for historical preservation, Historica Selecta often advises many of the world’s most prestigious manufacturers, museums and collectors.
Adolfo is an historian of Italian motorsport, noted collector car expert, specialist in authenticity and staunch advocate of preservation. He has also served as Chief Class Judge of the FIVA Award at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance since its inception in 1999.
View BiographyAs the grandson of Adolfo and son of Omar Orsi, who held the reins of Maserati between 1937 and 1969, Adolfo Orsi Jr. developed his own passion for motorcars during his adolescence. The passion remained and, in the years following, shaped the course of his life. Mr. Orsi has coordinated and overseen restorations of some of the most significant Italian cars ever produced. He has curated numerous historical exhibitions and, for the past 32 years, co-authored the Classic Car Auction Yearbook, a historical reference book sponsored by Credit Suisse that provides an in-depth and unique analysis of top international auction sales. Mr. Orsi is a Charter Member of the International Chief Judge Advisory Group, has served as Chief Class Judge of the FIVA Award at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance since its inception in 1999, and has been Chief Judge of the official concours celebrating the Ferrari 60th and 70th, Lamborghini 50th and Maserati 100th anniversaries. In 2019, he was named one of the “Top 50 Most Influential People in the Collector Car World” by Magneto.
“Maserati 100 – A Century of pure Italian Luxury Sports Cars”
MEF (Museo Enzo Ferrari), Modena 2014-2015
Permanent exhibition “History of the automobile in Modena 1895- 1970”
MEF (Museo Enzo Ferrari), Modena 2012
“Quando Scatta Nuvolari”
Palazzo Te, Mantova, 2009-2010
“Mitomacchina”
MART, Rovereto 2006-2007, which had 130,000 visitors and was described by Thoroughbred & Classic Cars as “the most braintingling exhibition of cars ever assembled in the name of art”
“Cuando el hombre es mas que el mito: Fangio”
Modena, 2005
“Maserati, la macchina sublime”
Modena, 1996
“Maserati ottantanni: 1914-1994”
Motorshow Bologna, 1994
“Lo sviluppo della tecnica automobilistica dagli inizi del secolo a oggi: Bugatti”
Fiera Bologna, 1993
“Bugatti e Lotus”
Motorshow Bologna, 1993
FCA, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Maserati
Pininfarina, Nicolis
Concorso d’Eleganza Ferrari 70th Anniversary (2017)
Concorso d’Eleganza for the Maserati Centennial Gathering (2014)
Concorso d’Eleganza for the 50th Anniversary of Lamborghini (2013)
“XI World Forum for Motor Museums” in Emilia-Romagna (2009)
Concorso d’Eleganza Ferrari 60th Anniversary (2007)
75th Anniversary Celebration of the Modena Automobile Club (2001)
