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The appointment with our winter auction of mopeds, scooters and motorbikes is scheduled for Thursday 5 December at Spazio Bolaffi in Turin, with over 130 lots offering a varied and particularly fascinating overview of the world of collectable two-wheelers.
It starts with a very important selection of motorbikes from the early 1900s: a very rare ABC 400 V-twin (estimated value €4,500/8,000) and an imposing Harley Davidson 1000 (estimated value €11,000/18,000) stand out.
On the side a curious Ner – a – Car (estimated value € 9,000/19,000) and a pioneering Royal Enfield from 1911(estimated value € 6,800/12,000).
Moto Guzzi could not be missing: a stupendous Sport 14 (estimated value € 9,500/18,000) together with an agile 250 PE (estimated value € 4,500/9,000).
The representation of Italian and foreign micro-engines from the 50s and 60s is also numerous: a beautiful Ducati Cucciolo (estimated value € 850/1,500), a spectacular Western Flyer ‘special edition’ (estimated value € 400/800) and an eccentric twin-engine Nassetti Pellegrino (estimated value € 350/750) stand out among the various other colourful lots.
Also present is the queen of scooters: the Piaggio Vespa in the ‘low headlight’ version (estimate € 7,500/15,000).
Italian motorbikes from the 1950s-60s are represented by the classic models Mondial, Moto Morini, Gilera Parilla, Rumi, Moto Guzzi, Motobi and many others.
Also worthy of note are two extremely rare and special models, motorbikes that marked post-war history: a Moto Guzzi Trialce (estimate € 2,800/5,000) and a Gilera Mercurio (estimate € 3,500/6,500).
The off-road world is represented by iconic models by SWM, DKW, Zundapp, Ossa, Montesa. Worthy of mention here is a splendid 1958 Maico 250 cross (estimated value € 3,500/7,000) and an equally striking Zundapp 125 GS (estimated value € 5,500/13,000).
Among the curiosities, a 1920s tricycle Monet et Goyon (estimated value € 2,200/4,500), a futuristic Testi Amico (estimated value € 550/1,100) and a Sunbeam-based chopper (estimated value € 1,300/3,000) that looks like something straight out of a comic book!
