A collection of 60 rare, predominantly American motorcycles will be offered at Bonhams Autumn Stafford Sale, taking place 17-18 October.
“This is an incredibly rare find,” said Ben Walker, International Director for Bonhams Collectors’ Motorcycles, who added that all of the bikes had been carefully stored in the Brescia-based private museum of entrepreneur and CEO of the Santoni Group, Tiberio Lonati.
Highlights include a 1910 Pierce 688cc Four, estimate £60,000-80,000, and a 1930 Indian 1,265cc Model 402 Four-cylinder Combination, estimate £40,000-50,000.
The collection includes a variety of marques and models, including a 1916 Henderson 1000cc Model F, estimate £30,000-40,000, pre-war great the 1911 Flying Merkel 500cc ‘Racer’, estimate £16,000-20,000, a 1920 Harley-Davidson Model J, estimate £18,000-24,000, and at one-hundred years old, the 1915 Thor 1,000cc Model U, estimate £28,000-25,000.
Bonhams Autumn Stafford Sale takes place 17-18 October at The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, Staffordshire County Showground. The Lonati Collection will be sold on Saturday 17.
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Pictured top are a 1942 Harley-Davidson 750cc Model WLA, estimated at £8000 – £12,000; and a 1930 Indian 1265cc Model 402 Four-cylinder Combination, estimate £40,000-50,000. Below, from left: 1910 Pierce 688cc Four, estimate £60,000-80,000; 1920 Harley-Davidson Model J, estimate £18,000-24,000.