Western Morning News (Saturday)
Specialist motorcycle sale attracted high bids
THE Charterhouse specialist auction of classic and vintage motorcycles at the Haynes International Motor Museum on June 30 was a huge success totalling £365,000.
“There was a great line up of motorcycles from the 1920’s through to modern superbikes,” said George Beale. “They were also in all shapes, sizes and conditions!”
Top lot was a recently built Manx Norvin. A Norvin is a hybrid bike with a Vincent engine and a Norton frame. Having been built for display the owner had never ridden the bike. Selling on the hammer for £43,000 one of the first things the new owner did was to take it for a short ride.
Also in the auction, a 1947 Vincent HRD Rapide with a Watsonian sidecar, in the same ownership since 1965, sold for £29,750, a 1974 Ducati Sports, owned from when it was just two years old, sold for £28,000, and a 1962 BSA Rocket Gold Star made £18,000 selling to an Australian collector.
Elsewhere in the auction, with a selling rate of nearly 75%, one bike which attracted a good deal of attention, was a 1954 BSA Winged Wheel. This charming bicycle with a BSA 34.6cc engine producing just 1hp, sold for £1,500.
Charterhouse is now accepting entries for its next specialist auction of classic and vintage motorcycles at The Haynes International Motor Museum on Thursday, October 14 and for its next specialist sale of classic and vintage cars, also at Haynes, on October 5.
Contact Charterhouse online via www.charterhouse-auction.com. or on 01935 812277.