CLASSIC CARS AND MOTORCYCLES
LA PISTA
Via Manuel Fangio, Lainate (MI)
The auction will take place in the building that stands alongside the original test track of the Alfa Romeo factory in Arese, just outside of Milan. In addition to the “static” car show, there will also be an exhibition – a world first in an auction – where attendees will be able to watch some of the cars cruise on the track.
With rare automobiles and racing motorcycles, unique specimens and Stile Bertone prototypes, Aste Bolaffi enters the motor vehicle sector.
AUCTION Wednesday 23 May 2018 3.30 pm (lots 1-90)
VIEWING from Sunday 20 to Tuesday 22 May 2018 10.00 am - 7.00 pm
VIEWING UPON REQUEST Wednesday 23 May 2018 10.00 am - 2.30 pm
Lot 1
MILLER
BALSAMO 200 CARENATA
Balsamo brothers of Milano, dealers in American Excelsior motorcycles, started in the 1920s the production of their motorcycles with the brand Miller Balsamo. Over the years, the production of engines was expanded to include capacities ranging from 98 to 250 cc. In
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| Sold for : € 10.000
Lot 2
BSA
SLOPER 500
Founded in Birmingham in 1861, the Birmingham Small Arms Company, better known as BSA, was a producer of small arms, especially rifles, that quickly became considered the very best in its field. Several decades later it embarked on motorcycle manufacturing and excelled
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| Sold for : € 9.000
Lot 3
BSA
GOLD STAR CATALINA 500
Numerous models bearing the company’s distinctive three crossed rifles logo were very successful, and one of them was certainly the BSA Catalina. This Catalina was produced in 1959, and it is one of the very few survivors of the 800 built between 1959 and 1963. Mainly
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Estimate : € 13.000 - 15.000
Lot 4
SUPERBA
175
In the wake of the two World Wars, businesses were keen to convert their original production activities. The transport sector was undoubtedly one of the most prolific one and indeed many companies began producing vehicles to contribute to Italy’s motorization; these
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Estimate : € 7.000 - 9.000
Lot 5
DELAGE
175 CORSA
The Delage brand was founded in 1905 by Louis Delage in Levallois Perret, about 150 km from Paris. For around half a century, the company focused on the production of luxury cars and competition cars, airplanes and, in very limited numbers, motorcycles, which were
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| Sold for : € 9.000
Lot 6
TRIUMPH
TRIDENT 750 KOELLIKER
The first races specifically organized for derivatives of standard production motorcycles were held in America at the start of the 1970s and they soon arrived in Europe too, with the Formula C750 races, and in Italy in the form of classic endurance races. From the
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Estimate : € 28.000 - 32.000
Lot 7
KAWASAKI
MOTOPLAST 1166
Duranti and Stanga’s Motoplast brand was created in the 1970s in Soncino (in the Italian province of Cremona). The company quickly became a highly regarded producer of fiberglass fairings and high quality special parts, even going so far as to design and build complete
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Estimate : € 23.000 - 27.000
Lot 8
TRIUMPH
TRIDENT 830 ROB NORTH
For the European motorcycle industry, the end of the 1960s can be regarded as the start of one of its less fortunate periods because it was the time the Japanese motorcycles began arriving on our markets. The British focused on an engine with a three-cylinder
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Estimate : € 21.000 - 25.000
Lot 9
AERMACCHI
ALA D'ORO 250
In the post-war years, many companies, contributed to the mass “motorization” of society, among them a significant name was Aermacchi, the famous aircraft builder. In the mid-1950s it began producing a 175 cc motorcycle called “Chimera”: its engine, with its
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| Sold for : € 18.500
Lot 10
AMF HARLEY-DAVIDSON
250 RA
In 1963 the Italian motorcycle manufacturer Aermacchi signed a commercial agreement with the company Harley-Davidson to distribute the Varese-built motorcycles in the United States and to create motorcycle company with a joint brand, AMF Harley-Davidson. This
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Estimate : € 21.000 - 25.000
Lot 11
KAWASAKI
H1R 500
In the 1970s, performance levels in the world of motorcycle racing were boosted by the arrival of the two-stroke engine. The Japanese manufacturers were among the first to use this solution. Kawasaki introduced its Mach series of three-cylinder frontemarcia engines.
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Estimate : € 34.000 - 38.000
Lot 12
BIMOTA
SB1 500 SUZUKI
Bimota got its name from the surname’s first letters of three partners in a heating and plumbing company: Bianchi, Morri and Tamburini. The enterprising spirit of Giuseppe Morri, combined with Massimo Tamburini’s brilliant intuitions, proved instrumental in the
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Estimate : € 24.000 - 28.000
Lot 13
NORTON
MANX 500
In the world of motorcycle racing only one motorbike became an icon of racing on two wheels: the Norton Manx. This motorcycle was created as the next evolution of the famous 500 cc single-cam International model, and it owes its name to its close association with the
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| Sold for : € 32.000
Lot 14
FIAT
RITMO ABARTH - DISEGNI
Set of 7 sketches on cardboard in different measures showing the design evolution, from 1977 to 1979, of the car capable to reach 100 Km/h from zero in 8".
THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE STARTED THE PROCEDURE OF CULTURAL INTEREST FOR THIS LOT.
Estimate : € 300 - 600
Lot 15
CITROEN
BX - DISEGNI DA STILE BERTONE
Set of 6 sketches on cardboard and 20 blueprints on tracing paper of one of the most interesting cars produced by Citroën at the time. The lot includes a sketch on tracing paper and a photo of the Palmares edition model.
THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE STARTED THE
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Estimate : € 500 - 1.000
Lot 16
FIAT
X1/9 - DISEGNI DA STILE BERTONE
Set of 8 sketches on cardboard, 21 blueprints and details on tracing paper, 4 copies of drawings of the most long-running car designed and produced by Bertone. The lot includes an interesting design study of the 1980 for the retractable top.
THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE
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Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000
Lot 17
ALFA ROMEO
NAVAJO - DISEGNI DA STILE BERTONE
Set of 1 sketch on cardboard, 3 blueprints on tracing paper in different measures and 3 copies of technical drawings of one of the most legendary cars of the 1980s.
THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE STARTED THE PROCEDURE OF CULTURAL INTEREST FOR THIS LOT.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500
Lot 18
FIAT
131 ABARTH CORSA - DISEGNI DA STILE BERTONE
Set of 3 blueprints on tracing paper showing different design solutions for the spoiler and the air inlets for the Rally version. The lot includes a copy of one of the blueprints.
THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE STARTED THE PROCEDURE OF CULTURAL INTEREST FOR THIS LOT.
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Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000
Lot 19
FIAT
DINO COUPE' - DISEGNI DA STILE BERTONE
Set of 8 sketches on cardboard, 7 blueprints on tracing paper, a selection of details on tracing paper and a copy of a drawing of the flagship car of the car brand of Turin. The lot includes draft sketches of the model logo and 5 photographs of the car.
THE ITALIAN
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Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000
Lot 20
ISO RIVOLTA
GT / LELE 2+2 - DISEGNI DA STILE BERTONE
Set of 11 blueprints on tracing paper showing different design solutions for the first and last model produced by Iso Rivolta.
THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE STARTED THE PROCEDURE OF CULTURAL INTEREST FOR THIS LOT.
Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000
Lot 21
SIMCA
SHAKE - DISEGNI DA STILE BERTONE
Set of 15 technical drawings and blueprints on tracing paper, 2 draft sketches on paper and 4 copies of drawings for the buggy vehicle project. The lot includes 3 copies of a technical document about further modifications.
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Estimate : € 500 - 1.000
Lot 22
ALFA ROMEO
ALFETTA FACELIFTING - DISEGNI DA STILE BERTONE
Set of 16 blueprints on tracing paper and 2 watercolour sketches on paper of the front grille. The lot includes 7 sketches on cardboard of the design solutions proposed to the client.
THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE STARTED THE PROCEDURE OF CULTURAL INTEREST FOR THIS LOT.
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Estimate : € 750 - 1.500
Lot 23
ALFA ROMEO
MONTREAL - DISEGNI DA STILE BERTONE
Set of 3 sketches on cardboard and 3 blueprints on tracing paper made for the most appreciated Alfa Romeo model in the last years, result of the expert hand of Marcello Gandini. The lot includes 3 photos of the car and a copy of a drawing.
THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE
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Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500
Lot 24
RENAULT
COUPE' - DISEGNI DA STILE BERTONE
Set of 21 blueprints on tracing paper in different measures of the study for a coupé vehicle developed for the French car producer.
THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE STARTED THE PROCEDURE OF CULTURAL INTEREST FOR THIS LOT.
Estimate : € 500 - 1.000
Lot 25
FERRARI
DINO 2+2 - DISEGNI DA STILE BERTONE
Set of 3 sketches on cardboard, 12 blueprints and 4 details on tracing paper of the last Ferrari designed by Nuccio Bertone and produced in series. The lot includes 4 copies of drawings and 1 folder of technical documents.
THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE STARTED THE
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Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500