VINTAGE VEHICLES AND TRUE RARITIES INCLUDING GILERA AND MOTO GUZZI, NOT TO MENTION ONE OF A KIND PIECES LIKE THE 2011 VESPA PX 200 PHARAONS RALLY, HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER
October 2022 – The Bolaffi auctions in the classic two-wheel segment are always highly anticipated by many Italian and foreign collectors and enthusiasts. The next opportunity will be on 18 October 2022 in Turin, in Italy (Garage Bolaffi, corso Verona, at 3:00 p.m.; lots on display until 6:00 p.m. at the Turin Wool Factory, via Bologna 220, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) when more than 100 lots from private collections will be auctioned off, including vintage vehicles and true rarities. Browsing through the catalogue – available here: https://www.astebolaffi.it/en/auction/151 – you’ll discover highly interesting models from the Gilera, Moto Guzzi, and Vespa brands. Here is a quick rundown of them.
GILERA. 1949 GILERA NETTUNO 250; 1949 GILERA SATURNO SPORT 500; ’50s ERA GILERA B 300; GILERA G 175 EXTRA, ’50s ERA GIUBILEO SERIES; 1952 GILERA 150 TURISMO; 1958 GILERA G 175 ROSSO EXTRA; 1960 GILERA GIUBILEO 98; ’60s ERA GILERA GIUBILEO SUPER 202; ’60s ERA GILERA ARCORE 124 5V STRADA; ’70s ERA GILERA ARCORE 150 5V.
MOTO GUZZI. 1955 MOTO GUZZI GALLETTO 192; MOTO GUZZI CORSA 250 – ’30s ERA REPLICA; ’30s ERA MOTO GUZZI GTV 500; 1935 MOTO GUZZI 500 S; 1947 MOTO GUZZI SUPERALCE 500; 1948 MOTO GUZZI MOTOLEGGERA 65 A; 1949 MOTO GUZZI AIRONE 250; 1952 MOTO GUZZI AIRONE 250 SPORT; 1954 MOTO GUZZI ZIGOLO 110; 1956 MOTO GUZZI LODOLA 175; 1959 MOTO GUZZI LODOLA GT 235.
1960 MOTO GUZZI CARDELLINO 65; 1961 MOTO GUZZI CARDELLINO LUSSO 75; 1964 MOTO GUZZI STORNELLO 125; 1971 MOTO GUZZI STORNELLO 125; ’70s ERA MOTO GUZZI TROTTER 40; 2000 MOTO GUZZI DSN SANSONE 750 (PRE-PRODUCTION) (photos below).
PIAGGIO/VESPA. 2001 VESPA PX 220 RALLY TRANSANATOLIA; 2011 VESPA PX 200 RALLY DEI FARAONI.
Source of images, Aste Bolaffi: www.astebolaffi.it/en/auction/151
MEMORIES: THE TWO VESPA PX UNITS AT DAKAR 2011.
Marcello Dibrogni (No. 19) and Andrea Revel Nutini (No. 18), protagonists on Vespa PX in the 2011 edition of the Dakar, the year Vespa celebrated its 65th anniversary. At the Bolaffi auction, Revel Nutini’s No. 18 PX will be auctioned off, with an estimated value of €25 thousand to €50 thousand. Also, formidable that year: in 2011 the 150 years of a United Italy were celebrated, to which Piaggio dedicated a special series of the Vespa PX 150. On display at the Piaggio Museum in Pontedera (near Pisa, Italy).
Image source, Piaggio Museum virtual tour:
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