Bad News: They’ve been rotting away for the last 50 years.
A gentleman named Frank Vague recently passed away, and his collection of Broughs has been revealed. He had eight bikes that are all going to need a ton of work. Bonhams is going to be auctioning them in April of 2016 and they plan on getting an impressive amount of money for these bikes despite the generally poor condition. All eight are estimated to sell for a total of approximately £350,000 – 1/3 of which is from a ’38 formerly owned by a friend of George Brough named Hubert Chantry:
from http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/PICTURES-lifetime-haul-Brough-motorcycles-Cornish/story-28361361-detail/story.html#1
Estimated value of all eight bikes once they’re restored? About £3 million pounds.
For more information on this story (and a gallery of the bikes), check out this article on the Daily Mail. (link courtesy of reader Harry)
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