'Broughs of Bodmin Moor' will be offered at Bonhams' Stafford sale
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Classic Bike Hub UK
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This ex-Hubert Chantrey 1938 800cc Brough Superior BS4 (GY 989), with frame No 4004 and engine No M131039, is expected to sell for between £80,000 and £120,000 at the April Stafford Sale.
“This is one of the greatest motorcycle discoveries of recent times,” said Ben Walker, International Director for Bonhams’ Collectors’ Motorcycle Department.
“A lot of mystery surrounds these motorcycles as very few people knew they still existed, many believing them to be an urban myth.
"There was a theory that they still existed somewhere in the West Country, but few knew where until now.”
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