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THE MC COLLECTION OF STOCKHOLM (2018)
Run Time: 24:29
Producer: Mecums Auctions
Key Cast: Christer R. Christensson, Paul d’Orleans
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For more than 50 years, Christer R. Christensson has been collecting motorcycles, resulting in a world-renowned collection that is both extensive and representative of the very best of the best when it comes to motorcycle design and technology.
SUMMARY
Working alongside his colleague, Ove Johansson, and his highly skilled team of restorers, Christensson has built the MC Collection of Stockholm into a more than 400-motorcycle presentation that establishes the motorcycle not merely as a machine, but as a contemporary work of art and mechanical sculpture
When the Las Vegas auction rolls around this January, one thing’s for certain: motorcycle enthusiasts will have a rare opportunity to take home a piece of this unique and renowned collection with 238 motorcycles from the MC Collection of Stockholm set to be offered on Friday, January 26.
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Hi, Paul,
As we all learned years ago, motorcycle-auction “historical background” text is not to be trusted. Most of it is full of errors. And so it is with the Mecum/Stockholm auction material. Second bike I looked at was the “civilian” 1943 Triumph 3HW; truth is, none of these machines left the new Meriden factory in “civilian” trim, with gloss-black paint, coachlining and brightwork as on the auction bike. All 3HWs were mil-spec, most for the Royal Army in olive drab. And the pre-war Tiger 80 that’s referenced came stock with a cast-iron cylinder head, rather than an aluminum head as Mecum alleges. Two goofs like this are two too many in what should be a far better researched auction platform!
If you’re looking for mistakes in any publication, you’ll surely find them! But in the case of that Triumph 3HW description, the text clearly states ‘civilianized’, which means it was originally a military machine. Nobody is trying to fool anyone with auction catalog copy: the goal is to interest the reader in the bikes and their context. They aren’t museum catalogs, with the luxury of production time and references from top experts from every subject: they’re sales copy, written with very little information about the bikes, sadly, as owners are absolutely the worst about supplying photos, documents, provenance, history, restoration notes/dates, or anything at all!
after returning home with my prize (1927 husqvarna) from this auction, i was amazed with the paperwork this bike came with.copies of original title.bill of sale, picture of the family that owned the bike, and pictures of them pulling the bike out of long time storage. original operator’s manual and all this for one of his lower end bikes.. i wish i had kept such good records