Ducati Orgy @ Monaco!

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all images courtesy RM Auctions

Now there’s always a brilliant reason to go to Monaco, but if you actually needed an excuse to get there and you’re a classic bike fan, then this collection up for auction will surely tip you over the edge this coming May.

The Saltarelli Ducati Collection represents one of the largest private collections of Ducati motorcycles ever to be offered at auction. Spanning the marque’s full history from road to racing machines, the 100-bike garage was carefully selected over the past 30 years by lifelong enthusiast Carlo Saltarelli, an ex-Ducati factory test rider, racer and owner of a Ducati dealership.

Among a long list of highlights on offer is a terrific series of racing bikes, headlined by an immensely-desirable works 1972 Ducati 750SS 200 Miles Imola Racer, otherwise known as the ‘Green Frame,’ built and prepared in 1972 as a reserve bike for the world-famous 200 Miles of Imola race and sister bike to the winning entry that year (Estimate: €150,000 – €200,000).

Other highlights include a rare, factory-entry 1990 Ducati 888 SBK from the golden era of Ducati racing (Estimate: €80,000- €100,000) and a 1974 Ducati 750SS Racer Number 23, which boasts an illustrious racing history, having scored a number of victories and podium finishes during the 1974 and 1975 seasons, often in the hands of Carlo Saltarelli himself (Estimate: €40,000-€60,000).

But the gallery below reflects our own personal penchent, if purely from the point of view of the simple carnal beauty of these machines.




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2 Responses to “Ducati Orgy @ Monaco!”

  1. Muy personal : La primer Ducati que ví fué una 125 Sport en una vidriera de Cba.Arg. en 1957 – sin saber que la historia comenzó con el Cucciolo!-Mas tarde en CRV tuve un compañero de trabajo, sentado en el escritorio de mi lado relataba su viaje de bodas en una 125 de Baires a Rosario, ida y Vta ! Me inspiró para hacer el viaje de B.Blanca a E.Ríos vía CapitalFed y Cba.Arg. en 1963/64 pasando por M.del Plata y regresando por Paraná. Una versión aligerada del ‘On the Road’ , ‘modestamente’-vimos ‘Il Sorpasso’ en M.del Pta.

  2. I think this is what JorgeMario says:

    Very personal: The first I saw was a Ducati 125 Sport on a window of Cordoba in Argentina in 1957 – not knowing that history began with the Cucciolo. Later in CRV had a co-worker sitting on the desk beside me who recounted their honeymoon on a 125 from Buenos Aires to Rosario, a round trip! I was inspired to make the trip from Bahia Blanca to Entre Rios via Cordoba and the Federal Capital in 1963/64 through Mar del Plata and returning by Paraná. A lighter version of ‘On the Road’. In all modesty-we saw “Il Sorpasso” in Mar del Plata.

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