Fine Motor Cars, Motorcycles, Automobilia, Mascots, Watches, Lalique and Cameras Monday 19 September 2016 New Bond Street, London THE ROBERT WHITE COLLECTION 2 | THE BOND STREET SALE LOT 611 1959 AC ACE-BRISTOL ROADSTER LOT 413 A FINE ‘VITESSE’ MASCOT IN OPALESCENT GLASS by Rene Lalique, French 2 | THE BOND STREET SALE LOT 563 GEORGE DANIELS. A very rare and fine 18K gold limited series manual wind wristwatch MOTOR CARS | 3 LOT 47 1957 LEICAVIT MP 110 A FINELY ENGINEERED LIVE STEAM MODEL OF A BROAD GAUGE GWR 4-2-2 ROVER CLASS EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE ‘DRAGON’ ROBERT WHITE BY JAY LENO Robert White is a hard “ guy to capture in words. ” I first met him about ten years ago at The Rock Store, a The more you knew Robert, however, the more you world-famous motorcyclists’ hang-out and former stage- realised that his extraordinary enthusiasms embraced coach stop in Malibu Canyon, along Mulholland Highway. far more than just Broughs. Robert took more pleasure We were introduced to each other as Brough enthusiasts from his possessions than any man I have ever met, but and our mutual connection with these motorcycles car- they were never a means to show off. His enthusiasms ried us into a genuine and long-lasting friendship. had nothing to do with ostentatious display. The eve- ning ritual of winding his George Daniels’ watch was an I had first bought a Brough in the mid-1980s and paid active delight for him as an opportunity to take pleasure $5,000 for it which plenty of people thought was crazy in its mechanism. He also found pure happiness in the money. In the USA, the motorcycle has always had a craftsmanship of his beautiful model steam train. hoodlum reputation with obvious rebellious connec- tions, but the Brough was of an altogether different We spent time together in England before he died. He social order. It was the conveyance of gentlemen and didn’t feel sorry for himself or ‘woe-is-me’. He realisti- officers, of engineers and connoisseurs. In England, in cally faced up to his position and decided he wanted the 1920s, the price of a Brough motorcycle – £150 – to give something back to the people in Poole who had was the equivalent of the cost of a small house. The helped him with his illness. And so he and I agreed that utterly sensational 100mph of which it was capable was I would buy his collection of Broughs for the benefit of the equivalent of 200mph today. The connections with the Poole hospital and the cancer wing he wanted to George Bernard Shaw and with T.E. Lawrence are, of create. I just said, “Name your price”. He needed £3m course, irresistibly romantic. for the hospital project so I paid £3m. But the aspect of Broughs which brought Robert and So now we’ve got them all together, and of course myself together in shared admiration was the quality of we’re going to keep them together as the Robert White their creation and the refinement of their engineering. Collection. The collection, which includes the earliest This was the motorcycle that George Brough himself known example of a Brough, is no doubt one of the wanted to ride and, of course, every single one of the greatest collections of Broughs in the world. 3,000 bikes the company produced in 30 years was personally certified by George. He may have been a hard guy to capture in words, but his machines bring him to life for me. THE ROBERT WHITE TRUST FUND Robert White was born in Sandbanks, Poole. The son of Robert wanted to acknowledge the exemplary care given a hotel worker who lived in the workers accommodation, to him by the Dorset Cancer Centre, at Poole Hospital, he was an extraordinary man who sadly lost his life to under the supervision of his clinical oncologist, Dr Mike neuroendocrine tumours last year at the age of 62. Bayne. He appreciated the need for additional funding so that the best level of care could be available to others Robert was an entrepreneur, a self-made successful confronted by cancer in Dorset. businessman, and founder of Robert White (Photographic) Limited. The company was established in In particular, Robert wanted to help those who, like 1982 and became internationally recognised attracting him, faced the challenge of cancer and its devastating a world-wide customer base with an enviable reputation effects. By establishing The Robert White Trust Fund at for quality products and excellent service. Poole Hospital, Robert has already enabled a number of projects to progress that will make a real difference for The success of his business afforded Robert the patients with cancer in Dorset. opportunity to pursue his other interests and he became an avid collector of the things he loved. From a very This includes funding a new radiotherapy wing, The early age, he had been interested in motorcycles; their Robert White Cancer Centre, at Dorset County Hospital, engineering and design and this grew into an appreciation in Dorchester, which will be operated by the Dorset of all things beautifully manufactured, be it motorcycles, Cancer Centre. This satellite unit will welcome its first motorcars, engines, steam engines, watches and patients by the end of next year and will significantly cameras. Robert would always try to obtain as many of reduce the journey time for people in the west of the something that was available and, generous to a fault, county who had previously had to travel to Poole for this would often donate items to good causes. vital cancer treatment. 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