Indian Motorcycle History

So when my grandmother passed, she left me this blueprint of an Indian Motorcycle. I knew it might be worth something but I had no idea. Currently I am working out a deal with Bonham's and Butterfield's auction house where they will sell it. They are going to bring in the top motorcycle collectors to bid on this. After doing some research it turns out there is VERY little documentation, authentic blueprints or other specs with the 1901 Indian Single. For those who aren't in tune with motorcycle history, this is basically the invention that gave birth to an entire industry and it seems I have possibly one of the only blueprints of it in known existance. Where you got it you ask? My grandmother as stated before. She got it from her father who received it from another family member. My grandmother wanted it not because of the print but rather the frame itself and it sat for over 50 years in my grandmothers antique room in her basement. Dark and humidity controlled. It's probably the only reason it is still in the shape it is today. Cyanotype printing, aka blueprinting, especially in the early years was very suseptable to natual light.

Here is the print as well as an old image I found of a 1901 Indian and Oscar Hedstrom, one of the founders of Indian Motocycles.

My print


Oscar Hedstrom and a 1901 Indian


The Curator from the Motorcycle Museum asked me to donate it to them so it could be shared with the world since he thought it was a significatn piece of history. My thought is, let a millionaire collector buy it and ask him to donate it! My grandmother would have wanted me to have the money!