This is surely one of the most famous scooters in France. On May 26, Rouillac will put François Hollande’s legendary Piaggio 125 cm3 on sale during an event organized at the Château d’Artigny, in Indre-et-Loire, reports France Bleu Limousin. The former President of the Republic used it in particular to leave the Elysée and join Julie Gayet, discreetly, during his mandate.
“François Hollande’s scooter entered the category of legendary vehicles in January 2014, as it tells the French the story of a man like any other and of a nation torn between its desire for power and reality. of its declassification,” explains the auction house.
On January 1, 2014, the former head of state was in fact photographed in front of Julie Gayet’s home, while he was at the time in a relationship with Valérie Trierweiler. François Hollande’s infidelity made the front page of the magazine Closer. Ten years later, the images of the socialist on his three-wheel scooter remain in our memories.
Ten thousand euros as starting price
In December 2015, the “GayetGate” vehicle had already been sold at auction, indicates Le Figaro. It has since passed from hand to hand, until a couple who had the chance to meet François Hollande. The elected official from Corrèze even dedicated a book to him: “To Patrick and Manola, who had the chance to ride my scooter. To better share their happiness. »
The Piaggio with 34,000 kilometers on the clock will be offered among other prestigious lots such as a painting by Auguste Renoir. Starting price: 10,000 euros, a much higher sum than for a used machine of the same type. But as the Rouillac house reminds us, it is nothing more and nothing less than the “scooter of love”.