Owner of RJ and C Metal Fabricators in Phoenix, Arizona, the late Rickey Jensen was known to be a quiet and private man who mostly kept to himself. Some surmised that he may have been a bit of a hoarder, but as a welder and fabricator, his extensive collection of scrap metal and other junkyard items were all just a part of the business.

After Jensen’s death, however, a different sort of collection was discovered, hidden away in the dark confines of his padlocked barn. Unlike his heaps of discarded metal odds and ends, this collection was a carefully curated treasure trove of valuable goods: 15 vintage Indian motorcycles and hundreds of pieces of Indian memorabilia—a collection so rare and desirable that it puts others before it to shame. While Jensen’s reclusive nature means that not much is known about him today, one thing is quite obvious: he was a man who lived and breathed for the Indian brand, and his dedication to the brand produced one of the finest Indian collections around. This January, Jensen’s remarkable barn-find collection will join the Las Vegas motorcycle auction lineup, and each sought-after piece will be offered at absolute no reserve.

Spanning from Indian’s beginning years to its bitter end, Jensen’s collection is a truly remarkable assemblage, and that he managed to build this amazing collection all in secret is shocking. It is believed that before his death, maybe only two other people had ever seen the collection, which makes one wonder how on earth he managed to bring it together at all.

Finally freed from its confines, this extraordinary barn-find collection of rare Indian motorcycles and memorabilia is now set to cross the auction block at Mecum’s 28th annual vintage and antique motorcycle auction in Las Vegas this January 22-26. With each passing year, the likelihood of discovering collections such as this becomes less and less. There is even a chance that this could be the last hidden trove of such desirable Indian artifacts left in the world.