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Motorcycles

The first million-dollar motorcycle sells at auction

It has taken a long time for a motorcycle to break the million-dollar barrier at auction, and it was almost done twice within a few minutes today in Las Vegas.

Motorcycles

Top 150 sales from the 2017 Las Vegas Motorcycle auctions

An unprecedented 1000 motorcycles sold in Las Vegas this year and the strength of the marketplace was clearly evident by the top 150 sales, arranged here for easy browsing

The four biggest sales at the EJ Cole auction were from top left clockwise: a 1907 Harley-Davidson "Strap Tank" for $715,000; a world record $852,500 for the 1915 Cyclone Board Track Racer; $423,500 for a 1911 Flying Merkel Board Track Racer and $385,000 for a 1942 Crocker. (Photos: Somer Hooker)

Collectibles

World Records galore at E.J. Cole Collection Motorcycle Auction

The E.J. Cole Collection has auctioned and the ramifications are profound. The top two motorcycle prices ever fetched at auction were achieved, 28 bikes sold for more than US$100,000, 12 forced their way into the top 100 and American-made bikes are now statistically more valuable than British bikes.

This one-hundred-year-old Cyclone Board Track racer going to auction next month could become just the third motorcycle in history to sell for more than a million dollars. One of just six in existence, a similar bike set the world auction record at $551,200 in 2008. The beautiful bevel-driven V-twin was capable of 111 mph and this particular bike has a golden provenance including ownership by the man with the midas touch, Steve McQueen. McQueen has multiple entries in the most valuable cars sold at auction, the most valuable movie cars sold at auction plus SEVEN entries in the top 100 motorcycles sold at auction. The bike was restored by noted author, historian and craftsman Stephen Wright.

Collectibles

Steve McQueen's Cyclone could become the third million dollar motorcycle

A hundred-year-old Cyclone board track racer could become the third motorcycle in history to sell for more than a million dollars. A similar bevel-driven 1000cc V-twin set the world auction record in 2008, but this bike was once owned by the man with the midas touch, Steve McQueen.