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This prototype Honda CB750 has become the most expensive Japanese motorcycle ever sold at auction

Motorcycles

Honda CB750 becomes most expensive Japanese motorcycle ever sold at auction

H&H Classics March 4 auction saw two of the most expensive motorcycles ever sold at auction. A prototype Honda CB750 fetched £161,000 (US$263,725), while a 1969 HondaZ50A "Monkeybike" used by music legend John Lennon sold for £57,500 (US$94,187)

American fours crossing the auction block

Motorcycles

Las Vegas auctions: Movement afoot in the collectible motorcycle market

The 2017 Las Vegas motorcycle auctions combined Mecum's four-day auction (Jan 25-28) with Bonhams' January 26 event to give the year a kickstart. Almost 1000 collectible motorcycles changed hands, offering enough data to identify a few trends that portend what will happen over the coming year.

Vincent Black Shadows are the most prominent single model in the top 250, but the most valuable Vincent Shadow is the White Shadow as only 15 were ever built, and at the same Bonhams auction at Bally's Hotel & Casino held one year ago (January 2015), a 1950 Vincent Series C "White" Shadow sold for $224,250, setting a world record for the model. Having just sold for $434,000, the bike pictured above is now the new record holder for the model, and the marque, surpassing the previous most expensive Vincent to have sold at auction, a 1939 Vincent Series A Rapide which fetched $418,940 (£275,900) in April, 2015.

Motorcycles

Vincents dominate 2016 Las Vegas Motorcycle auctions: Detailed report

Vincent motorcycles dominated the Las Vegas Motorcycle auctions, with six of the top seven most expensive bikes, and a new world record for the marque of $434,000 for a Vincent White Shadow. While the tier 1 bikes were almost all passed in without meeting reserve, numerous world records were broken.

Motorcycles

Las Vegas January motorcycle auctions preview: The state of the market

The world's two dominant motorcycle auction houses hold back-to-back auctions in Las Vegas later this week (Bonhams on January 7 and Mecum Mid-America on January 8-9) selling 850 of the world's most desirable motorcycles. We preview the auctions.

One or two of these bikes might sell for $1,000,000, five for more than $300,000 and more than 100 should fetch $70,000 or more. This auction will redefine the collectible motorcycle marketplace.

Collectibles

The E.J. Cole Collection auction preview – the most important motorcycle auction ever held

The motorcycle world will hold its breath on March 20 & 21 when the largest and most significant collection of motorcycles ever auctioned at one time will sell at "no reserve" in Las Vegas. More than 100 bikes are expected to fetch $70,000, changing the entire collectible motorcycle landscape.