Vincent

The sale of the core exhibits of the National Motorcycle Museum was a chance to pick up a bargain, with many historically important bikes going cheap. Warning: if you appreciate historical gravitas, this overview may be deeply distressing.

The Monterey car auctions will see more than a third of a billion dollars spent in three days this year, but the volume of well-heeled individuals in town ensures that among the cars are a smattering of bikes vendors hope will appeal to the hyper-monied audience.

Each January the Las Vegas motorcycle auctions set the tone for the entire auction year. This year there was only one – Mecum – but it will be the biggest and most important motorcycle auction of 2022, with the most evident trends. Here's what we learned.

Actor Steve McQueen may have died 40 years ago, but his brand value remains as authentic and strong as ever, as was proven during the 2021 Monterey Car Week auctions.

Elite motorcycle auctions have been few and far between outside the US since COVID-19 came to visit, but the long-awaited Bonhams’ Three-day Summer Sale will be held later this week with a dozen motorcycle capable of fetching more than $100,000 apiece.

The collectible motorcycle marketplace has snapped back into action with Mecum belatedly wrapping up its annual January Las Vegas auctions on May 1, following a four-day-sale. The results are intriguing, particularly if you're a Harley Knucklehead fan.

Three of the most expensive motorcycles in history sell during Monterey Car Week 2019.

Bonhams Spring and Autumn Stafford Sales are two of the highlights of the global auction year for rare and storied motorcycles. Every year there are records broken, and many of the world's most expensive motorcycles have crossed the block at this venue. This year was no exception.

Bonhams' Stafford Motorcycle auctions are held each spring and autumn at the Staffordshire County Showgrounds in the United Kingdom, and these auctions invariably throw up some fascinating motorcycles.

The Barber Museum Auction held last weekend saw some remarkable motorcycles cross the auction block, some with great celebrity and movie provenance. The results were puzzling, and raise some interesting questions about celebrity provenance, whether it always applies, and whether it wears off.

The motorcycle auction marketplace evolved rapidly at the year-defining Las Vegas auctions this year, both on a macro and micro level. Mecum's five day sale was the largest motorcycle auction ever held, while Bonhams set a new world record by fetching $979,000 for a 1951 Vincent Black Lightning.

Bonhams today cap;tured the world record for a motorcycle at auction when it sold a 1951 Vincent Black Lightning for $929,000 in Las Vegas​. One of just 30 Black Lightnings made, the original and unrestored Vincent set an Australian speed record of 141.5 mph in 1953.