Bonhams: The Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction at Bally's Hotel & Casino begins at 10:00am (PST). If you hurry you can still make it. So, grab your wallet...
The bidding on parts (spares) starts first with everything from a lot of mostly 1970's era Honda motorcycle seats. Bidding opens at an affordable $250. Or for a bid of $150 you might get a lot of 1970's era Honda handle bars, a framed "Goodbye Cruel World" Von Dutch print that is the perfect size (21½" x 25") to cover that hole in your kitchen wall, for the bedroom there is an original Harley-Davidson advertising poster from 1938 (20" x 14") or splurge and bid $15,000 on an extremely rare 1937 35.5" x 49.7" art deco Grosser Preis von Europa poster.
A butt-load of vintage British parts that include Vincent side covers, wheels, Amal carbs, Smiths gauges, tank badges , BSA sheet metal, etc., etc.
Perhaps you'll get lucky at a craps table and you can now afford to bid $15,000 on that 1970 Honda CB750 (frame #CB750-1011574, motor #CB750E-1011391) that was featured in the Guggenheim Museum's "Art of the Motorcycle" exhibit. Maybe you hit a progressive jack-pot and treat yourself to the 1950 Vincent Series C White Shadow, one of only 15 ever produced, (frame #RC6376A, motor # F10AB/1A/4476) that could be yours with a lucky bid of $140,000.
Perhaps you'll get lucky at a craps table and you can now afford to bid $15,000 on that 1970 Honda CB750 (frame #CB750-1011574, motor #CB750E-1011391) that was featured in the Guggenheim Museum's "Art of the Motorcycle" exhibit. Maybe you hit a progressive jack-pot and treat yourself to the 1950 Vincent Series C White Shadow, one of only 15 ever produced, (frame #RC6376A, motor # F10AB/1A/4476) that could be yours with a lucky bid of $140,000.
My favorite is Lot 244, the "Star of the 1956 Earl's Court Show", an incredible, fully motorized 1956 BSA B34 Gold Star Clubmans "Cutaway" motorcycle and display stand. Estimated sale price is $350,000!
Check the auction out at Bonhams.com or just Google it. Happy bidding!
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