of thousands of dollars (to the delight of the buyers) where other
bikes that seemed to have nothing special going for them were
taking excessive bids. One production Harley hit $275,000 but
never made it past reserve so the expectations of the owners was
ambitious—too ambitious? The Top price bike sold at Mecum’s
was a very tidy 1912 Henderson Four at $165,000.
Some of the best bargains were the bikes offered with no
reserve. Not at all unusual to have a bid start at $1,000
and slowly inch up and stall at $4,500 or $5K for a very well
restored and running vintage motorcycle. I saw this happen
more often than not and, in spite of the standard wisdom
that you should buy in Daytona and sell in Las Vegas. This
year the buyers seemed to be getting the better end of the
deals. Check the website links at http://www.bonhams.
com/auctions/23131/ and https://www.mecum.com/
results/ you can see the results of the sales and kick yourself
for not being there (or bidding online) for some awesome
machine you have lusted after forever. Remember, if you
missed your bargain of a lifetime in 2016 start saving your
spare change. The auctions start again in 2017!
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February 2016
Thunder Roads Magazine® Colorado 15