Mecum Auctions added to the momentum from its record-setting $234 million in gross sales on the current Mecum Kissimmee 2023 public sale with an extra $24 million in gross sales and a 90% sell-through charge achieved on the Mecum Las Vegas Bikes 2023 public sale, held Jan. 24-28. Collectively, the 2 occasions culminated in a grand complete of $258 million in general gross sales for the month of January, making it Mecum Auctions’ highest-grossing month in its 35-year historical past.
The highest-selling bike on the thirty second Annual Classic and Vintage Motorbike Public sale was a 1908 Harley-Davidson Strap Tank that was present in 1941 in a Wisconsin barn as an entire bike and was then expertly restored by Paul Freehill. The bike bought for $935,000 and have become essentially the most useful bike ever bought at public sale. The Strap Tank is among the many oldest surviving fashions of this extraordinarily uncommon breed and is one in every of solely 450 bikes produced by Harley-Davidson in 1908.
Robust gross sales outcomes have been additionally achieved by the headlining bikes from the Jim’s Without end Assortment of 105 tons, which introduced an mixture of greater than $1.4 million, and Mike Wolfe’s As Discovered Assortment of 63 bikes, which introduced greater than $1.96 million general. The highest-selling unit from the Jim’s Without end assemblage was a 1972 Harley-Davidson Jim’s Knucklehead Customized Chopper (above) that was constructed to honor the fiftieth anniversary of Jim’s Harley-Davidson dealership and bought for $55,000.
Mike Wolfe’s As Discovered Assortment, consigned by the host of “American Pickers,” aided within the file attendance at Mecum Las Vegas Bikes 2023, with Wolfe’s high-quality choice of bikes working to attract in extra followers and followers. The almost $2 million in gross sales achieved by Wolfe’s assortment was led by a $132,000 sale of a 1936 Harley-Davidson EL Knucklehead—a period-correct and extremely authentic bike that had been ridden by Wolfe for the previous few years. The Knucklehead was adopted by a 1941 Indian 4 (above) that was a barn discover from the western Nebraska/Colorado border, which fetched $115,500.
The full high 10 bike gross sales at Mecum Las Vegas 2023 embrace:
- 1908 Harley-Davidson Strap Tank at $935,000
- 1938 Vincent HRD Sequence A Twin at $330,000
- 1925 BMW R32 at $220,000
- 1925 BMW R37 at $220,000
- 1927 Indian Ace 4 at $214,500
- 1922 Ace Sporting Solo at $198,000
- 1938 Zundapp K800 with Sidecar at $187,000
- 1914 Henderson C Mannequin at $176,000
- 1916 Henderson 4 Cylinder at $165,000
- 1931 Indian 402 at $159,500
Up subsequent for Mecum is the Glendale 2023 public sale at State Farm Stadium in Arizona and can happen this March 28-April 1 that includes an estimated 2,000 collector vehicles and roughly 100 classic and vintage bikes. Extra info might be discovered HERE.
