Bonhams Auction
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Bonhams Autumn Sale – This weekend!
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This year the two-day mega autumn sale at the Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, 15th & 16th October, Stafford Showground, features an extraordinary collection of 31 speedway motorcycles, reflecting the glory years of a sport once the second most popular in the UK. The Forshaw Speedway Collection represents 60 years of speedway history from its beginnings…
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Bonhams Spring Stafford Auction Heats up – Get Involved
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Motorcycle Auctions are continuing to perform incredibly well and since 2016, Bonhams have sold over £40 million in motorcycles, motorcycle memorabilia and spares, reinforcing their position as UK market leaders.
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Bud Ekins ISDT-winning TRIUMPH TR6SS sells for £97,750!
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At the this weekend’s annual Bonhams Spring Sale, a 1962 Triumph 649cc TR6SS ridden by Bud Ekins, sold for a world record auction price of £97,750 – over three times its top estimate. The original Trophy model helped Ekins win a gold medal in the 1962 International Six Days Trial. The American bike racer who…
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UNDER THE HAMMER: YOU can OWN Mick Grant’s North West 200-winning Suzuki XR69.
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Mick Grant’s ex-works Suzuki XR69 is going under the hammer at Bonhams annual Spring Sale at the Stafford Classic Motorcycle Show later this month – and if you’ve got some serious cash in the bank, you can get your hands on this rare piece of motorcycle racing history. A joint project between the Japanese factory…
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UNDER THE HAMMER: Steve McQueen’s 1938 Triumph Speed Twin sets NEW auction RECORD.
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A 1938 Triumph 5T Speed Twin formerly owned by Steve McQueen has been sold at Bonhams’ annual Las Vegas motorcycle auction for a world record auction fee of $175,500 (around £132,000). Steve McQueen was well-known for his passion for motorcycles – in particular his fondness of British-built Triumph’s. But as it turns out, there are…
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Bonhams to auction MASSIVE collection of MX and Enduro motorcycles at Stafford Spring Sale
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Bonhams has just announced the sale of the Sant Hilari Collection, which will be going under the hammer at the two-day Spring Stafford Sale as part of The International Classic MotorCycle Show which takes place across the 27-28 April 2019. The collection comprises more than 100 competition machines from an eclectic range of marques, including:…
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RECORD BREAKERS: Bonhams takes close to THREE AND A HALF MILLION POUNDS at Autumn Stafford Sale. 1925 Brough Superior sand-racer ‘project’ sells for £264,500.
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Bonhams annual two-day Autumn Stafford Sale closed yesterday at the Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show at Stafford Showground, taking a total of £3,479,800 over the weekend. The stars of the auction included a pack of Brough Superiors, which claimed the top four places among the ten biggest sales of the two-day Autumn Stafford Sale. The top…
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Steve McQueen’s 1970 Husqvarna 400 Cross (the ‘On Any Sunday’ bike) going on sale in three days!
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Yep, we’re in love with this. It’s the actual small cc dirt bike, the real one that Steve McQueen owned and rode in the seminal motorcycle movie ‘On Any Sunday’. An icon of two wheels, if you will. Anyway, the bike is a 1970 Husqvarna 400 Cross and is going on sale with Bonhams at…
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Get your hands on an ORIGINAL Steve McQueen BELL helmet.
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One of Steve McQueen’s own personal helmets, a Bell 500 – stickered up with his film companies’ logo and his name – is going under the hammer at the Bonhams Barber Motorsports Museum auction this October. The helmet that’s up for sale is a Bell 500 lid, with a characteristic snap-on peak and double-D ring…
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UNDER THE HAMMER: Peter Fonda’s 1968 Bultaco Pursang from EASY RIDER.
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Ever fancied owning a piece of movie motorcycling history from (arguably) the most iconic biker film ever made? Well now you can – because the Bultaco Pursang that Peter Fonda rode in one of the first scenes of Easy Rider is going under the hammer. The Bultaco Pursang was one of the most successful two-stroke…
