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Old bike sells for £163,600
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08 May 2008 | |
A 1934 Brough Superior SS100 sold for an astounding £166,500 at Bonham’s auction in Stafford – a world record price for the model and the highest price ever paid for a British motorcycle at auction. The Brough Superior, a rare example of this legendary V-twin superbike, represented the JAP-engined SS100 in its ultimate form. Incorporating ‘two of everything’ (two carburettors, two magnetos, two oil pumps), it was one of only six made to this specification in 1934 and retained its original frame, engine and registration mark. The machine formed part of the Murray Motorcycle Museum Collection in the Isle of Man from 1973 to 2005. Bonhams celebrated its best ever motorcycle sale at Stafford on 27 April, achieving several world record prices in a storming event that realised £2,112,099. This is the highest ever total for any UK motorcycle sale. Other highlights included: • 1928 Coventry-Eagle 980cc Flying 8 sold for £100,500 (estimate £50,000 – 60,000). One of only a relative handful of overhead-valve-engined Flying 8s known to survive, this 1928 example was in highly original ‘oily rag’ condition and was offered for sale for the first time in 25 years. • 1928 Windhoff 746cc Four sold for £100,500. A rare survivor of this innovative German marque, this unique and imposing machine had undergone a complete restoration prior to the sale. • 1953 Vincent 998cc Series-C Black Shadow sold £58,700 (estimate £30,000 – 40,000). This highly sought-after Vincent – owned by two brothers for the first 50 years of its life – was sold by the third owner who undertook a sympathetic restoration of the remarkably original machine. • Two helmets sold for well above pre-sale estimates: the Barry Sheene Bell racing helmet, worn during the 1974 season and the first to carry his famous number 7, sold for £5,520 (estimate £1,500 – 2,000), and the Premier racing helmet worn by Phil Read to win his final 500cc World Championship sold for £6,210 (estimate £1,000 – 1,500). Page 1 |
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