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Bonham's Las Vegas Auction Results 2019
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<blockquote data-quote="Little Honda" data-source="post: 104050" data-attributes="member: 667"><p>I followed the life auction on my desktop where it showed a max. bid of 285.000,- USD. Anybody, who doubts</p><p>its originality should ask David Bowen, who has seen and examined it in real with added original parts. There</p><p>are few, who have more experience with Lightnings over the years, than him.</p><p>I witnessed it running at Barber´s , where it exceeded 6.000 rpm most sychronously, then dropping to tick-over</p><p>within 3 -5 secs without a single misfire, only to be blipped up to max. rpm again and thereafter letting loose</p><p>the throttle with an orchestral director´s movement of Ernst´s right hand to let it stop to stand still again.</p><p>It did all this without any visible vibration, without pushing back a fraction of an inch.</p><p>I know no other Vincent Twin running like this one.</p><p>From my impression of this auction 90% of offered bikes were way under the estimated minimums, but seemed to have no reserve price in their contract, as they were sold, contrary to RC3548. This shows, that</p><p>in many cases large motorcycle collections becoming auctioned, because their inheritors are not interested</p><p>in what they got, at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Little Honda, post: 104050, member: 667"] I followed the life auction on my desktop where it showed a max. bid of 285.000,- USD. Anybody, who doubts its originality should ask David Bowen, who has seen and examined it in real with added original parts. There are few, who have more experience with Lightnings over the years, than him. I witnessed it running at Barber´s , where it exceeded 6.000 rpm most sychronously, then dropping to tick-over within 3 -5 secs without a single misfire, only to be blipped up to max. rpm again and thereafter letting loose the throttle with an orchestral director´s movement of Ernst´s right hand to let it stop to stand still again. It did all this without any visible vibration, without pushing back a fraction of an inch. I know no other Vincent Twin running like this one. From my impression of this auction 90% of offered bikes were way under the estimated minimums, but seemed to have no reserve price in their contract, as they were sold, contrary to RC3548. This shows, that in many cases large motorcycle collections becoming auctioned, because their inheritors are not interested in what they got, at all. [/QUOTE]
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