Mecum Auctions just held one of the best in the world, selling the motorcycle collection of E.J. Cole, with 220 rare and vintage bikes which he collected over a 50 year span. Two of the bikes hit record high prices with a 1911 Flying Merkel Board Track Racer bringing in $423,500.00 and a 1915 Cyclone Board Track Racer, formerly owned by Steve McQueen, topping out at $852,500.00. The top two prices for a motorcycle at an auction were achieved but also, 28 bikes in the collection sold for more than $100,000.oo U.S.
Cole is quoted as saying that he never really had a preference for which motorcycles he collected. He wanted one of everything and just went after motorcycles he didn't have, as long as they were American made.
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| 1911 Flying Merkel Board Track Racer |
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| 1915 Cyclone Board Track Racer which sold for $852,500.oo |
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| The diamond of the Harley Davidson line-up, the 1907 Strap Tank, which sold for $715,000.oo |
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| 1942 Crocker V-Twin |
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