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KTM Motorsports is selling two race-prepared 2019 KTM RC16 factory MotoGP bikes in a move that seems certain to attract global attention. The bikes will be race-prepared and will be sold with a wide range of additional benefits including official KTM t… Continue reading KTM to sell two factory MotoGP bikes to the public at $340,000 each
An extraordinary 109-year-old motorcycle that looks new but has never been restored, has sold at auction for US$225,500, setting a new world record price for a Pierce Arrow Four-cylinder motorcycle. The new record once more shows a marked trend towards… Continue reading Unrestored 1911 motorcycle sets auction record – still looks brand new
The importance of the secondary motorcycle market was acknowledged this week when Kawasaki announced it has begun manufacturing reproduction cylinder heads for its milestone Z1 900cc motorcycle from the 1970s.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, Tran… Continue reading Kawasaki begins manufacturing reproduction Z1 cylinder heads
Thomas Edison’s original patents surrounding the light bulb and an archive of 37 original British Patent Letters related to the incandescent lamp have been sold at auction for US$75,000. Though Thomas Edison would eventually hold more than a thousand p… Continue reading Original Thomas Edison “light bulb” patent archive sells for $75,000
Sotheby’s is currently auctioning Michael Jordan’s autographed game-worn Nike Air Jordan 1s from 1985, with the auction set to close at midday on May 17, 2020 EDT. The shoes were the first ever signature sneakers and with Jordan top-of-mind thanks to T… Continue reading The original first pair of Air Jordan sneakers smash auction records
It isn’t hard to see why artefacts of landmark cultural events are continually gaining value at auction, but it is becoming clear that the imagery of baby boomers’ youth is increasingly morphing into investment quality art. An indication as to just how… Continue reading The imagery of youth becoming investment-quality art
As we forecast in our recent extensive feature covering the 2019 science and technology auction year, science fiction memorabilia is hot and getting hotter, regardless of COVID-19. This was validated with the US$512,000 sale last week of the original S… Continue reading Original Flash Gordon comic strip sells for $512,000
Our top 100 most valuable guitars listing added two more famous guitars last week, when Duane Allman’s 1961/1962 Cherry Gibson SG fetched US$591,000 and the Martin D-45 that Graham Nash played at Woodstock fetched $162,500.
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Continue Reading Duane Allman’s Gibson SG and Graham Nash’s Woodstock Martin D-45 sell at auction
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This week looks like being the most spectacular of the scientific auction year with three landmark auctions of scientific documents and specimens crossing the block. The three important artifacts are a 13-m (43-ft) Diplodocus skeleton at Aguttes in Paris on June 13 (US$1.5 million to $1.8 million), one of three original copies of Luca Pacioli’s Summa de Arithmetica at Christie’s in New York on June 12 ($1.0 million to $1.5 million) and a presentation copy of the first edition of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection at Bonhams in New York on June 13 ($ 200,000 to $300,000).
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Continue Reading Three landmark scientific artifacts go to auction this week
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