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Subject: McQueen auction raises over £1.5 million

Author: Bob

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 05:37:32 11/14/06 Tue Over £1.5 million was spent at the auction of “Great Escape” star Steve McQueen’s property. The biggest sale was $276,000 (around £150,000) for a 1937 Crocker "Hemi-head" V-Twin motorcycle. Of the other bikes from his collection, McQueen's 1934 Indian Sport Scout motorbike went for £85,000 and his 1920 Indian Powerplus Daytona racing bike sold for £78,500. Of the other items on sale, a pair of sunglasses BELIEVED to have been worn in ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ went for £36,000 Auctioneer Mark Osborne added: "I believe that I literally could have sold tickets for just the shortest glimpse of the room where we catalogued this property. If McQueen drove it, rode it or wore it, it was cool." [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]