Bob
15th November 2006, 01:38
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."
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."