Sons of guns: Winchester motorcycles return to the auction block

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In 2013, one of only two Winchester motorcycles known to exist sold at auction for what was then a world record price of US$580,000. The other Winchester failed to meet reserve and was passed in with a high bid of $520,000. Our article on the Winchesters makes for interesting reading because it concludes that the American Gun marketplace is buoyant that the Winchester's gun provenance had elevated the value of the motorcycles beyond the normal motorcycle marketplace. Now the bikes have been entrusted to the world's foremost firearm auctioneers, James D. Julia, for sale in March. Records can be expected to fall... Continue Reading Sons of guns: Winchester motorcycles return to the auction block



Section: Motorcycles



Tags: Auction, James D Julia, Metz, Winchester



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