Yesterday there was an auction of some of Steve McQueen's motorcycle collection. from http://www.cbc.ca --------------------------------- Bidders shelled out a lot of cold, hard cash on Saturday to buy a piece of the "King of Cool." Cars, trucks, motorcycles and other memorabilia that once belonged to late Hollywood tough guy Steve McQueen were up for sale at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. A 1937 Crocker motorcycle sold for a record $276,000 US, while a 1934 Indian Sport Scout and a 1920 Indian Powerplus Daytona fetched a combined $327,000 US. A pair of Persol sunglasses that McQueen is believed to have worn in 1968's The Thomas Crown Affair went for $70,000 US. Other items put on the block by McQueen's widow, Barbara Minty-McQueen, through auction house Bonhams and Butterfields included a 1958 GMC pickup truck, a folding knife, a jukebox and a pair of chaps worn by McQueen in the 1980 western Tom Horn, one of the actor's final projects. McQueen, who died of cancer in 1980 at the age of 50, was known nearly as much for his love of motor vehicles as for his brawny roles. One of the top box-office draws of the 1960s and '70s, McQueen starred in the 1960 western The Magnificent Seven, the 1963 Second World War film The Great Escape and the 1968 action thriller Bullitt.
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Only have to go up to Highway 61 in Brunswick to see an ex-Steve McQueen bike. Cheers Goaty -- _--_|\ John Lamp - in beautiful downtown Highton / \ IRC: DoD#:1906 Ulysses#:10185 Vulcan Nomad \_.--._/ http://www.gorider.cjb.net/ Phone: 0409 512 254 v mailto: Fax: 03 5227 2151 Hear no Evo, See no Evo, Fear no Evo
Doh! Cheers Goaty -- _--_|\ John Lamp - in beautiful downtown Highton / \ IRC: DoD#:1906 Ulysses#:10185 Vulcan Nomad \_.--._/ http://www.gorider.cjb.net/ Phone: 0409 512 254 v mailto: Fax: 03 5227 2151 Hear no Evo, See no Evo, Fear no Evo
