Close to $120 millon reportedly changed hands during the slew of Monterey auctions this month, a number so huge that individual happenings can be swept aside in the roaring cash torrent. So, we should note that Mecum Auctions was the newbie on the putting green this year, hosting its first auction during Monterey week on the fringe of the Del Monte Golf Course. These links, incidentally, are the most historic on the Monterey peninsula, having been played continuously since 1897, making it the oldest golf course west of the Mississippi.
Mecum’s sale of the ex-Bob Bondurant Cobra Daytona for a record $7.25 million kind of sucked the wind out of everything else hammered at Del Monte. We don’t want to miss this equally important piece that it sold, however: A beautifully restored 1924 Harley-Davidson board-track racing motorcycle, one of fewer than 20 known to have been produced with a 1,200cc, eight-port competition V-twin. This was countering fire to Indian’s earlier eight-valve engine, with the Harley head configuration having been overseen by Bill Ottoway with mentoring from the esteemed Harry Ricardo. The few non-factory race bikes that were built, for about $1,500 each, produced some 50hp. This shining example sold for $52,000.
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