Channel 4 – News
02 Sep 2008
Source: PA News

“A vintage motorcycle dating back to the 1930s has set a new British record when it sold for more than 200,000 pounds at auction.

The classic 1939 Vincent-HRD 998cc Series-A Rapide, was snapped up for a record price of 214,800 pounds (US $377,521) at the Bonhams sale in London on Monday.

The new record was set only hours after the previous British record was also smashed when an ex-Roland Martin, Brooklands, 1927 Zenith-JAP 8/4hp Championship Motorcycle Combination sold for 177,500 pounds (US $311,893) during the same auction.”

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Collecting Vintage Motorcycles

Forbes.com
Missy Sullivan, 08.30.06

“Prices have risen steadily in the lower and mid markets, but the real acceleration has taken place at the higher end. National Motorcycle Museum founder John Parham notes that the Vincent HRD A Rapide, a coveted mid-century Brit, has more than doubled in price in the last three years, from $50,000 to over $100,000. A top Brough Superior SS100, the ride of choice for Lawrence of Arabia, was $20,000 to $25,000 ten years ago, but is now in the low six-figures. Factory “works” bikes with documented winning race histories can trade upward of $250,000, as can exalted hand-built contemporary marques, like Britten.”

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