Rare Winchester going to auction
But not through one of the normal auction houses for elite bikes, instead an antique firearms auctioneer…According to a report on gizmag.com, the only two Winchester motorcycles known to exist will go to auction on March 15-16.
In 2013, one of the two restored bikes sold at auction for what was then a world record price of $US580,000, while the other was passed in. The reasoning for such massive prices was because the American firearms market is so buoyant it had elevated the price of the motorcycles beyond what the motorcycle marketplace would pay.
Following that course, the two Winchesters will be auctioned in March by a firearms auctioneer (James D. Julia) instead of an organisation like Bonhams.
Winchester is named after Oliver Winchester, who founded his firearms company in the mid-1860s. The company eventually diversified, and between 1909 and 1911 200 Winchester motorcycles were produced, using engines from the March-Metz company.
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