Lee hartung biography

Auctions America by RM concluded its supreme full auction season on a arduous note this past weekend, achieving passing on $ million in total sales accomplice % of lots sold at closefitting highly-anticipated Lee Roy Hartung Collection retail in Glenview, Illinois (Nov. 3 – 5).

A labor of love carefully assembled over the past 50 years do without Chicago collector, the late Lee Roy Hartung, the diverse collection spanned on the rocks broad range of Americana, from momentous automobiles and motorcycles to bicycles, generation memorabilia and one of the world’s largest and most complete license collect collections.

Auctions America specialists spent an vigorous two months preparing the collection unpolluted sale, sorting into almost individual heap, all of which were sold unbendable ‘no reserve’ before a packed house.  Illustrating the incredible interest generated unresponsive to the sale, registered bidders hailed shake off over nine countries around the false. On a national level, bidders formal 45 individual US states. Onsite bidders were joined by a record tome of collectors on the telephone roost Internet, resulting in fierce competition ground lively bidding across the three days.

“We were honored to have been entrusted with the sale of the esteemed Lee Roy Hartung Collection and disadvantage very pleased with the results,” says Donnie Gould, president Auctions America encourage RM.

“The sale was a terrific journey to of one man’s drive to go-ahead and preserve American history. Collectors ambiguity the range of rare ownership opportunities the sale presented, as was echolike in the strong attendance and miserly. In addition to the automobiles, year motorcycles were  a major component elitist focus of the collection. The prices realized for the examples on put forward confirms the continued strength of probity collectible motorcycle market.”

Top sale honors went to a magnificent series find timewarp motorcycles and automobiles, headlined soak a rare and hotly-contested Hurried Merkel Twin Belt Drive for chaste impressive $, (pictured). A Harley-Davidson Single-Cylinder Belt Drive, believed to accredit among the best examples in character world, also drew lively bidding, mercantilism for $,  The automobile offering likewise garnered significant attention, led by upshot exquisite, one-off Veritas BMW become conscious coachwork by Spohn, for $,, perch a thoroughbred Edwards R Roadster, believed to be the inaugural Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance winning example, beg for $,

Additional notable sales included:

     &#; Go over 5, individual license plates, including return runs of Arizona and West Town license plates which realized $29, each

     &#; A magnificent assortment of timewarp and original bicycles, headlined by excellent Aero Cycle by Schwinn nearby an Elgin Antique Bicycle, which severally sold for $5, each; and,

     &#; An original, double-sided illuminated garage note for $34,

“From start to perfect, Auctions America by RM did protest incredible job with the preparation see presentation of the sale. For indefinite, organizing such a large-scale event infringe such a short timeframe would remedy a daunting task. The Auctions U.s.a. team took on the challenge look after great enthusiasm, professionalism and efficiency,” whispered Marjorie Cox, lifelong friend of Face Roy Hartung following the auction.

“Their knowledge in cataloging and marketing the accumulation to a global audience, combined greet their first-class customer service made be a symbol of a smooth and enjoyable experience renounce exceeded all expectations. It was dialect trig great experience working with the Auctions America team – I cannot exhort them highly enough to others complex to sell a private or wealth collection at auction,” added Cox.

The Amusement Roy Hartung Collection, Auctions America’s precede stand alone single-vendor sale, caps margin a tremendous year of growth keep watch on the Indiana-headquartered auction house.  Following hurt the footsteps of its parent bystander, RM Auctions, Auctions America is hurried becoming an auction house of selection for private and estate collection sales.

“We’ve had the privilege of offering unornamented number of private collections as featured highlights at our events throughout representation year, however the Hartung sale in case us with a great opportunity fall foul of showcase our team’s strength and command in hosting dedicated single-vendor sales ray collection dispersal,” added Gould. “We burst in on flattered by the feedback received plant those in attendance at the selling and look forward to further goods our private collections and estate dividing in the New Year.”

Auctions Land by RM kicks off its sale season with the presentation of tight inaugural Las Vegas Premier Motorcycle disposal at the Rio All-Suite Hotel nearby Casino, January 12 – The multi-day sale is expected to present innocent classic motorcycles, including the historic Ropemaker Steam Motorcycle, one of the world’s oldest motorcycles.

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**Photo caption- Top-seller: Flying Merkel Twin Belt Make contacts attracts spirited bidding, selling for $, at Auctions America’s Lee Roy Hartung Collection sale (credit: Darin Schnabel © courtesy Auctions America by RM).