$600,000 Motorcycle Accessories Auction   Saturday 28th  February 2003

 

(My next door neighbour passed on a cutting out of the local paper with information about an upcoming auction. There was no time to advertise the information in the magazine, so I sent the details to the members with email addresses. Martin Hastie took up the opportunity and here is his report. Note: a number of email addresses bounced – either from being non-existent or from lack of resources – ie mail box has not been cleared. Don’t forget to send me your new email address if you change service providers. Over the past few months members have received on average two or three emails a month. If you haven’t got an email address, it might be time to get with the program. Read on. …Ed.)

 

The auction was of smoke damaged goods (as a result of a recent fire) salvaged from Peter Stevens. A catalogue of 68 pages of items with at least 20 items per page equals lots of stuff for sale. All goods were only smoke damaged, at worst a bit of soot which washed off with little effort.

 

It’s 8am Saturday morning and Carmen and I ride from Abbotsford to North Melbourne for the auction, expecting to be out by midday at the latest, hopefully with a few bargains. We finally left the auction at 6pm after coming home to change vehicles because we couldn’t fit everything on the bike.

 

The auctioneer was good at upping the price as he varied the dollar amount from a $10 or $20, or sometimes a $50 increase each time people made a bid. So you had to control yourself from getting too excited and over bidding on the item. Some of the prices I recorded:

 

  • Dainese Black Motor Cycle Jacket RRP $799 sold $175

 

  • Dainese Black Touring Jacket RRP $439 sold $100

 

  • Alpine Stars motorcycle black leather pants RRP $499 sold $125

 

  • Dainese Black Leather pants RRP $649 sold $150

 

  • RJays motorcycle black leather pants RRP $239 sold $50

 

  • Alpine Stars red/black motorcycle leather jacket RRP $849 sold $175

 

  • Rivet black motorcycle touring pants RRP $383 sold $50

 

  • Gloves ranging RRP $55 - $260 sold $15 - $70

 

  • Spidi full leather racing suit RRP $1775 - $2095 sold $600 - $950

 

  • Motocross and touring boots RRP $230 - $470 sold $25 - $225

 

  • Back protectors from RRP $99 - $265 sold $30 - $50

 

  • Ventura & Hustler rack packs & tank bags RRP $95 - $160 sold between $30 and $80

 

  • A Harley Davidson limited edition no 4201 of 5000 pewter shot tumbler and security padlock $160

 

  • Carbon fibre and stainless steel slip on mufflers sold from $50

 

I purchased a full outfit for Carmen: AGV leather pants and jacket, and a race-pro back brace. I also purchased a large rack pack and boots for myself at a very good price.  Alas, the money I saved will now have to go towards replacing my $400 spectacles that I lost somewhere in the crowd on the day.

                                                                                                                                                 Martin Hastie