World Record Sale Price – 1951 Vincent Black Lightning

I’ll do small recaps of the Bonhams and Mecum auctions once I get back home, but I just have to share something that happened today at the Bonhams auction – the ’51 Black Lightning owned by Jack Ehret for 47 years just sold for a world record amount. Go ahead, take a guess…

Ready? Including the buyer’s premium, this Vincent sold for $929,000.

Bonhams shared a brief moment of the bidding, which was between a British bidder in the audience and an Australian bidder on the telephone – the Australian would end up winning:

Here’s a clip from the bidding war between a British bidder in the audience and an Australian bidder on the telephone. . The new world auction record. The Jack Ehret speed record-setting Vincent Black Lightning just sold moment ago in Las Vegas for nearly $1 million – the most valuable motorcycle ever sold at auction. . . . . #vincentblacklightning #blacklightning #jackehret #rolliefree #martydickerson #tonymcalpine #philvincent #vincentmotorcycle #vincenthrd #hrd #vintagemotorcycle #classicmotorcycle #lasvegasmotorcycleauction #vintagebike #classicbike #originalpaint #bonhamsmotoring #worldrecord #worldauctionrecord

A post shared by Bonhams Motoring (@bonhamsmotoring) on Jan 25, 2018 at 3:53pm PST

Damn.