Lee Hartung Collection videos

[Northwoods_Maine]

I started off by thinking, "Oh man, 8 videos!" knowing I might not have the time or patience to sit through all of them. About an hour later I was wishing for much more. Great post Dale and thanks for all you contribute to this club.

[DuoGlide62]

Went to the auction preview today. Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of Lee's collection. These pictures just scratch the surface.
http://s285.photobucket.com/albums/ll74/PanClan1/Hartung%20Auction%20Preview%2011-1-11/?albumview=slideshow

[BPK!!]

Thanks for the pic's-now I wish I was on my way out there! BPK!!
PS: Other than the pic of Brendan, rest was good!-yuk-yuk!!

[c.o.]

Again, I'm amazed at that collection. Thank-you kindly for the pictures!! I too wish I were on my way there!!

[Coolbreeze]

We drove up to Glenview on Nov 1st and spent the day viewing the Hartung collection. A lot of interesting pieces, but nothing I had to have. I hate to say this, but I got the feeling that the collection had been picked over and some of the really cool stuff had already found new homes. Just a feeling. A lot of the items were badly weathered and poorly kept. This tells me that the well sheltered top items may not have been there because they had already been sold.

BTW, a nice touch by the auction house: hand cleaning stations! After pawing though dirty old items, one's hands do get filthy. It was great being able to wash away the grime.

If I had a place to keep it, I might be tempted to bid on the Sunbeam Talbot sedan. Also, the twin hood V12 Lincoln was pretty cool.

[rwm]

a lot of his stuff was in 40ft trailers for years

[talbot-2]

We drove up to Glenview on Nov 1st and spent the day viewing the Hartung collection. A lot of interesting pieces, but nothing I had to have. I hate to say this, but I got the feeling that the collection had been picked over and some of the really cool stuff had already found new homes. Just a feeling. A lot of the items were badly weathered and poorly kept. This tells me that the well sheltered top items may not have been there because they had already been sold.

BTW, a nice touch by the auction house: hand cleaning stations! After pawing though dirty old items, one's hands do get filthy. It was great being able to wash away the grime.

If I had a place to keep it, I might be tempted to bid on the Sunbeam Talbot sedan. Also, the twin hood V12 Lincoln was pretty cool.

Did you preview the online lot list before you traveled to Glenview for a hands on look?

http://www.auctionsamerica.com/event...?SaleCode=LH11

[flthead]

any auction results on the bikes ?

[diesel55]

Hey at 20.00 dollars a pop just to look at what is at a auction/then a 100.00 to bid on anything plus the 15% buyers premium.i guess they could afford a couple of tubs of hand cleaner and a roll of paper towels.

[rwm]

don't forget the sellers premium that can be 10% or more. then some get 2% more for online bids.plus 3% more for credit card payments.

[silentgreyfello]

any auction results on the bikes ?

A friend of mine went to bid, but got blown out of the water. Stuff was insane. Merkel went for 175k plus the premium, so buyer is paying right at 200k with premium and sales tax.

The "1912" Harley single, as Walksler called it, went for hundred thousand! Not sure if that included buyer's premium or not. They advertised as a 1912, but I think the serial number points to 1913 on the motor, and the cylinder sure has the notches for the mechanical intake. I don't think the motor was original to that bike, because for '13, it would have the pocket in the tank for clearance for the mechanical valve. Here is what I think happened. It was a 1912 to begin with (No pocket in tank). The motor got swapped out at some point with the '13 motor. In order to make it fit, they removed the mechanical valve on the '13 motor and replaced with the atmospheric valve from the '12 motor. Unbelievable that the bike would bring that kind of dough, even if it had the correct motor! There must have been at least two fools bidding.

[talbot-2]

The photo below is a scan of a 1912 H-D, single, battery ignition, copied from an original 1912 H-D sales catalog. According to Dale Walksler in his video number 3 of the Hartung collection, the motor number on the 1912 H-D, single, battery ignition in the collection was "2709B". It is my understanding that "B" after the motor number indicates the year 1912. "A" was used in 1911 and "C" in 1913. The motor on the Hartung H-D did have some minor damage to the fins on the right side of the cylinder head which in the photograph may have been misidentified as "notches" for a mechanical intake. This is not easily seen in the photographs of the cycle. The cycle does have a 1913 Illinois Motor Bicycle Registration Tag on the door of the tool box which does not indicate the year of manufacture, but only the year of the that registration tag.



1912 H-D Single Batt.jpg

[harleytoprock]

I'm willing to bet that any of the auction items that were sold could not be resold at the same high price on ebay or in a classifieds ad.

[rwm]

here is something to think about $175,000 is GBP 109,000. $175,000 is 127,000 euro's. $100,000 is 62,300 GBP $100,000 is 72,000 euro. cost to send a 40ft trailer overseas $ 5,000-$6,000

[Tom Lovejoy]

Did any of you guys see how the parts lot's did? were they really expensive too, or were there some fair or even good prices in the mix? I heard they were some good Henderson and Indian parts + plus probably lots of others. Was there 101 parts? just curious, wish I could of watched it all happen.