so much. Very well sold.” Michael Regalia feels “it’s a bargain. Tis car will only grow in stature and value, and even at this price, I feel it was well bought.”
This 1949 Chevy 3100 is as worn as old pickups should be, and McQueen sometimes used it to fly beneath the radar when out running errands around Hollywood.
reach and impact of McQueen’s star power. Collier wrote that “the day will come when McQueen’s celebrity will be forgotten.” Regalia feels dif- ferently, believing that McQueen will always be “a global pop culture and automotive icon” and that “his films, persona and, of course, his cars and bikes are a huge part of that legacy. McQueen’s legitimacy will continue to find favor with new, younger audiences and collectors and has the stuff to stand the test of time.” So was $1.375 million too much to pay for the Slate Gray Porsche 911S that Steve McQueen owned and drove in the opening scenes of “Le Mans?” Miles Collier feels it was, concluding that “among Steve McQueen fans, this car has to be quite a coup. Among the rest of us, not
If future collectors remain willing to pay huge premiums to own a small piece of the Steve McQueen legacy—and so far it appears they are—the LeMans 911 and the McQueen Lusso will prove well bought, though their prices render them better suited for display than driving. McQueen motorcycles—including his Bultaco and various Indians— have been bringing big prices, and other McQueen collectibles have brought their sellers handsome returns as well (see “Marketwatch,” page 32). Te trend was most visible at Bonhams & Butterfields’ November 2006 Steve McQueen Auction, where the King of Cool’s Belstaff mo- torcycle jacket brought $32,760, a folding knife Von Dutch gave him garnered $38,025 and the man’s very own Persol sunglasses made a stag- gering $70,200—for an item available new for a few hundred dollars. Tat 2006 sale alone totaled close to $3 million, while many auctions and private sales continue to trade on McQueen’s legacy. And if the provenence is solid and true, as was the case with the Ferrari, Porsche, Bultaco, Indian and the hundreds of lots Bonhams and other auction companies have offered, prices will soar high enough to make any auc- tioneer smile.
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