Cyclone V-Twin sold for $1,320,000 – Photo Credit: Mecum
Mecum Las Vegas 2025 Becomes Highest-Grossing Motorcycle Auction Ever Held
_World’s Largest Vintage and Antique Motorcycle Auction Breaks Numerous Records_
Highlights:
* Mecum Las Vegas 2025 achieves $27.2 million in overall sales to
become highest-grossing motorcycle auction ever in recorded history
* A 1915 Cyclone V-Twin [3] sells for $1.32 million to become the most
valuable motorcycle ever sold at public auction and the first to sell at
a public auction for more than $1 million
* A 1938 Crocker Twin [4] and a 1898 De Dion-Bouton Tricycle [5] also
set world-record prices with six-figure sales
* More than 35 motorcycles achieved sales in the six-figure range
Walworth, Wis. – February 6, 2025 – The recently held 34th annual
world’s largest vintage and antique motorcycle auction, Mecum Las Vegas
2025 [6], set a handful of very important records in the collector
motorcycle world that will have everyone talking for quite some time to
come. The Jan. 29-Feb. 1 event not only became the most successful and
highest-earning motorcycle auction ever in recorded history with $27.2
million in overall sales, but it also achieved several
world-record-setting individual motorcycle sales. As an event that both
takes the temperature and sets the tone of the collector motorcycle
world each January in regard to the year ahead, the Mecum Las Vegas
event this year demonstrated an already-strong market that is on the
rise and grabbing more attention than ever from passionate enthusiasts,
collectors and even savvy-minded investors.
Leading all sales at the Las Vegas event and all motorcycle sales at any
public auction ever, the 1915 Cyclone V-Twin [7] (Lot S106.2) became the
first motorcycle ever to sell at public auction for more than $1 million
when it sold for an incredible $1,320,000 after spirited bidding caused
the price to quickly soar into the seven-figure range. Aside from its
extreme rarity and general desirability as a highly significant piece of
motorcycling history, the Cyclone also boasted a comprehensive
restoration by expert restorer Stephen Wright as well as status as a
member of the revered Urban S. Hirsch III Collection [8]. In fact, a
full eight of the top 10 motorcycle sales in Las Vegas were achieved by
offerings from The Urban S. Hirsch III Collection [9], including the
second highest seller at the event: a 1938 Crocker Twin [10] (Lot
S108.2) that demanded $880,000. Like the Cyclone, the Crocker was also a
record-setter, becoming the most valuable Crocker ever sold at public
auction and one of the top five most valuable motorcycles of any marque
ever sold at public auction.
While motorcycles from 13 distinct decades were on offer at the Las
Vegas auction, historic antiquity definitely came out on top this year
with all but one 1974 Ducati 750SS (Lot F199) hailing from the first
half of the 20th century or earlier, as in the case of the No. 10 top
seller, a 1898 De Dion-Bouton Tricycle [11] (Lot S123) that sold for
$165,000. The six-figure sale of the De Dion claimed another auction
record as the trike became the most valuable De Dion of any type (three
or four wheels) ever sold at public auction.
Thanks in large part to the excellent inventory that attracted big
crowds and enthusiastic bidding, total overall sales at the 2025 Las
Vegas motorcycle auction reached $27.2 million, which eclipsed the
event’s own previous record by almost $1.5 million and set a new world
record as the highest total ever achieved at a motorcycle auction.
January 2025 goes down as a big month in Mecum Auctions history with
nearly $255 million in sales between Las Vegas 2025 [12] and its
World’s Largest Collector Car Auction® [13] held Jan. 7-19 in
Kissimmee, Florida.
The top motorcycle sales at the Las Vegas 2025 auction included:
* 1915 Cyclone V-Twin [14] (Lot S106.2) at $1,320,000
* 1938 Crocker Twin [15] (Lot S108.2) at $880,000
* 1913 Henderson Four [16] (Lot S130) at $352,000
* 1914 Minneapolis Single [17] (Lot S131.1) at $264,000
* 1974 Ducati 750SS [18] (Lot F199) at $198,000
* 1928 Indian Ace [19] (Lot F163) at $192,500
* 1925 Henderson Deluxe [20] (Lot F164) at $187,000
* 1929 Indian Model 401 Four [21] (Lot F245) at $184,250
* 1915 Williams Clady [22](Lot S144) at $170,500
* 1898 De Dion-Bouton Tricycle [23] (Lot S123) at $165,000
For access to complete auction results, sign up for a free MyMecum®
account at Mecum.com [24]. Next on the Mecum auction calendar is
Glendale 2025 [25] at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Slated
for March 18-22, the event will feature approximately 2,000 classic and
collector cars to cross the auction block. For more details on upcoming
auctions, to consign a vehicle or to register as a bidder, visit
Mecum.com [26], or call (262) 275-5050 for more information.