#DAN HAGGERTY EASY RIDER MOVIE#

The winning bidder was not identified.Īccording to some reports, the “Captain America” bike, sold at that price, now becomes the most expensive motorcycle in the world. The seller, Michael Eisenberg, bought the bike from Dan Haggerty, star of the TV show Grizzly Adams Adams maintained the bikes during the filming of Easy Rider.

#DAN HAGGERTY EASY RIDER MOVIE#

Then Lot 1122 opened, a batch of “Easy Rider” movie posters, followed by Lot 1123 - a tan suit tailored for cowboy actor Roy Rogers. According to an auction brochure, multiple bikes were built in preparation for the film, but the 1.3 million prize is the only one that survives. The action at the extremely brisk weekend auction, where Hollywood artifacts from gowns to original movie scripts typically take less than one minute to sell off, lasted a full seven minutes. Eisenberg based his decision on the word of Dan Haggerty (of Grizzly Adams fame) who had a bit part in Easy Rider and helped work on the motorcycles used in the film, and who authenticated the bike. It appeared multiple parties, bidding from the auction house floor, had taken an interest. A lot of people have made replicas of these two bikes. In October 2014, Profiles in History auctioned off the bike the bike sold to an.

Within minutes, the bids jumped by $25,000 increments through $1.1 million to $1.3 million, finally coming to $1,350,000. Dan Haggerty completely rebuilt the damaged Captain and sold it on auction to a Texas (3) museum in 1996. Fonda gave the bike to actor Dan Haggerty, who eventually sold it to a collector named Michael Eisenberg.

Lot 1121 opened at 10:15 p.m., with a reserve price at $1 million.

“There’s a big rat stinking someplace in this,” the veteran actor said last week.Īuctioneers at Profiles in History, overseeing the Calabasas sale of “Captain America” on Saturday night, displayed documents signed by Haggerty to establish the bike’s bona fides.

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