Post auction

Last week I attended the Mecum Motorcycle auction in Las Vegas. I finished my car auction in the morning headed up to the SouthPoint Casino to catch the motorcycles crossing the block on Thursday afternoon. Mecum had a great assortment of bikes. Lots of choices whether your favorite was British, American, Japanese, Italian, Spanish or German they had something there for you.

You’ll be the first on to unwrap the Italian made Bimota.

Rickman Honda 750, was a favorite of mine selling for $18,000.

Rare High Pipe 305 Honda Dream, first one I’ve ever seen sold for $22,000.

Vintage motocross bikes are on of the hottest segments of the vintage bike market.

Sun Valley

My Labor Day weekend was spent working in Sun Valley, Idaho. I headed up to Idaho to help my old friend Mitch Silver with his 32nd annual Labor Day auction. Situated on the grounds of the Sun Valley Lodge over 125 vehicles crossed the block over the two day sale.

It had been over a decade since I had last worked this auction, it was great to see some of my old friends from the car business, and laugh about the old days when we were much younger. The weather was perfect and the crowds filled the tent on Saturday to look at and bid on a wide range of collector cars. I’m looking forward to going back next year.

This beautiful Rolls Royce sold for $54,000.

The rare supercharged Studebaker sold for $34,000.

The super sized motor home sold for $125,000.

On the run.

The second week in May is always a busy for me. We start off on Tuesday with one of my long time clients, the Fly Fisher Club of Oregon, with their annual foundation auction. We will be raising money again this year for the continued protection of native fish and stream reclamation projects here in the state of Oregon.

On Saturday we will be working the Blosser Center, they help both children and adults who are dealing with Dyslexia. In between that I’ll be doing weekly car auction here in Portland and then heading down to Las Vegas to finish out my week.

Planes and trains

My usual travel schedule is not as crazy as it used to be. But this week is chalking up for me to rack up a few more miles than usual. This week sort of looks like this... In the car headed out of Portland but still in Oregon, to meet and consult with some new clients. By the same afternoon, headed to the airport to catch a flight to California for an auction the next day that I'm doing for the first time. Back home that night so I can drive to an auction in Oregon the next day, then back to the airport that same night to return to California for a different auction! It's a good thing I like driving and don't mind flying. I've included a few shots I've taken from airplanes. So today's is more a photo blog than anything. A bit of a change but I hope you enjoy.

A Crazy Week

The week is gearing up to be a crazy one but I wanted to keep in touch. So I dug an old blog out of All Things Real Estate that helps to explain buyer's fees. I hope you'll take a look and get something out of it. See you back here soon. I have to go now; to plan and host a graduation, a big birthday and a wedding anniversary!