Vincent Black Prince Breaks World Record for Bonhams Motorcycles

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A 1955 Vincent 998cc Black Prince Project broke the world record for a Black Prince sold at auction, securing $153,000, almost four times its estimate.

Over the weekend Bonhams annual Summer Classic Sale saw $4 million of automotive classics go under the hammer, double its 2013 total.

A 1955 Vincent 998cc Black Prince Project created a bidding frenzy, as two gentlemen on the phone battled for their most coveted item. Both bidders had a personal attachment to the bike; one having owned a Black Knight in his youth but always yearned for the superior Black Prince, the other (the eventual winner) sharing a birth year with the bike, and wanting to gift himself the Prince for his birthday.

The high performance motorcycle project eventually sold for almost four times its estimate at $153,000, becoming the top lot of the motorcycle sale and setting a world record for a Black Prince sold at auction.

Elsewhere in the sale, the remainder of the Vincent quadruplets all sold over their estimate, with the 1951 Vincent 998cc Black Shadow project achieving $91,000; a further $47,000 for the 1951 Vincent 998cc Rapide project, and the 1952 Vincent 998cc Rapide project achieving $39,000.

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