Bonhams to Auction Off BMW Kompressor and More at Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction

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Published on October 15, 2012
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 BONHAMS’ LAS VEGAS MOTORCYCLE AUCTION REVS UP WITH A COLLECTION OF COMPETITION BMWs

Rare pre-war Kompressor leads quartet of racers

15 October 2012 – San Francisco – A very unique and uncommon collection of four BMW racing motorcycles will be offered at Bonhams’ anticipated Las Vegas Motorcycle Sale next January.

Headlining the team of machines is a very rare and much admired BMW Kompressor, or supercharged, 1939 RS 255, the model that legendary racer John Surtees said “Rightly deserves a place as being one of the all-time greats of motorcycle Grand Prix racing.” 

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