19th Annual MidAmerica Vintage Motorcycle Auction at Las Vegas, Jan. 7-9, 2010

By Richard Backus
Published on December 29, 2009
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1969 Munch Mammut to be auctioned at the Jan. 7-9, 2010 MidAmerica Vintage Motorcycle Auction. This Munch has a claimed 1,722 original miles.

January is right around the corner, and that means it’s time for MidAmerica Auctions’ annual, highly anticipated classic motorcycle auction in Las Vegas, Nev. The MidAmerica Las Vegas auction is widely seen as one of the most important auctions of the year, with many collectors viewing it as a barometer against which to gauge prospects for the coming year. The 2010 event is no different, with collectors around the country anxious to see how the market is holding up in an uncertain economy.

Although the economy has taken a beating over the past year, classic motorcycle values have held up fairly well. The high-end of the market has remained fairly stable, although so-called “near collectibles,” mostly Japanese bikes from the 1970s and 1980s, have seen a drop in interest. Overall, however, the market has remained quite healthy; if anything, the poor economy has actually increased interest in classic bike auctions as people look for safe havens of investment, something classic bikes have long represented.

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