As part of it’s annual auction at the Petersen Automotive Museum, Bonhams and Butterfields
auctioned off two motorbikes once owned by Steve McQueen. The first, a 1970 Kawasaki G31, which was
handpainted by Steve’s close friend and famed pinstriping artist Von Dutch, sold for US $47 500. The second, a
1929 Scott 596cc Super Squirrel which was restored by Von Dutch and given to McQueen as a gift sold for US $38 000.
Another significant piece of the McQueen legacy auctioned off was Steve’s leather aviator jacket, which sold for US $40 000,
and his Winchester Model 94 lever action carbine rifle, which sold for US $4 800.
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