Cool stuff from Bonhams Bally sale

▲ Lot 27. 'Dirt Bike Gang' movie poster. £61 - £92. US$ 100 - $150.
One sheet. 27 x 41 ins. [UPDATE: Sold for $200/£121 including premium]

You don't have to be stinking rich to buy necessary stuff at Bonhams' auctions (but naturally, it helps). Instead, little people like us can get our mitts on some pretty cool collectibles that will, in all probability, only rise in value whilst covering that nasty stain on the wall.

Such as what? Well, biking movie posters. Yes, some of these are strictly low-brow, trashy, B-movie flops and kitch gems. But as cultural signposts and launch pads for numerous acting careers, they're wonderful markers to a different age that's slowly being bulldozed by the passage of time.

We saw some of these movies way back when and cringed at the wafer thin plots and stilted dialogue. But between mouthfuls of popcorn and cokes and cigarettes, we watched them anyway (remember when you could smoke in a cinema and saw all the on-screen action thin a thin blue haze?).

Meanwhile, Bonhams has plenty of other petrolhead stuff including a more recent Steve McQueen ISDT poster, old pre-war Vincent brochures and ... well, check it out for yourself. There's a world of interesting and exciting memorabilia out there waiting for you, but ya gotta get in the groove. Know what we're saying?

Take a look at the stuff below, then make a pitch if it floats your boat.

www.bonhams.co.uk

▲ Lot 25. 'Glory Stompers' movie poster, 1967. Estimate: US$150 - $200
£92 - £120. One sheet. 27 x 41 ins. [UPDATE: Sold for $350/£213
including premium]

▲ Lot 26. 'Angry Breed' movie poster, 1968. £61 - £92. US$100 - $150.
Original, U.S. one sheet. 27 x 41 ins.  [UPDATE: Sold for $137/£83
including premium]

▲ Lot 28. 'The Hard Ride' movie poster, 1971. £61 - £120. $100 - $200
Original. One sheet, some tape to top corners. 27 x 41 ins.

[UPDATE: Sold for $200/£121 including premium]

▲ Lot 57. Robert Carter (ex-pat British automotive artist now residing in Northern California): "McQueen Triumph". £490 - £610, US$ 800 - $1,000.
Artist proof 5/25, giclee on canvas, depicting McQueen riding for the USA Team in the 1964 ISDT (International Six Days Trials). 36 x 56 ins.

 [UPDATE: Unsold]

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