Some of the world’s rarest and obviously most expensive motorcycles were auctioned off after the death of Otis Chandler. He had an amazing collection of antique and classic cars and bikes.

Chandler, publisher of the Los Angeles Times from 1960-80, died earlier this year at age 78. A strapping “man’s man” with matinee-idol good looks, Chandler indulged in many passions, including surfing, big-game hunting and sports-car racing, but his later years were devoted to various vehicle collections. He started with blue-chip classic cars—Duesenbergs, Packards and Cadillacs of the 1930s—but those gave way to American musclecars. When he had amassed the world’s finest collection of Mustangs and GTOs and Camaros and ‘Cudas, et al, he moved on to motorcycles. At one point, Chandler had more than 130 housed in his Oxnard, California, facility. Fifteen of his bikes were part of the Guggenheim Museum’s landmark “Art of the Motorcycle” exhibit.

Cycle World has the whole story- Lots of good pictures.

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