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Really interesting question. You guys think the actual bikes some of the big names from back in the day won national events on would be expensive? Or not even in the same leauge?

that are worth way more than the str1  ^^   as far as offers go..
Nos red Judge sold for more than that one too..
Gold Cook Mono has had some massive offers too

BMX-R-US wrote:

hello chaps
im sure this must have been brought up before but was dreaming of gleaming nos parts and peices i would like to have in my small collection
and got to wondering what would be or has been so far the most valuable COMPLETE bmx to sell.......lets hear some opinions and some known prices
please........my personal view on the most valuable bike would be the actual kuwahara used to film ET.....this would probably come up in a film memerobilia auction rather than on a bmx site but even so seeing a redline on ebay a few years ago that was used by someone famous or was in a film (i cant remeber the exact story) got to $10,000 unsold as the seller wanted $25,000 .....so elliots bike would make well in excess of this not so famous redline

That list of Martins is a data base of actual ebay sale prices. Not buy it now not the reserve price but the actual sale price to the buyer excluding shipping of course. None of that stuff belongs to martin as far as I know it's just a list of wild ass (read record) prices people have paid for stuff on ebay. nothing more so yes it is a useful reference. But mostly for people that feel they need to overcharge IMO.

GAry wrote:

hmm, Woody's bike has always been my grail, even tho I am happy that he still has it..
Most expensive sold? hmm, I recall a Kuwa E.T. still in the box..
Howabout my 1 of a kind Phil Wood frame? I will sell for $50,000, howz that..hhe

I remember you talking about that frame to me in Thailand, you have a pic of it??? Would love to see that!

et bike going for 10k english is 16k u.s. .....so we have 16k for definate

juan has 1 of only 2 prototype redline looptails ever made.....im sure that would fetch a few pesetas

The prices of early redlines are going up  their day is comming:)

I'm not sure what the highest price paid for a BMX or FS bike is, but I've been offered a whole lot more than any of the posted prices I see in this thread for one of my bikes.  Not once, but on 4 separate occasions over the years.  I informed the interested people that it wasn't for sale and it was going to my kids. 

I would be curious as I'm sure a lot of others here would be what the highest known sale of a complete bike is?  I do know of one complete bike that changed hands for 25K a few years back.  You have to remember, like any hobby, asking is one thing, but selling is another, so you can't use somebody's estimate or their asking price as a benchmark.

I would also add, that this kind of thing can actually be good for the hobby.  The more people who know about it, means more people will dig through their garages, attics, etc and pull out these long lost treasures.  High priced sales have helped to skyrocket things like Hot Wheels, Comic Books, and Sports Cards.  Whenever a real high dollar deal goes down, it usually ends up on TV, the WSJ, and the internet.

Last edited by freestyl (2012-08-05 8:48pm)

I am sure you have Woody. I'd pay well more than 25k for your Gold TS in a second but it is clearly in the right place.

If you change your mind I will contact the WSJ right away.

freestyl wrote:

I'm not sure what the highest price paid for a BMX or FS bike is, but I've been offered a whole lot more than any of the posted prices I see in this thread for one of my bikes.  Not once, but on 4 separate occasions over the years.  I informed the interested people that it wasn't for sale and it was going to my kids. 

I would be curious as I'm sure a lot of others here would be what the highest known sale of a complete bike is?  I do know of one complete bike that changed hands for 25K a few years back.  You have to remember, like any hobby, asking is one thing, but selling is another, so you can't use somebody's estimate or their asking price as a benchmark.

I would also add, that this kind of thing can actually be good for the hobby.  The more people who know about it, means more people will dig through their garages, attics, etc and pull out these long lost treasures.  High priced sales have helped to skyrocket things like Hot Wheels, Comic Books, and Sports Cards.  Whenever a real high dollar deal goes down, it usually ends up on TV, the WSJ, and the internet.

Last edited by speedracer43 (2012-08-05 9:07pm)

GAry wrote:

hmm, Woody's bike has always been my grail, even tho I am happy that he still has it..
Most expensive sold? hmm, I recall a Kuwa E.T. still in the box..
Howabout my 1 of a kind Phil Wood frame? I will sell for $50,000, howz that..hhe

BMX-Wing wrote:

This is why they cost so much.
The more you guys buy at crazy high prices.
The more they will sell at crazy prices...
So if people refuse to pay $1000 for grips,etc.
Then they wont demand nearly as much cash the next time.

....OK!Tell that to Jeff Haney!

A legit NOS out of the box complete Hutch Pro Star would have to be at the top of the heap .

A scary thought is how much the tires alone are worth (NOS hutch stamped comp IV's )

Or NOS hutch aero speeds ....but the whole bike , original and never used .....OH crap !