Finally, June 11th came by and so the so long promised Antiquorum’s auction was celebrated in New York.
(Steve McQueen)
According to Steve McQueen’s, his 1929 Scott Super Squirrel Bike, the one he owned together with Von Dutch, was sold in $276.000. Not only his bike was sold, but also his personal wristwatch, his TAG Heuer Monaco. The timepiece was sold for $87.000 together with other important wristwatches like The Pour Le Merite Tourbillon 18K yellow gold, which was sol for $156.000.
(Steve McQueen riding his 1929 Scott Super Squirrel Bike)
The auction was such a great success that Antiquorum is getting ready for the next auction, taking place in Hong Kong, next June 27th.
The NEW Tag Heuer Monaco Concept 24 Chronograph, one of the Baselworld 2009 innovations. It features the blue and orange Gulf sign, which was the mythic Steve McQueens team.
The Monaco Concept 24 Chronograph is the latest groundbreaking. It is based on the mythic Monaco. The watch features an incredible high-tech unique tubular design which, together with extreme shock-protecting components, were both inspired by Le Mans endurance race cars. The TAG Heuer Calibre 36 movement inside the oversized (40.5mm) black PVD-coated case is suspended within a steel-tube housing very much like a race car’s driver’s protective cockpit cage and visible through the dial face and the sapphire crystal caseback.
(Tag Heuer Monaco Concept 24 Chronograph)
The new Monaco Concept 24 Chronograph components were insulated against shock and torque by a composite filter material used in aerospace and auto racing. Its large-faced, black-textured dial bears an oversize “24″ at 12 o’clock, in honour of the 24 of Le Mans, and the iconic blue and orange livery of Gulf Oil – the same colours TAG Heuer Ambassador Steve McQueen wore in his 1970 film classic, Le Mans.
Water resistant to 100 metres, The Steve McQueen’s new model watch contains anti-reflective double-sided treatment on the curved sapphire scratch-resistant crystal glass, which is TAG Heuer’s R&D team’s most daring creation to date.
TAG Heuer's Contest on Steve McQueen and Lewis Hamilton: THE DUEL
In TAG Heuer’s web site, there’s a contest in which one, in order to enter the contest and participate, has to answer who between the ICON or the VIRTUOSO (Steve McQueen or Lewis Hamilton ) is going to win THE DUEL
Terrence Steven "Steve" McQueen was born on March 24, 1930 in Beech Grove, Indiana (MarionCounty). Steve was an American movie actor nicknamed “The King of Cool”.
McQueen is known as the highest paid movie star of the sixties and seventies. He is also known as one of the best actors in film history and his films are considered classics. Even though he participated in 26 movies, some of his greatest films are The Great Escape, The Sand Pebbles (Academy award nomination), Bullitt (exciting car chase), The Getaway, Papillion or Le Mans.
(Steve McQueen Rolex Explorer II (1965))
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The real Steve McQueen, not the one in the movies, wore a Rolex. He wore a Rolex known as the "steve McQueen Rolex", the Rolex Explorer II, model 1955, with an orange 24hour hand.
(Steve McQueen)
He was an enthusiastic racer of both motorcycles and cars. While he studied acting, he supported himself partly by competing in weekend motorcycle races and bought his first motorcycle with his winnings. He is recognized for performing many of his own aerial tricks, especially the mainstream of the stunt driving during the high-speed chase scene in Bullitt. In addition, McQueen also designed and patented a bucket seat for race cars.
(Steve McQueen riding his Scott super Squirrel Bike )
He found out he had lung cancer, and with only two months to live he and his wife went to Mexico for treatment. At the Mexican clinic, he underwent an agonizing three-month regimen of animal cell injections and was taking over 100 vitamins a day. Still, his body continued to weaken. He had surgery to remove an abdominal tumor and soon after that it was all over for the celebrated actor.
(Patek Philippe Geneve Ref. 1463 - 18K Pink Gold)
McQueen died on November 7, 1980 at age 50, inJuarez, Mexico. An open Bible lay across his chest and Steve McQueen lay in death with a smile on his face. It is said that his body remains in ashes, as he was cremated and scattered over the Pacific Ocean.
(Steve McQueen's Rolex Submariner Ref 5512 )
Steve McQueen’s TAG Heuer Monaco, his Scott super Squirrel Bike (1929) the historically one he shared with Von Dutch and, last but not least, a Rolex Submariner (Ref 5512) will all be available to buy during next New York Aintiquorum’s Auction.
(Steve McQueens historical Scott Super Squirrel Bike)
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