Thanks to its rarity and fresh celebrity pedigree, the bike sold for $7,000. When the restoration estimate came in at a hefty $25,000 – $30,000 due to scarcity of parts, the Pawn Stars decided to enter the bike as-is into the 2010 MidAmerica Vintage Motorcycle Auction.
The bike is just one of a handful of surviving examples in the U.S., but didn’t run and was missing some hard-to-find parts.Īfter a short bit of haggling, Pawn Star Corey bought the bike for $4,300 convinced that the bike would net the shop a profit whether or not it was restored. The seller explained the Belgian bike was given to him by his grandfather, who sent it back to the United States in pieces during World War II. In February 2010, an episode of History Channel’s “Pawn Stars” featured a 1942 Saroléa Magmotor.
