I have a Mecum Las Vegas perspective from actually attending in person 9 years ago but still.
Realize this is a large Casino in LasVegas (South Point?) and the Wing accommodating the auction was quite near a gambling casino room. Full on gambling, pretty ladies promoting drinking of course. Food, Everything.
Many very beautiful motorcycles to walk amongst with motorcycle enthusiasts everywhere to talk with too.
It’s fun !
Some buyers are very knowledgeable and very serious.
Some are having a great weekend with friends ready spend cashola !
As a few 60’s era British bikes went across the stage, One particular 63 Bonneville silver & white really caught my eye.
As bikes are bid on and sold, they are rolled to a line where they are parked for shipping. But still available for the public to see. So I walked down and around to that Bonneville and found it and the new owner. I told him how nice it looked and his reply to me was “would you like to buy it?” Kinda confused I asked why ? And he and his buddy there laughingly told me that he was actually trying to bid on the previous British bike and got lost in the affair and accidentally purchased the wrong motorcycle to the tune of about $20k ! They were partying, and weren’t even too concerned about the mistake. DEEP POCKETS in Las Vegas on a weekend for fun.
I actually walked about 3 miles to get there 2 days just to not pay the taxi price and get the walk in.
It was really fun all in all except for the Spirit Airlines ride home being very late and catching the flu on the plane
All kinds of motorcycle buyers attend the auction , and just lookers too.