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Offline Erik-Minnesota

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A unique offering by Mecum Auctions will take place in Las Vegas on Jan. 27, 2018, at the South Point Hotel & Casino. The Excelsior-Henderson motorcycle brand and all its intellectual property will be auctioned at the 27th annual Mecum Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction, which will run Jan. 23-27 and present 1,750 motorcycles for auction.

Included in the purchase will be the ownership of the Excelsior-Henderson brand name, all federally registered trademarks, web domains and includes the previous motorcycle frame and engine designs, as well as the expired patents that can only be effectively exploited by the owner of Excelsior-Henderson.

http://www.motorcyclepowersportsnews.com/excelsior-henderson-motorcycle-brand-auctioned-mecum-las-vegas/?eid=341526502&bid=1892632

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Re: Henderson motorcycle and all its intellectual property auctioned Off !
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2017, 08:29:44 PM »
I reckon if a larger established company can buy it right, they. Could do something with it.   I just don't see any smaller entity picking it up and being successful.  The market is saturated  ut there are people out there who'd buy something if it wasn't a HD.
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Re: Henderson motorcycle and all its intellectual property auctioned Off !
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2017, 09:29:51 PM »
Well, I've been thinking about starting a motorcycle company in my spare time.....This could be interesting.

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Re: Henderson motorcycle and all its intellectual property auctioned Off !
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2017, 06:00:42 AM »
I'm going!
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Re: Henderson motorcycle and all its intellectual property auctioned Off !
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2018, 01:26:41 PM »
So what transpired at Mecum auction?  Let me guess, reserve not met.....  I doubt resurrection any time soon, but you never know
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Re: Henderson motorcycle and all its intellectual property auctioned Off !
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2018, 08:05:55 AM »
Reserve was set at 3 million....
Stalled at 1.9 million
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