A piece of Godfather-infused memorabilia in the form of a Harley-Davidson owned by Marlon Brando is to be auctioned at Julien’s in Beverly Hills, California, on 27 June.
The 1969 FLH Electra-Glide was bought by Brando in 1970, confirmed by a Notice of Transfer by Harley-Davidson of Los Angeles.
The machine is expected to fetch between $200k and $400k (£129,000 to £258,000). Jerry Lee Lewis and Buddy Holly motorcycles have been auctioned previously for $385,000 and $450,000.
“During those early years in New York, I often got on my motorcycle in the middle of the night and went for a ride – anyplace,” Marlon Brando once declared when asked about what he thought about riding a motorbike. “There wasn’t much crime in the city then, and if you owned a motorcycle, you left it outside your apartment and in the morning it was still there. It was wonderful on summer nights to cruise around the city at one, two, or three a.m. wearing jeans and a T-shirt with a girl on the seat behind me. If I didn’t start out with one, I’d find one.”