![]() Haggerty acknowledged to the Los Angeles Times ( ) this week that he authenticated and sold two "Captain America" bikes. According to an auction brochure, multiple bikes were built in preparation for the film, but the 1.3 million prize is the only one that survives. The seller, Michael Eisenberg, also has a letter from the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, Iowa, which displayed the bike for 12 years, saying Eisenberg's is the only surviving "Captain America" bike.īut another collector, Gordon Granger of Texas, says he owns the authentic chopper and also has a certificate signed by Haggerty to prove it. Eisenberg based his decision on the word of Dan Haggerty (of Grizzly Adams fame) who had a bit part in Easy Rider and helped work on the motorcycles used in the film, and who authenticated the bike. Peter Fonda, who played Wyatt and rode the bike in the movie, also vouched for its authenticity, according to the auction house. More than one version of the bike was built for the movie but according to the auction catalog, the one for sale is the only one that survived.Īccording to the catalog, it was used in the climactic crash sequence at the end and restored by Dan Haggerty, who had a bit part in the film and vouched for its authenticity. Dan Haggerty, the husky, bushy-bearded actor who starred as the nature-loving outdoorsman Grizzly Adams on the big screen and on television, died Friday.He was 74. Dan Haggerty (Novem January 15, 2016) was an American actor. The red, white and blue, chromed-out Harley-Davidson to be auctioned off late Saturday in Calabasas comes with certificates of authenticity, according to the auction house, Profiles in History. ![]() In October 2014, Profiles in History auctioned off the bike the bike sold to an. As the skeptical Billy from the 1969 counterculture cult film might have asked: "What's the reality, man?" Fonda gave the bike to actor Dan Haggerty, who eventually sold it to a collector named Michael Eisenberg.
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