Haggerty admits he authenticated both bikes but swore to members of the media that the one sold this past weekend is the one and only legitimate Captain America. And to prove it, he’s got his own certificate of authenticity from none other than Haggerty. Not so, says Gordon Granger, a Texas fans who says HE owns the chopper actually used in the Dennis Hopper-directed film. 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. 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.
EASY RIDER CAPTAIN AMERICA MOTORCYCLE MOVIE
The American flag-emblazoned panhead was sold by LA Realtor and movie memorabilia collector Michael Eisenberg, who purchased it earlier this year and apparently aimed straight for a quick profit.
Unconvinced of the chopper’s authenticity, Fonda had unsuccessfully tried to stop the auction. “There’s a big rat stinking someplace in this,” Fonda says. But the counterculture icon says something just ain’t right. The $1.3 million selling price for the bike purportedly ridden by Fonda in the film is the highest auction price ever realized for a motorcycle to date. Now, he’s unloading on the Los Angeles-based auction house Profiles in History, over the recent sale of the Captain America Harley-Davidson motorcycle featured in the 1969 film Easy Rider – a longtime cinematic favorite of ours here at E3 Spark Plugs. But was the bike legit?Īctor and motorcycle enthusiast Peter Fonda has never been one to hold back. Peter Fonda’s Captain America Harley-Davidson recently fetched a record-breaking $1.35 million at auction.
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