An auction of Robin Williams’ eclectic and rare bicycle collection has raised $600,000 for charity, including one bike that sold for $40,000.
Williams’ children donated 87 of the beloved actor and comedian’s bikes, from high-end custom builds, to e-bikes, kids’ bikes and scooters, for an online auction that closed on Tuesday.
Bids, which came from 25 countries, raised more than $600,000 for the Challenged Athletes Foundation and the Reeve Foundation, TMZ reports.
Robin Williams’s eclectic bike collection up for auction
Among those sold include a Discovery Channel Limited Edition Trek Madone (below) and a Colnago Master Pista (above), which sold for more than $40k.
The Colnago is also a limited edition with a custom polka dot paint job, a collaboration between Toronto-based bike shop La Carrera and graffiti artist Futura 2000.
The carbon-fibre Madone, a replica of one ridden by Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France, has a head badge that’s “embellished with diamonds”.
Among the unexpected machines were this Schwinn Apple Picker Krate Stingray child’s bike (above) and a Schwinn Chopper Hog Roadster (below).
The famously cycle-mad Williams – star of the Mork & Mindy TV series and numerous major movies including Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting and Mrs Doubtfire – died in 2014 having amassed a huge collection of bikes.
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