$42,000
Steve McQueen's Driving License Rare and Historically Important International Driver's License, No. Z 6285. Issued to Steve McQueen by the Federation Internationale Motocycliste (FIM). License measures 3.5” x 5”. Stamped and dated 1964, the license is signed by Steve McQueen. Accompanied by a letter of authentication from Neile McQueen Toffel, Steve McQueen's wife in 1964 when the License was issued. To be sold without reserve Notes While filming the movie ‘The Great Escape’ in Germany, Steve McQueen and his friend and stunt double Bud Ekins took a break to watch the International Six Days Trial (ISDT) that was taking place in Germany. Two years later, in September of 1964, Steve McQueen (together with Bud and Dave Ekins, Cliff Coleman and John Steen), was chosen to be a member of the US team for the ISDT. The ISDT was considered the most challenging motorcycle event in the world. Each member of the team would ride 200 miles per day, competing in a range of endurance and skill-based events, through mountains, forests and rocky trails, against the best riders the world had to offer. The 1964 ISDT took place behind what was then the ‘Iron Curtain’ of communism in East Germany, during the height of the Cold War. On September 5, 1964 in a packed hall in Erfurt, East Germany, complete with a large picture of Lenin, McQueen -- in what has been reported as one of the proudest moments of his life -- carried the 'Stars and Stripes' for the US team at the opening ceremony.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-06-11
