Steve McQueen memorabilia goes under the hammer in Los Angeles

0 Comments | AFP, November, 2006

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — The baseball glove and motorbike from "The Great Escape" aren't on sale but more than 200 items belonging to late "King of Cool" Steve McQueen will go under the hammer here Saturday. Dozens of vintage motorbikes, sunglasses and other memorabilia belonging to the late Hollywood legend are being put up for auction by his widow Barbara Minty-McQueen in a sale that has excited buyers around the world.

"I've owned them for more than 25 years, since 1980, and it's time to clean," Minty-McQueen told AFP. "It hurts my feelings, but I've been able to enjoy them for a long time, and it will be nice for other people to have a piece of Steve, look at them and remember him everyday." Among the lots up for for auction are a pair of foldable 1960s sunglasses worn by...