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World-Famous Lee Roy Hartung Collection brings global collectors, spirited bidding to the Windy City

AUBURN, IN.- Auctions America by RM concluded its first full auction season on a strong note this past weekend, achieving over $3.95 million in total sales with 100% of lots sold at its highly-anticipated Lee Roy Hartung Collection sale in Glenview, Illinois (Nov. 3 – 5). A labor of love carefully amassed over the past 50 years by Chicago collector, the late Lee Roy Hartung, the diverse collection spanned a broad range of Americana, from historic automobiles and motorcycles to bicycles, vintage memorabilia and one of the world’s largest and most complete license plate collections. Auctions America specialists spent an intense two months preparing the collection for sale, sorting into almost 1600 individual lots, all of which were sold at ‘no reserve’ before a packed house. Illustrating the incredible interest generated by the sale, registered bidders hailed from over nine countries around the wor