It started as a routine scavenge through scrap metal and has turned into a bidding war to span the nation.
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When Geoffrey Pym, manager of the Gregadoo Waste Management Facility discovered an assortment of rusted motorcycle parts, that turned out to be pre-1920 manufactured motorbikes.
“It’s just frames, mud guards, and wheels mostly, there are no motors or anything. But they’d be a unique find for a collector,” said Mr Pym.
Discovered earlier this week, the parts were made available for purchase on Friday. Bidders may deliver their amounts to the Tip Shop outside the waste facility.
“We’ve had thousands of hits online since last night, emails, phone calls about them all day,” said Mr Pym.
“Even when we were collecting up the pieces, there was interest.”
Bids have poured in from all over the Riverina, and as far as Canberra and Wodonga. But it is expected there will be a lot more to come.
“We’ll be closing it up at 4pm on Sunday and then the highest bidder will be announced on Monday morning.”
The bikes are not the strangest things to turn up at the tip, either.
Just this week, an unused package of expensive body lotions turned up – still in their gift wrapping.
“We get all kinds of things, mostly whipper-snippers and bicycles and those sorts of things that when fixed up can still be used,” said Mr Pym.
“We get the odd thing, brand new and still in it’s packaging. There were some pushbike tyres not too long ago, unused and unopened.”