Motorcycle Signed by Pope Benedict Sells for 80 Percent Less Than One Signed by Pope Francis — bloomberg.com

In an unintentional test of present and past popes’ popularity, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with Pope Benedict XVI’s screen-printed signature went up for auction on Thursday at Bonhams Paris, a year after a similar motorcycle with Pope Francis’s signature sold for $275,551. Today’s sale totaled less than a fifth of that amount, with the final price of $52,651. The buyer was identified only as a European collector, who bid by phone. In a twist, Bonhams confirmed it was the same collector who’d bought the Francis Harley last year. This time around, however, there was less interest.

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