{"id":912785,"date":"2026-09-28T12:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/912785\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:20:13","slug":"billy-joel-auctioning-off-motorcycle-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/912785\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Joel Auctioning Off Motorcycle Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Billy Joel<br \/>\n                          Bye-Bye, Bikes!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              September 28, 2026<br \/>\n                            3:00 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/billy-joel\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Joel<\/a>&#8216;s got a motorcycle collection almost as impressive as his discography &#8230; but he&#8217;s saying so long to his bikes, TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The Piano Man is putting his famed motorcycle collection up for auction at Gooding Christie&#8217;s inaugural action at R\u00e9tromobile New York in November.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260925_dead77f9c7ec434a8144de70453711b9\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:fb381b98-130a-4fa1-93fe-6b87cf6bbee0\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dead77f9c7ec434a8144de70453711b9_md.jpg\" alt=\"0925-Billy-Joel-Motorcycle-Collection-SUB\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The auction&#8217;s set to feature over 70 lots from the iconic artist&#8217;s expansive collection &#8230; including a 1978 Triumph T140 Bonneville, a 1982 Ducati Mike Hailwood 900 and a 1975 Ducati 750 Sport.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Gooding Christie\u2019s President David Gooding\u00a0raved about the collab in a statement, saying &#8230; &#8220;We are truly honored to present the Billy Joel Motorcycle Collection, and with what better location than New York City itself, a place so strongly associated with Mr. Joel and his celebrated legacy as one of the most beloved musicians of all time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued &#8230; &#8220;Billy Joel is one of the most recognized motorcycle enthusiasts in the world and we are thrilled to be presenting his prized collection at R\u00e9tromobile NY in November.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the sale of Billy&#8217;s bikes will go toward his organization, The Joel Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Billy Joel Bye-Bye, Bikes!!! Published September 28, 2026 3:00 AM PDT Billy Joel&#8216;s got a motorcycle collection almost&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":912786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-912785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}