This is pure speculation, but I suspect if Eddy's hour record bike went up for auction it would easily clear $100K. Also, it my not be a 100 but an ordinary Rene Herse can easily hit $10K, that is not too shabby.
I meant for ordinary classic bikes. One with -thanks antiques roadshow- special provenance like that would obviously bring more
10G sounds like a lot -for a bike- but when you think about it
people buy cars all the time for more than 10G and get nothing near it back when it's time to sell
You cant retire on it or do anything realllllly fantastic with it besides giving it away to someone in need or payment on a home/start a business/wedding ring.
Unless I desperately need 1-4 grand ..or 10K if lucky enough to have a bike like that
Might as well just use it and do with it as you wish
Breaking the thing would be ******** but polishing some parts?