Bret Michaels Sells Remote Control Car Collection At Auction For Over $1.5 Million, Here’s What You Need To Know
- The Poison frontman sold 150 of his high-end, custom-built RC cars, including exact replicas of his own tour bus and vintage hot rods, raising $1.68 million for his Life Rocks Foundation charity.
- Collectors flew in from Japan and Germany to bid on vehicle that has a 4K camera, live video feed goggles, and a working hydraulic suspension system, making them more valuable than many real automobiles.
- One of the most expensive lots was a 1/5-scale 1934 Ford Coupe, fully hand-painted with flame decals matching Michaels’ real car, which sold for $45,000 to a French auto museum.
- Michaels performed an acoustic set of "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" between bidding rounds, proving that even in retirement from touring, his rockstar marketing instincts remain razor-sharp.
- Why the sale went viral: He kept the cars in sealed, climate-controlled display cases in his Nashville home, driving each one only once for a five-minute Instagram Live video before boxing them up — essentially selling "mint condition" collectibles.