Hindley Street strip club Crazy Horse’s original sign reaches sky high price

The Crazy Horse is a Hindley St institution – and now a local woman has paid a massive price for a piece of the strip club’s history, the original neon sign.

A seedy slice of Hindley Street history has gone under the hammer with a local woman paying a huge price to fend off other buyers.

Buyers faced stiff competition to secure the iconic Crazy Horse sign as winning bidder Ashley Sierp snapped it up for a cool $24,000.

“I’m just really glad it’s staying in Adelaide and not going to another state and another country,” Ms Sierp told 7NEWS.

She now faces a dilemma with where to put the sign.

“I just messaged my neighbour and he said, ‘good luck putting it through council’,” Ms Sierp said.

“Bring on the parties at my house.”

Ben Sawtell with the Crazy Horse sign. Picture by Kelly Barnes

The distinctive 4.5m by 5m sign that once attracted patrons to the iconic strip club is still in “perfect working order”, Mason Gray Strange auction co-ordinator John Fuss ahead of the sale.

“It still flashes as it should – simply plug it into a powerboard and away you go,” he said.

Some of the items up for sale at the auction. Picture: Kelly Barnes

DeYoung’s employee Ben Sawtell with the 1940 Chevrolet coupe utility. Picture: Kelly Barnes

Mr Fuss said the O’Sullivan Beach sale had been co-ordinated on behalf of local businessman and “avid collector” Troy DeYoung.

“He’s in the process of clearing some warehouse space to enable to it to be refitted for tenants,” he said.

“He’s kept a few treasures for himself, but pretty well everything else has to go.

“It’s a really interesting and diverse collection – we don’t really see much of this sort of thing for sale too often in South Australia.”

Also boasting a mix of old trucks, tractors, classic Holdens, steam engines and spare parts, Mason Gray Strange’s antique automotive collection sale had plenty to have all vintage vehicle enthusiasts revved up.

Vehicles that found a new owner included a number of early Holdens – including FJ, FB and EK models – while 1900s-era stationary engines were also expected to attract plenty of attention.

“He’s also collected a number of old trucks, and the names on the doors of some of them also show a rare part of South Australian history.”

An antique steam engine, one of vintage vehicles also up for auction.

Old trucks are also up for auction.

An old grader for sale at the auction.

Ben Sawtell with the soft drink and ice cream wagon that was once used on Glenelg Pier in the 1890s. Picture: Kelly Barnes