31st Annual Bicycle Auction
October 21, 2023 at 9 AM (EST)
930 LOTS – Bicycles and Bicycle related Collectibles, Parts/Accessories, Ephemera, Art, Photography, and more. Including several major collections from: Margaret Ann Baker (Maryland) Ed Berry (Oregon) Lane Motor Museum (Nashville, TN) Ed & Marion Gerling Collection.
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Thursday/Friday October 19-20: 10-4PM.
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Featured Lots:
1902 Steffy Motor-bike, New Mail frame with Steffy clip-on motor. Accessories include a "Search Light", carbide head lamp and a New York Standard Watch Company Cyclometer. Expert restoration.
Estimate: $20,000-25,000
Sold Price: $30,000
1886 Pony Star. Serial number one. Rare green paint. 42". Good condition. "Pony" star high wheel safety, patented by George Pressey of Hammonton NJ, produced by H.B. Smith Machine Co. Smithville NJ.. Ed Berry Collection. Comes with custom stand. Believed to have been painted green and sold by WW Stahl. Believed to be the rarest Star known.
Estimate: $7,000-8,000
Sold Price: $10,200
1876 Ariel high wheel bicycle. 54", good restored condition. Comes with custom stand. Very scarce example. Ed Berry Collection. Comes with brass Ariel medal.
Estimate: $5,000-7,000
Sold Price: $9,720
C. 1880's Star high wheel bicycle. Mfg. by H.B. Smith Co., Smithville New Jersey. 48". James Hetzer Collection New Hampshire. Good condition.
Estimate: $4,000-6,000
Sold Price: $9,600
Hard tire safety with oldest known Derailleur. Very scarce example. 22" frame. Good condition. Ed Berry Collection. Comes with printout from "100 Years Ago" with info featuring Ed Berry Sr. and Ron Shepherd posed with the bicycle. Needs rust cleaning on some nickel parts. Comes with custom stand. Provenance: Belonged to President of the Manhattan Bicycle Club, believed to habe been purchased at the 1892 New York Bicycle Show.
Estimate: $4,000-6,000
Sold Price: $9,600
C. 1880's Kangaroo dwarf safety bicycle. 38" front wheel. Motion drive front wheel by lever and cranks. Original condition. Hillman, Herbert & Cooper of Coventry (Premier Works). Margaret Ann Baker Collection.
Estimate: $4,000-6,000
Sold Price: $9,300
Rare 1898 Bamboo pneumatic safety bicycle. Labeled "THE BAMBOO / BAMBOO CYCLE CO. / NEW YORK". 24" frame. Has a Standard Watch Co. cyclometer. Comes with custom stand. Note has a Handy Automatic Brake and paperwork included for brake. Very interesting rare tilting saddle. Good condition. Ed Berry Collection.
Estimate: $5,000-7,000
Sold Price: $9,300
C. 1890 Singer hard tire safety bicycle. 30". Superbe saddle. Serial number 69515. Original condition. Original label rear fender. Provenance: Ed & Marion Gerling Collection. Bruck Collection, Chicago Ill.. Best of Show Award Wheelmen Annual Meet.
Estimate: $3,000-4,000
Sold Price: $8,400
Gormully & Jeffery child's 30" two track tricycle. New rubber and leather, repro wheelie bar, otherwise original unrestored original condition. Original decals and striping visible. James Hetzer Collection New Hampshire.
Estimate: $1,500-2,500
Sold Price: $8,400
Rare C. 1898 Rex pneumatic safety, Rex Cycle Co. Chicago Ill, patent by Bohn C. Hicks in 1896. Barn find condition. Rare example.
Estimate: $3,000-4,000
Sold Price: $8,100
Century Run showcase lot. Great and unique display. Good condition. Case measures 18" x 24" x 2". Along with some loose Century items. Ed Berry Collection. Important 50 year collection including gold. Best Century Run medals we have ever sold.
Estimate: $1,500-2,000
Sold Price: $3,600
Hard tire safety chiming cyclometer "THE SIGNAL CYCLOMETER". 4" L.. Good condition. Ed Berry Collection.
Estimate: $200-300
Sold Price: $3,120
Rare high wheel bicycle inkwell. Ex: Roger Johnson Collection. 15 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 8 1/2". Marked R. Richardson Cornwall Works Sheffield 2405. Comes with Roger Johnson Wheelmen membership card and medallion. Good condition. Ed Berry Collection.
Estimate: $800-1,200
Sold Price: $3,120
Schwinn "THE WORLD" catalog. Good condition. Collection of Margaret Ann Baker.
Estimate: $300-400
Sold Price: $2,520
Union Lamp Company William Globe bicycle lamp. 6" Ht.. Good condition. Ed & Marion Gerling Collection.
Estimate: $75-100
Sold Price: $2,280