Land Speed Record Bicycle to sell April 2017
Olympic Cyclist and IRONMAN triathlon winner, John Howard set a 152.2 Miles per Hour speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats near Wendover, Utah on July 20, 1985. He is drafting in the wake of a 500 Horsepower Streamliner. This type of human powered …
Landscape attributed to local Hudson River School Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford sells New Year’s Day for $35,100
Vose Galleries, Sanford Robinson Gifford label On New Year’s Day 2017 we sold a Hudson River School landscape attributed to Sanford Robinson Gifford (Mass./N.Y. 1823-1880), “Mountain Lake”, oil on canvas, 9 1/2″ x 17 1/2″. The painting was unsigned and …
Brief History of the Bicycle
Brief History of the Bicycle by Michael Fallon The first human powered conveyance is attributed to Baron Karl Von Drais of Germany in 1817, the vehicle became known as the “Draisin”, and later around 1819, in England it became known as the “hobbyhorse” …
America Learns To Pedal
1865-1870 a look at the first 5 years of bicycling in America, a Presentation by Carey Williams
