Automobilia & Transportation
Featured lots
1876 Ariel High Wheel Bicycle
LOT 25.
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
Auction: 31st Annual Bicycle Auction, October 21, 2023
Category: Automobilia & Transportation, Bicycle Auctions
Tags: Ariel, Bicycle, Ed Berry Collection, High Wheel
Hard Tire Safety with Oldest Known Derailleur
LOT 23.
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
Auction: 31st Annual Bicycle Auction, October 21, 2023
Category: Automobilia & Transportation, Bicycle Auctions
Tags: Bicycle, Deraileur, Ed Berry Collection, Safety
C. 1898 Chilion Wooden Bicycle
LOT 100a.
C. 1898 Chilion wooden frame female pneumatic safety. 23" frame manufactured by M.D. Stebbings Mfg. Co. Springfield Mass.. Good condition.
Estimate: $3,000-4,000
Sold Price: $9,600
Auction: 30th Annual Bicycle & Automobilia Auction, October 15, 2022
Category: Automobilia & Transportation, Bicycle Auctions
Tags: Bicycle, Chilion
Star High Wheel Bicycle
LOT 51.
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
Auction: 31st Annual Bicycle Auction, October 21, 2023
Category: Automobilia & Transportation, Bicycle Auctions
Tags: Bicycle, High Wheel, Star
1889 Columbia Hard Tire Safety Bicycle
LOT 101a.
1889 Columbia hard tire safety bicycle. Original tires, nice original paint and plating. Good condition.
Estimate: $8,000-10,000
Sold Price: $9,440
Auction: 28th Annual Bicycle and Automobilia Auction, April 13, 2019
Category: Automobilia & Transportation, Bicycle Auctions
Tags: Bicycle, Columbia, Hard Tire Safety
1935 Dayton Safety Streamliner Bicycle
LOT 93.
1935 Dayton Safety Streamliner bicycle. Restored "patina" restoration. Short front fender, OG saddle. 19" frame. Mesinger saddle. Good condition.
Estimate: $3,000-5,000
Sold Price: $9,440
Auction: 28th Annual Bicycle and Automobilia Auction, April 13, 2019
Category: Automobilia & Transportation, Bicycle Auctions
Tags: Bicycle, Dayton, Streamliner
1939 Montgomery Wards Hawthorne Zep
LOT 88.
1939 Montgomery Wards Hawthorne “Zep” mens deluxe. Unique twin-bar frame construction. Complete with dual Delta Silver Ray headlights, illuminated horn tank & taillight rack, spring suspension front fork with fork lock, chrome full length chainguard, original Hawthorne Zep speedometer made by Stewart Warner, Wards Riverside Mate whitewall tires, Torrington 10 pedals. Original unrestored condition.
Estimate: $3,500-4,000
Sold Price: $9,440
Auction: 29th Annual Bicycle Auction, June 26, 2021
Category: Automobilia & Transportation, Bicycle Auctions
Tags: Bicycle, Hawthorne, Zep
Rare Bamboo Pneumatic Safety Bicycle
LOT 22.
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
Auction: 31st Annual Bicycle Auction, October 21, 2023
Category: Automobilia & Transportation, Bicycle Auctions
Tags: Bamboo, Bicycle, Ed Berry Collection, Safety, The Bamboo
HHC Kangaroo Dwarf Safety Bicycle
LOT 16.
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
Auction: 31st Annual Bicycle Auction, October 21, 2023
Category: Automobilia & Transportation, Bicycle Auctions
Tags: Bicycle, High Wheel, Kangaroo, Margaret Ann Baker Collection
C. 1885 Pony Star High Wheel Bicycle
LOT 38.
C. 1885 "Pony" Star High Wheel bicycle, Mfg. by H. B. Smith Co., Smithville NJ. Featuring a 44" wheel, older restoration includes new front wheel. This example retains brakes, has proper solid rubber tires, restored saddle, pear grips. Stars have unique drive mechanisms and are considered America's first safety highwheel. They did very well in competition against other highwheel safeties. Pony's are considered the most comfortable riding machine in the Star safety series. Excellent rider. Good condition.
Estimate: $3,500-4,500
Sold Price: $8,850
Auction: 29th Annual Bicycle Auction, June 26, 2021
Category: Automobilia & Transportation, Bicycle Auctions
Tags: Bicycle, High Wheel, Star
