Automobilia & Transportation
Featured lots
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
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
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
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
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
C. 1915 Iver Johnson Father & Son Bicycles with Rifles
LOT 41A.
C. 1915 Iver Johnson Father & Son Bicycles with Rifles. Restored as a set by Dick Rath of Time Machines, LTD. Mens Iver has a C.1915 Iver Arms .22 rifle in original condition, and boys has a C. 1915 Daisy BB gun, renickeled that also works. Bikes were restored together to match as closely as possible: red tires, white pedal blocks, luggage racks with polished oak crossmembers, saddles and tool pouches, etc..
Estimate: $2,500-3,500
Sold Price: $9,000
Auction: 33rd Annual Bicycle & Automobilia Auction, October 11, 2025
Category: Automobilia & Transportation, Bicycle Auctions
Tags: Bicycle, Dick Rath, Iver Johnson, Rifle
C. 1886 Special 45" Pony Star high wheel bicycle
LOT 95.
C. 1886 Special 45" Pony Star high wheel bicycle, serial #1392, HB Smith Machine Company, Smithville, NJ. Rare additional step, older restoration, rideable.
Estimate: $4,500-5,500
Sold Price: $8,913
Auction: Bicycle Auction: Pedaling History Bicycle Museum Session I, December 1, 2012
Category: Automobilia & Transportation, Bicycle Auctions
Tags: Bicycle, High Wheel, Pedaling History Museum, Pony, Star
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
Bicycle Patent Model
LOT 94.
Scarce bicycle patent model. Brass and wood. Mounted on wood base. Model 9 1/2" L.. Comes with papers in images. Provenance: James Carpenter Collection Part II. Good condition.
Estimate: $700-1,000
Sold Price: $8,775
Auction: 26th Annual Bicycle Auction, April 22, 2017
Category: Automobilia & Transportation, Bicycle Auctions
Tags: Bicycle, Patent Model
Rare Ice Bicycle "The Cleveland No. 4"
LOT 8a.
Scarce ice bicycle "The Cleveland No. 4 Patented Feb. 4. 1890 Dec. 30. March 17. 1891 Lozier MFG. Co. Toledo O.". Chainguard broken, otherwise good condition. David Metz Museum. Previously sold at Copake Auction April 12, 2014, lot 109.
Estimate: $3,000-4,000
Sold Price: $8,540
Auction: 34th Annual Bicycle & Automobilia Auction, October 10, 2026
Category: Automobilia & Transportation, Bicycle Auctions
Tags: Cleveland, David Metz Museum, Ice Bicycle, Lozier MFG. Co.
