Transport Collector Auctions - Saturday, 26 September, 2009

Bicycles, Tricycles & Cycling Memorabilia at Cut Elms Farm, Nr Great Dunmow, Essex

Cycling Spares & Accoutrements
Lot 1
A cast iron two-rail bicycle stand. £ 20 - 30
Lot 2
A pair of 26 x 1 1/2 - inch beaded edge rims, drilled 32/40, surface rust but sound, having been protected in grease. (2) £ 40 - 60
Lot 3
A pair of circa 1898 La Vélocipède earthenware plates, Nos. 6 & 12, in magenta underglaze surround, sound with no chips, but one with crazed glaze, the other with an older small crack. (2) £ 40 - 60
Lot 4
A pair of circa 1898 La Vélocipède plates, Nos. 2 & 12, in black and blue underglaze surround, sound with no chips, but one has slight blurring of underglaze transfer. (2) £ 40 - 60
Lot 5
A single-sided advertising sign for Sturmey Archer hub gears. 8 x 12-inches. £ 40 - 60
Lot 6
A box of assorted bicycling spares to include: a leather saddle, chain wheels, handlebars, saddle tool bags, brass Reversa type pump, bells, lighting equipment, brake parts, pedals and cranks, etcetera. A good lot. £ 10 - 30
Lot 7
A box of assorted small items to include: oil lamp filling funnels, cyclometer, patch kit, rear reflector and a Joseph Lucas oiler, etcetera. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 8
A box containing unused oil lamp wicks, some still in their original delivery packets; also, an assortment of front glass retaining springs and red and clear glasses. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 9
A box containing used and unused acetylene gas lamp burners, rubber seals, acetylene gas lamp fittings, aluminium reflectors and sprung dampers. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 10
A wooden box containing new old stock spokes and threaded nipples. £ 10 - 20
Lot 11
Three circular showroom tyre advertising inserts and another, oblong. Also, a Dunlop Accessories rubber front doormat in good, useable condition. (5) £ 10 - 20
Lot 12
Two 'Westlander' unused cream tyres, 28 x 1 1/2, original labels attached. (2) £ 10 - 20
Lot 13
Raleigh Spares. Unused and boxed old stock removed from a cyclists shop many years ago, calliper brake parts, Bowden cables, brake links, wheel nuts, axles, internal expanding brake linings and rivets, roller lever nuts, brake stirrups, wheel nuts, etcetera. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 14
A Romaic point of sale patch dispenser, together with a workshop tyre and tube repair outfit. Both removed from an Essex cycle shop. (2) £ 10 - 20
Lot 15
Fibrax unused old stock assorted brake blocks, housed in a clear glass-lidded point of display box. £ 10 - 20
Lot 16
As used by bicycle shop owners, two lidded wooden boxes, containing spare bicycle lamp front glasses. Various diameters and types. (2) £ 10 - 20
Lot 17
A bicycle workshop black enamel lidded tray containing spares for Joseph Lucas Ltd. electric lamps. £ 10 - 20
Lot 18
Two cardboard boxes containing new old stock, boxed Sturmey Archer brake calliper assemblies, new brake cables, cotter pins, brake blocks, etcetera. (2) £ 10 - 20
Lot 19
A circa 1955, Sturmey Archer gears, brakes and lighting equipment catalogue, containing exploded views, prices, discontinued hubs, etcetera. £ 10 - 20
Lot 20
A child's woven-wicker seat mounted on a metal frame and suitable for mounting on the front of a bicycle, with mounting brackets. £ 20 - 30
Lot 21
A child's metal seat of the type fitted to the rear of a bicycle, together with a child's seat of the type fitted to the crossbar of a gentleman's bicycle. Both retaining their mounting brackets and in useable condition. (2) £ 20 - 30
Lot 22
A set of workshop wooden drawers housing bicycle spares, to include: freewheels, brake fittings, spindle fittings, acetylene gas lamp burners and internal expanding brake hub liners, etcetera. £ 10 - 20
Lot 23
A grey tray containing four pairs of rat trap pedals, chain wheels, rear wheel free-wheels, some for inch-pitch chain, pneumatic pump and other fittings. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 24
A red box containing centre-pull brake parts and two cards of new brake blocks. £ 10 - 20
Lot 25
A red box containing unused old stock and boxed chain wheels and cranks, three good saddles and a double turn brass horn. £ 10 - 20
Lot 26
A green box containing 'cycling' decorated earthenware and glassware, to include: two Emerson beer bottles and a Shorter & Son colour underglaze posy holder. Together with four leather saddle tool bags. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 27
A box containing assorted 'cycling' themed biscuit and toffee tins, including a Hercules Cycles advertising shaving stick holder. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 28
A box containing children's mechanical toys: bicycles and tricycles, including a 'USA Kiddie Toy' dating from the 1950s. £ 10 - 20
Lot 29
A collection of 11 various bicycle bells. £ 10 - 20
Lot 30
Bicycle shop pricing show cards: Rudge, Triumph, Raleigh, New-Hudson, B.S.A., Hercules. All in good condition or better. (10) £ 50 - 100
Lot 31
Brown Brothers Ltd - a pre-WWII point of sale hinging card box containing 'Convex Glasses for Acetylene Lamps', housed in compartments. Boxes of this type are today quite rare and this survivor needs to be viewed with care, please. £ 40 - 80
Lot 32
Three graduated size handlebar fitted, wicker shopping baskets. (3) £ 10 - 20
Lot 33
C.T.C. a 16-inch square pattern, single-sided copper wall plaque. Mounted on stiffening board, the sign has a few dents and damaged corners, but its integrity is intact. A label on the reverse says 'removed from Joe Smiths Café, Thrapston, Northants, c1920'. £ 50 - 100
Lot 34
New-Hudson Bicycles. A single-sided, three-colour enamel sign mounted on board. 'T. H. Nice & Co Butter Market Bury St Edmunds' . Some edge damage, some repair but generally sound. 36 x 24-inches. £ 40 - 60
Lot 35
Fausto Coppi - a large monochrome image of the rider receiving a drink bottle during a race, mounted to board with a rear hanging wire. 27 x 38-inches. £ 20 - 30
Lot 36
A Peugeot double-sided illuminated showroom display sign. Appears unused. 20x11x6-ins. £ 40 - 80
Lot 37
A Scottish Tyres advertising show card. Mounted, framed and glazed. 17 x 21-inches. £ 40 - 80
Lot 38
A Michelin Tyres advertising show card. Mounted, framed and glazed. 16 x 20-inches. £ 40 - 80
Lot 39
Fifty assorted bicycling advertising posters, various sizes and types. (50) £ 20 - 40
Lot 40
Three oilers, a Teclamet greaser and a Keystone oil can with its original box. (5) £ 10 - 20
Lot 41
Four Reversa type bicycle tyre pumps, two with very good nickel-plating. £ 10 - 20
Lot 42
A circa 1900, Lucas 'Reversa' pneumatic bicycle pump, two other similar but smaller Reversa type pumps, together with a Dursley Pedersen (type) slim nickel-plated brass pneumatic bicycle pump. (4) £ 40 - 60
Lot 43
A Henry Keat & Sons of Stoke Newington, London, triple-turn cyclist's bugle, having an oval trumpet, removable nickel-plated mouthpiece and manufacturer's inscription. £ 180 - 220
Lot 44
A Köhler & Son of Piccadilly, hand-held two-note signal horn, polished brass with a nickel-plated mouth piece and lanyard ring. £ 60 - 90
Lot 45
An early 20th Century period, Renshaw spring bicycle padlock with its correct original key and a long loop chain. £ 10 - 20
Lot 46
'Wheeling' by Jaques & Son - a cycling board game. The board (only) covered in green buckram with gilt decoration, unfolding to reveal colourful cycling vignettes and an image of the Anchor at Ripley. £ 20 - 30
Lot 47
Crown Devon beer stein, having a colourful depiction of 'Daisy Bell' on a tandem. In attractive and displayable condition, it possesses a small chip on the inside rim and the musical movement is missing. £ 20 - 40
Lot 48
A box containing several bicycle rear hubs together with some Corgi unused old-stock toys, dress guard cord and brake parts. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 49
A box of new old stock pedal spindles and three pairs of rat-trap pedals. (Qty) £ 20 - 30
Bicycle Lamps
Lot 50
Two acetylene gas lamps of torpedo form with correct front glasses, burners, mounting fittings and original nickel-plating. (2) £ 30 - 60
Lot 51
Three acetylene gas lamps, to include a C. M. Hall 'Liberty' lamp, each with its original nickel-plated finish, front glass and correct burners. (3) £ 40 - 60
Lot 52
Three oil-powered lamps: a circa 1900 'Jim Dandy', a circa 1898 M&W 98 and a circa 1899 P&A 'Banner'. Each with its original nickel-plating and in useable condition. (3) £ 40 - 60
Lot 53
Three oil-powered lamps: a circa 1897 'Twentieth Century', a circa 1905 Joseph Lucas 'Leader' and a circa 1918 Joseph Lucas Ltd 'Petroleum', as used and provided for army bicycles. (3) £ 40 - 60
Lot 54
A rare circa 1910 Powell & Hanmer manufactured 'Duoplex' combination acetylene gas lamp, of the type that fits to the off-side front forks of a bicycle. In this position it shines a bright white light forward and a red light to the rear. It is also fitted with an automatic lighter. £ 40 - 60
Lot 55
A pair of 'Old Sol' acetylene gas lamps, both with their original nickel-plating, front glasses, burners and mounting brackets. (2) £ 30 - 60
Lot 56
Two Badger Brass 'Solar' acetylene gas lamps: an 1898 model in sound order and an 1899 model, also in good order, each with good front glasses, multi-faceted side glasses and original plating in cleanable condition. (2) £ 30 - 60
Lot 57
Three American-manufactured acetylene gas lamps: a circa 1910 'Solar', a 1900-1906 period 'Searchlight' sandwich format lamp and a pre-1904 'Twentieth Century' lamp. Each with cleanable nickel-plating and fittings. (3) £ 40 - 60
Lot 58
Two rare 'Bundy' sandwich format acetylene gas lamps: one example dating from circa 1899, the other similar but with specific design changes dating from circa 1900. These sandwich format lamps only had a short manufactured life, and are therefore rare in the market place. Good original nickel-plating, front glasses, burners and mounting brackets. (2) £ 40 - 60
Lot 59
Three lamps: an Edward Miller 'A1' kerosene lamp, a 'Columbia' kerosene lamp and an Edward Miller 'Majestic' sandwich format acetylene gas lamp, with original nickel-plating, correct glasses and brackets. The last-named with a dented rim. (3) See image front cover £ 40 - 60
Lot 60
Six bicycle lamps: a pre-1910 Powell & Hanmer-manufactured 'Dazzler' acetylene gas lamp with its original nickel-plating, a Joseph Lucas Ltd 'Planet' oil lamp in good original condition, an American-manufactured 'Lightweight' oil lamp, a P&A 'Searchlight' acetylene gas lamp, an Edward Miller 'Majestic' sandwich format acetylene gas lamp and a Powell & Hanmer 'Revenge' acetylene gas lamp dating from 1910. (6) £ 50 - 100
Lot 61
A Salsbury & Son, 'The Invincible' oil-powered Safety Bicycle lamp. Dating circa 1887, this lamp is highly original and complete with its original black enamel finish, sprung rear bracket, name plate, oil reservoir and red patented side glasses. £ 300 - 500
Lot 62
'The Guide' oil-powered Safety Bicycle lamp. Dating circa 1890, it possesses its sprung rear bracket, front glass and hood. Reservoir missing, black finish. £ 40 - 60
Lot 63
A Joseph Lucas Ltd 'Calcia Cadet'. A rare first pattern dated September 1923, in unused condition with its original nickel-plating, burner and reflector, etcetera. £ 40 - 60
Lot 64
A Joseph Lucas Ltd 'Lustra' acetylene gas lamp dating circa 1912 with its original fittings, mounting bracket, side glasses, burner and undamaged front glass. £ 40 - 60
Lot 65
A Joseph Lucas Ltd 'Silver King' oil lamp dating post 1922 lamp, having its original nickel-plating, burner, opening red side glass and glass reflector cover. Undated. £ 40 - 60
Lot 66
A Powell & Hanmer Ltd 'P&H' acetylene gas lamp dating from between 1904 and 1912, a flared bezel type lamp with its original nickel-plating, carrying bail, sprung mounting bracket, and parabolic reflector. The front double-convex glass has cracked. £ 40 - 60
Lot 67
A Powell & Hanmer Ltd 'Revenge' acetylene gas lamp. A Joseph Lucas Ltd-manufactured lamp from after the purchase of P &H in 1929. In excellent condition with is original black enamel and nickel-plated finish, original burner and reflector. Dated 1936. £ 40 - 60
Lot 68
A trade bicycle wicker basket containing a candle lamp and an oil-powered cart-lamp, a 1915 dated Joseph Lucas Ltd 'Silver King', a 'Petroleum' lamp, two Powell & Hanmer Ltd 'Revenge acetylene gas lamps and a rare unnamed torpedo style acetylene gas lamp and a 'Captain' oil lamp dated 1921 with cross-incised side glasses, which Lucas only occasionally fitted to oil lamps between 1918 and 1922. Also: three rear lamps, a 'Kinglet' front lamp and another. A good collection of 13 lamps in a useable basket. (14) £ 50 - 100
Lot 69
An H. Miller-manufactured 1930s 'GPO' acetylene gas lamp. Finished in post office red, the lamp possesses an embossed heat cowl, side glasses and bracket. In excellent order. £ 40 - 60
Lot 70
A Powell & Hanmer Ltd 'Revenge' acetylene gas lamp, a Joseph Lucas Ltd-made lamp dating post the acquisition of the company in 1929. In good order with its original colour-printed box lid. Unused but in need of a clean, having been removed from protracted storage. (2) £ 40 - 60
Lot 71
A matched pair of H. Miller & Co 'Carbo' acetylene gas lamps dating from the 1920s and 30s. In very good condition with their original nickel-plating, burners and front glasses. (2) £ 40 - 60
Lot 72
Joseph Lucas Ltd. - eight 'Silver King' oil lamps in various conditions, five pre-1922 and three 1920s. Also a rare 'New Holophote' oil lamp dating circa 1910, all significantly complete. Ideal for restoration and repair. (9 lamps) £ 40 - 80
Lot 73
Eight assorted oil-powered rear lamps, including several rare Joseph Lucas Ltd '29T' versions. Also, ten assorted oil-powered front lamps, most retaining their original black enamel finish, together with three rare front and rear combination Jabez Bates 'Verona' oil lamps. A collection ideal for restoration and repair. (21 lamps) £ 40 - 80
Lot 74
Powell & Hanmer Ltd. - nine 'Revenge' acetylene gas lamps manufactured between 1923 and 1933. In fundamentally complete condition, they are ideal for restoration and repair. (9 lamps). £ 40 - 80
Lot 75
Joseph Lucas Ltd. - nine 'Calcia Club' acetylene gas lamps, dating between 1923 and 1930. Comprising both black enamel and nickel-plated examples, several with double-convex front glasses, they are in fundamentally complete condition, and are ideal for restoration and repair. (9 lamps). £ 40 - 80
Lot 76
Joseph Lucas Ltd. - four spherical water reservoir acetylene gas lamps: two 'Calcia King' lamps and two 'King of the Road' lamps. In fundamentally complete condition, they are ideal for restoration and repair. (4 lamps). £ 40 - 80
Lot 77
A box of ten assorted gas and oil lamps: a pre-1910 Powell & Hanmer Ltd 'P&H', a similar period 'Panther', an early 'Horoscope'. Also, a Joseph Lucas Ltd 'Calcia Cadet' in delightful condition, and several oil lamps. A good collection. (10 lamps). £ 40 - 80
Lot 78
A box of assorted oil and acetylene gas lamp parts and fittings. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 79
A box of assorted oil, candle and electric bicycle lamps, including a rare spherical-bodied battery lamp by Joseph Lucas Ltd and other interesting lamps. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 80
A free-standing lamp display painted black, and holding various acetylene gas lamps, oil lamps, a Carbide of Calcium tin, four bells, etcetera. All in fair condition. (Qty) £ 40 - 60
Lot 81
No lot.
Lot 82
A box of lamps, comprising a 'Vitaphare' acetylene gas lamp dating circa 1905, a rare Powell & Hanmer Ltd., square pattern battery lamp with a parallel sprung mounting bracket, together with a similar smaller battery version, a boxed Ever Ready battery lamp, and another. (5) £ 20 - 40
Lot 83
Four bicycle lamps: a post 1930 manufactured Powell & Hanmer Ltd 'Revenge' acetylene gas lamp, an H. Miller 'Carbo' acetylene gas lamp, a Joseph Lucas Ltd 'Calcia Club' dated 1929 and a rarely found, nickel-plated Joseph Lucas Ltd 'Lucent' oil lamp dated 1927. Generally complete and ready to enjoy. (4) £ 30 - 60
Lot 84
A box of assorted bicycle lamps, comprising a 'Carbo' acetylene gas lamp, two Joseph Lucas Ltd 'Silver Kings', a Miller 'Milo', a Powell & Hanmer Ltd Kingfisher, various battery and dynamo-powered lamps, and a 1930s candle-powered lamp. A good selection. (14) £ 40 - 80
Lot 85
A large box of battery-operated front and rear bicycle lamps, many dating from the 1930s, various conditions, several with their original delivery boxes. (circa 32) £ 40 - 60
Lot 86
A box containing seven rare battery-powered front lamps from Miller and Pifco, of a type that were popular in the early 1930s, having the feature of parallel sprung mounting brackets, an (unnecessary) design feature, being a hand-down from similarly fitted oil and acetylene gas lamps. Together with a rare ARP battery lamp with its box, and a Joseph Lucas Ltd battery lamp with a rubber mounting. (9) £ 40 - 80
Lot 87
A Powell & Hanmer Ltd 'Vulture' acetylene gas lamp in good clean condition, having decoratively pierced mounting bracket straps, internal tightening wheel, water control, and internals. Original nickel-plating. £ 40 - 60
Lot 88
Luxor. - Two interestingly designed acetylene gas lamps, both in honest, complete condition, with original nickel-plating and fittings. (2) £ 40 - 60
Lot 89
Three Powell & Hanmer Ltd lamps. Two acetylene gas lamps, 'Panther' and 'The Revenge', both in good sound condition, and an 'Aerolite' candle lamp, painted black. (3) £ 40 - 60
Lot 90
Four lamps by Joseph Lucas Ltd: a circa 1904 'Silver King' and a mid 1920s 'Silver King', both in good complete condition with original nickel-plating and undamaged front and side glasses, a 'Captain' cylindrical style oil-powered lamp and a 1912 'Aceta' acetylene gas lamp with its original finish. (4) £ 40 - 60
Lot 91
Two Joseph Lucas Ltd 'Calcia Club' acetylene gas lamps dating from the 1920s, one example with its original nickel-plating, the other with the rarely found combination black enamel and chromium plating. Together with a Powell & Hanmer Ltd front oil lamp and a Miller 'Beta' acetylene gas lamp with its original nickel-plating. (4) £ 40 - 60
Lot 92
A Lucifer Baby dynamo-powered projector and rear lamp with its box. Unused old stock, it possesses its fittings and brackets. 1950s. £ 20 - 40
Lot 93
An H. Miller & Co dynamo-powered projector and rear lamp with its box, although no dynamo is present. Unused old stock, it possesses its original wiring and mounting brackets. £ 20 - 40
Lot 94
A Joseph Lucas counter-top bicycle lamp display unit, with chromium-plating. £ 60 - 80
Cycling Memorabilia
Lot 95
The Bicycle Game. A Edwardian bicycle racing board game with counters. Also a modern reproduction game compendium and three cycling jigsaw puzzles. (5) £ 10 - 20
Lot 96
A collection of 15 bicycle spanners, mounted on board, including name varieties for New Hudson, Brooks, Armstrong, B.S.A. and Phillips. £ 20 - 40
Lot 97
The BronzArt Casting Company, 'The Cyclist' a sculpture by Bernard Kim. Influenced by the work of Alberto Giacometti. who trained under the renowned sculptor Kim Man Sul. Mounted on an ebonized base, 10 1/2 - inches total height, 11-inches wide. £ 40 - 80
Lot 98
A vesta case with a hinging lid, match striker and an engraved depiction of a rider and Ordinary. Embossed HJ&Co., there is a chain loop which enables it to be connected to a watch chain. nickel-plated. £ 30 - 60
Lot 99
Four boxed cycling decorated jewellery, A tie pin with a bicycle motif, a brooch depicting a recumbent bicycle, a necklace with a depiction of a lady and her bicycle, and a chain wheel necklace. (4) £ 30 - 60
Bicycling Literature
Lot 100
A box of 66 editions of Fellowship News, from No.54 June 1978 to No.162 June 2005 (not a run). Together with the North Road Gazette Vol.1, No.1, January 1903 and Vol.11, No.132, December 1913. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 101
A Round Tower Grand Prix of Ireland programme dated 14 June 1955, four 'The Bicycle Pictorial Supplements' 1955, Cycling dated 24 October 1912, and Cycles Maryland catalogue circa 1910. £ 10 - 20
Lot 102
Cycling Weekly. The 1938 International Bicycle Show, Souvenir Programme. £ 15 - 20
Lot 103
The 1952 Daily Express Tour of Britain (16-day race programme); 'Bert Harris of the Poly' a hard-bound book; 'Dunlop 50-Years of Growth', dated 1938, and four loose issues of Cycling for 1922-1935. (7) £ 20 - 30
Lot 104
Rudge-Whitworth. A multi-page brochure dated 1908 and another for 1915. (2) £ 40 - 60
Lot 105
Elswick Hopper catalogues for the years 1935, 37, 38 and 1968. All in very good clean condition. (4) £ 30 - 60
Lot 106
Sunbeam Bicycles catalogue in good clean condition for 1936. £ 20 - 40
Lot 107
Iris Bicycles catalogue for 1907, together with a Trench Tubeless Tyre Co., brochure for 1899 and a B.S.A. Handbook dated 1908. All in good clean condition. (3) £ 20 - 30
Lot 108
Premier Bicycles catalogues dated 1904, (December) 1904 and 1905. (3) £ 30 - 60
Lot 109
Europa Bicycles catalogue dated 1898, together with a 1904 Orion Cycles brochure and a Gloria Cycles brochure for the season 1905. In good readable condition. (3) £ 20 - 40
Lot 110
A 1952 Joseph Lucas Ltd catalogue, together with a Halfords booklet catalogue for 1911. Both in good clean fettle. (2) £ 20 - 30
Lot 111
Frank Southall - Lightweight Cycling Exhibition catalogue (27 Oct-3 Nov 1934) Signed by the Olympic Champion in the year he went 'professional', against a photograph on page 32. £ 10 - 20
Lot 112
Sid Patterson - a 1954 Tour de France Parc Des Princes programme signed on the cover by the Australian World Champion track cyclist, Sid Patterson. £ 10 - 20
Lot 113
Fausto Coppi - an International bicycle meeting Sunday 14 September 1958 programme signed on the inside front cover by the celebrated rider. Together with a magazine supplement outlining his life in pictures, circa 1960. (2) £ 15 - 25
Lot 114
Bicycling News. Five copies dated 15 & 29 Sep 1894, 13 Oct 1894 and 3 & 10 December 1894. In good sound fair condition. (5) £ 40 - 60
Lot 115
Grose Cycles catalogue, unused and retaining its original delivery envelope, which is dated May 1937. £ 10 - 20
Lot 116
Fourteen 'Peugeot Advertising Department' large format cuttings-books. Created during the period 1978 to 1994, the books contain press reports of Peugeot events and advertising, including details of their manufactured product, such as their mopeds and sundry equipment. In excellent, readable condition. (14) £ 100 - 150
Lot 117
Naumann Cycles - a 20pp brochure for this (believed) German maker. £ 10 - 20
Lot 118
A Sturmey Archer Master Catalogue of c1958 covering their manufactured gears, brakes and lighting equipment, with exploded views and prices. £ 10 - 20
Lot 119
The C.T.C. Road Book 'British Roads Vol I' green buckram cover in good order dated 1897. Also, a cycling handbook dated 1898, in sound order, but coverless. (2) £ 10 - 20
Lot 120
Hercules Cycle Accessories and Replacement parts catalogue for the trade use in the early 1950s, together with a 'Curry's 1884-1925' a book describing 41-years of progress, 95pp and good illustrations. (2) £ 10 - 20
Lot 121
A box of octavo size books, mainly travel logs, to include: Round the World on a Wheel, Trial by Tandem, Winged Wheel, The Bloomer Girls, Golden Days Awheel, My Changing Life and many more interesting titles. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 122
A box of reference and bicycling history books, to include: King of the Road by Richie, The Bicycle by Dodge, The Art of Collectables, The Story of the Raleigh Cycle, The Bicycling in Wartime, Bicycles in War by Caiden and Cycling Myths & Queries by Roberts. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 123
A box of reference and bicycling history books, to include: On your Bicycle by McGurn, The History of Rover Cycles, The Story of the Bicycle by Woodforde, The Ingenious Mr Pedersen (Second Edition) by Evans, Bicycling a History by Alderson, Bicycle Stamps. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 124
A large box of general interest bicycle and bicycling books, to include: Laughter on Two Wheels, Cycles in Colour, Rail Bike, Hetchins Classics, Pedal Power, The Noiseless Tenor, The Golden Age of the Bicycle, The Putney Velodrome and many other good titles. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 125
A box of books relating to bicycle racing history and racing autobiographies, to include: Lance Armstrong, Chris Hoy, Tom Simpson, Robert Millar, Fausto Coppi, Reg Harris, Major Taylor, Graeme Obree, together with Champion on Two Wheels, 100-years of Road Records, Cycling's Circus, Where There's a Wheel and Giro d'Italia and many others. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 126
The George Moore Collection, a set of six limited edition volumes, each numbered 168 of 1000 published between 1979 & 1985. Illustrating the work of George Moore, some scuffing and tears to covers, otherwise sound. (6) £ 40 - 80
Lot 127
A box of good racing and general cycling subject books, to include: Fausto Coppi, Tour de France and its Heroes, The Foreign Legion, Fastest Man on Two Wheels, Barie il Giro, Bike Cult, Bouverie Street to Bowling Green Lane, Schwinn Bicycles and many others. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 128
Cycling magazine, bound volumes. An incomplete run from volume XLV (Jan 1913) to volume XCII (December 1935) Please see hand-written list attached to the volumes. Most volumes are in half-year increments. Miscellaneous bindings, but most volumes are in the publisher's bindings of green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. A few volumes with loose pages, some bound with advertisements. (23) £ 200 - 300
Lot 129
The Rambler. Five volumes, containing issues 1 to 102. A good social magazine, 'Harmsworth Weekly Out-Door Magazine', the bindings are sound, albeit of poor quality, some covers and pages are loose, otherwise good. (5) £ 50 - 100
Lot 130
C.T.C. Gazette. Almost a complete run from volume 45 (January 1926) to volume 77 (December 1958). Lacking only volume 57 (1938). Mostly in publisher's official bindings, red, green, blue and brown, with gilt lettering and decoration. Issues for 1940 and 1941 are bound in one volume, and the volumes for 1949 and 1950 are loose issues in the binders. Most in very good condition. (31 books) £ 50 - 100
Lot 131
'Coureur' - The Sporting Cyclist. A run of the magazine from January 1958 to December 1963. Volumes for 1958 and 1959 are loose issues retaining their covers, the remainder bound with covers in four black cloth bindings with gilt tooling. Plus a single issue for October 1957. All in good clean condition. (7) £ 50 - 100
Lot 132
C.T.C. Road Books. Bound in green Buckram, 'British Road Book' volumes I , II and III, each with their folded maps in the inside front pocket, each being dated 1897. Also, The Irish Road Book Part II (North), dated 1900. All in very good condition. (4) £ 20 - 60
Lot 133
The Rambler - a weekly magazine covering fiction and non-fiction stories about cycling and travel; June 1897 to May 1898, bound in two volumes without covers, some loose pages, one board loose. (2) £ 50 - 80
Lot 134
Cycle Touring magazine. A run from February 1982 to January 1990 in four blue loose leaf binders. Also, Cyclist Monthly, a run from June 1982 (Vol 1 No 1) to January 1985 (Vol 2 No 20), in three black loose leaf binders. Also Cycling History Proceedings, 1990s hardback volumes for the celebrated International conferences'. (10) £ 20 - 60
Lot 135
Cycling Magazine. 46 Loose issues dating between 1902 and 1919, each contained in its own cellophane pocket, most with covers. Also other magazines, including The Cyclist, The Bicycle and other interesting magazines, together with cycling magazine dating from the 1930s and 1950s. (Qty). £ 50 - 100
Lot 136
Joseph J. Hall - two volumes entitled 'Cycle Tours through England, Illustrated'. Both half-bound in leather, each with typed text and photographs pasted in. The first (No. 2) is dated 1898, and has a folding map at the front. The spine is missing and the contents are becoming loose. The second (No. 3) is dated 1899 and has a signed photograph of the young author pasted in on the reverse side of the frontispiece. The binding is rubbed, but the volume is in better condition than the other. Both have the bookplate of Joseph J. Hall (of Great Yarmouth) on the front paste-down endpaper. Both volumes have an elaborate coloured title page, listing the counties covered during the holiday cycling tours (stretching from Norfolk to Wiltshire), and both have letters of appreciation bound in at the rear. All edges gilt, and each volume c. 200 pages. (2) £ 100 - 150
Lot 137
The Cycling World Illustrated, 'A Journal De Luxe'. Four loose copies with covers. Volume 1 No 1, No 2, No 7 and No 12. Cover edges a little torn, one spine split, and content very good. (4) £ 20 - 40
Lot 138
The Badminton Library - Cycling by Viscount Bury and G. Lacy Hillier, first edition 1887, 499pp including index. A 'Large Paper' limited edition of 250 with blue quarter leather binding, this example numbered 195. Uncut fore- edge, corners bruised and bottom of spine scuffed, otherwise a tight binding, frontispiece loose. £ 80 - 120
Lot 139
The Badminton Library - Cycling by Viscount Bury and G. Lacy Hillier, first edition 1887, 459pp including index and advertisements. Blue quarter leather binding with gilt lettering, new endpapers, spine scuffed, otherwise a tight binding. £ 50 - 80
Lot 140
Bicycling Illustrations extracted from Periodicals dating from the 1890s. A large, black ring-binder measuring approximately 12 1/2 x 19 - inches, containing 38 double-sided polythene sleeves, each holding two cards with pasted-on illustrations in various sizes and formats, mainly from periodicals of the 1890s, although a few later items also feature. The magazines include The Illustrated London News, The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, The Sketch, and The Graphic. The majority appear to be hand-coloured and all seem to be in good, clean condition. Most have been neatly annotated on the margins of the card-mounts with details of the publication from which they were taken. £ 50 - 100
Lot 141
Bicycling illustrations, posters etc., depicting machines from the 1800s to the Second World War. A large, black ring-binder measuring approximately 12 1/2 x 19 - inches, containing 53 double-sided polythene sleeves, about half of which hold two cards with pasted-on illustrations in various sizes and formats and from various sources, with some originals but some in reproduction. The remainder, mainly some of the reproductions of bicycling posters, are printed on both sides. An interesting collection, all appearing to be in good, clean condition. £ 50 - 100
Lot 142
'Punch' - Cycling Cartoons. A black ring-binder measuring 12 x 10 - inches and comprising a 'scrap-book' of Punch cartoons dating from the 1860s to the 1930s, all with a bicycling theme. The majority neatly pasted onto sheets, although a small quantity extracted from the book 'Mr. Punch Awheel' (1935?) have been loosely inserted in the rear polythene sleeve. There are nearly 150 cartoons in all, with an incomplete listing at the front of the volume and a two-page typed introduction entitled 'The Bicycle in Art'. £ 50 - 100
Lot 143
A good selection of photographs of cyclists and advertising postcards. Housed in a loose-leaf folder with plastic pockets, the photographs cover the period circa 1900 to 1914, some are studio views, cabinet cards and others are street scenes. The colour postcards comprise a set of six French 'story cards', 'Christmas Greetings' and birthday cards, promotional cards (Premier and Humber) and various others. Circa 140 cards, all in good clean condition. (Qty) £ 50 - 100
Lot 144
A box containing Bike Culture, a good run of this rare magazine with some duplicates (No 1 to 19). Also, 'Encycleopedia', an international buyer's guide to alternatives in cycling, a square-backed annual book, profusely illustrated, six issues and a good read. Together with the rare, Cycle Clips Magazine, issues 1 to 5. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 145
A box containing C.T.C. Route Books, a rare (set) being numbers 1 to 11 with advertisements. Also similar square-backed books dating from the 1930s and 1950s, together with various early pocket maps, profile books and other publications. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 146
A box of assorted cycling-themed postcards, some ready to use. (Qty) £ 10 - 20
Lot 147
Patent documents and papers relating to a new braking system designed by The Lion Motor & Cycle Co., Ltd. Headed letters from The Eadie Mfg Co of Redditch, Enfield Cycle Co., of Redditch and Rudge Whitworth, Patents Office and others. Fascinating original documentation that will reward further research. (Qty) £ 20 - 50
Lot 148
Twelve nicely coloured lithographic prints dating circa 1896 by Frederick & Stokes of America. Unframed, very good condition, housed in a multipage folder. Also, a small photograph album, 'Touring Titbits', with some bicycle images. (2) £ 20 - 40
Lot 149
'Cycling' magazine Volume 25 Number 625 (January 1903) to Volume 26 Number 676 (January 1904). Bound in dark green cloth, with gilt tooling on the spine. Editorial & binding sound, some foxing. £ 50 - 80
Lot 150
The First Fifty Years of the Catford Cycling Club. 1936 first edition, 479pp with appendix and centrally positioned monochrome photographs. Tight binding, cover faded. A rare book. £ 40 - 60
Lot 151
A good box of literature, comprising pre-war editions of Cycling magazine, C.T.C. publications, reproduction catalogues together with original catalogues for Sun, Rudge, Mohawk, Sturmey Archer, Elswick, Chase, Royal Enfield and guarantee literature for Raleigh. A good and varied selection. (Qty) £ 20 - 60
Lot 152
C.T.C. Gazette. Issues No 1 (Vol VI) January 1887 to No 12 (Vol VI) December 1887, bound in one volume with covers and advertisements, light cropping. Also, The Hub magazine, (Vol IV) No 40 to No 52 July 1897, in publisher's gilt embossed binding, without covers. (2) £ 40 - 60
Lot 153
A good box of books: The Badminton Library - Cycling by Viscount Bury and G. Lacy Hillier, 1896 edition, 399pp including index. A Badminton Magazine, (Vol III) July to Dec 1896, bound in publisher's binding, containing a chapter on cycling. The North Road Club a history by Moxham covering the period 1885-1935, Wheels of Chance by H. H. Wells, first edition 1896 but rebound (using the original gilt front cover), soiled and loosened pages. Together with Bartleet's Bicycle Book, 1931, working copy and several road books. (7) £ 40 - 60
Lot 154
C.T.C. Road Books. Bound in green Buckram and gilt tooling, 'British Road Book' covering Kent to Cornwall; Wales and East Anglia; Northern Counties and Scotland; being volumes I to IV, each with their folded maps in the inside front pocket, variously dated 1904 (Vol 1) 1898 (Vol 2), 1899 (Vol 3), 1901 (Vol 4). Also, another volume 1 dated 1891 with its map and a volume II dated 1897. Sound condition, the latter soiled. (6) £ 20 - 60
Lot 155
'Our Sentimental Journey' by Joseph & Elizabeth Robins Pennell. Longmans 1888. A review and travelogue of their journey through France and Italy on a tricycle. Good illustrations, bound in leather calf with gilt tooling to the edges and spine, watered silk endpapers and fore edge. £ 30 - 60
Lot 156
'A Canterbury Pilgrimage' by Joseph & Elizabeth Robins Pennell. Seeley & Co., 1885 first edition. A review and travelogue of their journey from London to Canterbury on a tricycle. Good illustrations, bound in red Buckram, a little faded. Also an 1984 reproduction 'Pinkerton Press' copy. (2) £ 30 - 60
Lot 157
A good and interesting box of cycling literature, including four volumes of News & Views Nos 250-297 in their correct loose-leaf folders. Also various old cycling maps, several with good early advertising, several Campagnolo catalogues and other good books. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 158
Manufrance Saint-Etienne. Three large bicycle and domestic catalogues, each circa 620pp, some pages in colour, soft-covered, square-backed. (3) £ 20 - 30
Lot 159
Halford. Three catalogues dated 1927, 1957 and 1959. (3) £ 20 - 30
Lot 160
Paris Brochures. A rare triple-fold brochure featuring illustrations, detailed text and prices for the first 'Galibier' model, Rensch 'Tour de France' and 'Champion du Monde', Paris 'Professional Road Racing' model and 'Path' Model. Corners a little rubbed, some soiling. Also, various double-sided handbills for the 'Professional Road Racing', 'Tour de France' and 'Path' models, together with a rare 'Galibier' 4pp specifications pamphlet with three images, detailed text and 'patent applied for' monograph, and Paris order forms with the Stoke Newington address, pencil manuscript but good and clean. Please handle with care. £ 50 - 100
Lot 161
Royal Enfield - five multi-fold brochures, together with brochures for Phillips, Humber, Coventry Eagle, B.S.A. Winged Wheel and Kynoch Cycles. All in good condition. (11) £ 20 - 40
Lot 162
A red plastic folder containing a collection of original brochures for Sunbeam, Mercedes-Benz Bicycle, Citibike, Porsche Bicycles, Raleigh, etcetera. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 163
C.T.C. Monthly Gazette. 11 volumes dated 1885, 1886, 1897-1898 (in one volume), 1899 to 1906. In assorted bindings apart from the volumes for 1901 to 1906, which are uniformly bound in dark blue buckram with gilt lettering. Also six-pages from the 'The Bicycle Journal' for March 1877. (12) £ 40 - 80
Lot 164
'Tricycling for Ladies' by F. J. Erskine. Iliffe & Son, 1885, 32pp, second edition. In sound condition, detailed review of management, riding and touring. Also a copy of 'Cyclist' covering the Dunlop Tyre Jubilee in 1938, together with a monochrome photograph of a tricyclist on a cross-frame tricycle, mounted. (3) £ 40 - 60
Further Memorabilia
Lot 165
Seven brooches with pierced depictions of bicycles and tandems, nickel-silver, also, two lapel pins depicting Ordinary riders. As new condition. (10) £ 30 - 60
Lot 166
Five multi-coloured enamel cycling pendants and brooches: Westland Wheeler Cycling Club, National Cycling Union, a 1932 dated pendant, Cambridge Town & Country Cycling Club, Fenland R.R.A. Together with four modern badges, a medal Suffolk Challenge Cup, and an NCU medal, the last two both dated 1935. In good fettle. (11) £ 30 - 60
Lot 167
Personal jewellery, a bicycle crank and tyre fobs suitable for a watch chain, together with a hunting cap, photograph fob, several pins and badges depicting bicycles, a velocipede brooch, a bicycle-fish necklace and a Notting Hill Gate Cycling Club napkin holder. All in sound, usable order. (12) £ 30 - 60
Lot 168
A good 'cyclists' mechanical nickel-silver cased pocket watch and chain, having an attractive white dial, Roman numerals, gold-plated hands and upper winding crown. It comes with a cycling fob as a star motif and a button hole 'T'. In working order. £ 30 - 60
Lot 169
The London Bicycle Club, 'Founded 1874'. A medallion with the club armorial shield centre and Latin inscription below. Uninscribed, housed in a new presentation box. 2-inch diameter. £ 20 - 40
Lot 170
A cyclist's expanding drinking cup with a decorated lid embossed with a tandem and riders. Also, two packets of 'cycling' playing cards and two others. Also, a card with three large tunic buttons and four cuff buttons, brass with wheel and bicycle depictions. (6) £ 20 - 30
Lot 170a
A set of 48 Raleigh publicity cards, illustrating both the bicycle types manufactured, component parts and personalities. £ 20 - 40
Lot 170b
Three C.T.C. enamel lapel badges, another an example of the pierced type, together with two Hercules headstock badges and a cycling proficiency badge. (7) £ 20 - 40
Lot 170c
Two delightful assayed silver and enamel London bicycle club pendants: The Actonia Cycling Club, assay mark for Birmingham 1939, inscribed verso '50 MRR Aldershot Open TT R-Styles 1939', and The Balham Cycling Club with four colour enamels, inscribed verso, '24-Hours C.F.Taylor 328 Miles'. Also, North Eastern Roads Club: one silver and two bronze cycling awards to G. Harmsworth, variously inscribed for distance events dated 1933 & 1936 respectively; enamelled badge decoration on raised relief designs, inscriptions to reverse. (5) £ 40 - 60
Lot 171
Seven various C.T.C. circular lapel badges. (8) £ 20 - 40
Lot 172
Edinburgh Athletic Bicycle Club: A rare small bronze award, lapel badge with a spoked wheel and the letters EABC between the cross of Saint Andrew verso and recto, '100 miles W. C. M. Oliver - 25th April 1888'. Also, Three Bath Wheelers lapel badges with red enamel decoration, one with a 'Treasurer' lozenge, and a Clifton Cycling Club badge. (AF) (5) £ 40 - 60
Lot 173
Six silver coloured and enamel lapel badges: Elmfield Cycling Club; Central CC; H.B.C.; Southern Cycling Club; White Hart Cycling Club, etcetera. In good fettle, but missing pins. (6) £ 20 - 40
Lot 174
Six London area lapel badges: Manor Park CC; London County ACC; Kensal Rise CC; Hounslow & District Wheelers, Harrow Cycling Club, etcetera. All in good order, save for some mounting pins missing. (6) £ 20 - 40
Lot 175
Nineteen enamelled lapel badges: Johannesburg Wheelers; Berliner Bicycle Club; Socio Vializio; Marlow & District Road Club; Nelson Wheelers Cycling Club; Lion Wheelers Cycling Club. Good condition. (AF) (19) £ 40 - 60
Lot 176
Two Scottish Cyclists Union lapel badges: a blue and red enamel badge by Simpson showing the rearing lion of Scotland to the centre; the other an assayed silver badge. Both in good order with pins. (2) £ 20 - 40
Lot 177
13 badges. Four N.C.U. enamel lapel badges, including 'Northampton Centre Judge', together with a further nine miscellaneous bicycle club lapel badges, various conditions and types. (13) £ 40 - 60
Lot 178
A delightful gilt cycling presentation plaque, intaglio art deco design, depicting a cyclist with his bicycle overlooking a vista, signed C. Charl. Not awarded. £ 20 - 30
Lot 179
A Crown Devon 'Daisy Bell' beer jug with musical movement. £ 80 - 120
Pictures & Prints
Lot 180
Frank Patterson - 'The 36th Meeting'. A pen and ink drawing depicting the artist at the age of 70 welcoming the arrival of his old friend George Herbert Stancer for one of their regular Autumn meetings. A typed note in a panel at the base of the drawing explains its history, stating that the self-portrait dates from 1943. Not signed or dated by the artist. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 11 x 6 1/2- inches, panel 2 1/2 x 6 1/2- inches, frame size 19 3/4 x 12 1/4-inches. £ 50 - 80
Lot 181
Frank Patterson - 'An Afternoon Run in East Sussex'. A pen and ink drawing depicting five scenes: On the Downs near Berwick, Playden Mill, Wilmington Green, Firle Beacon, and Friston Hill. Two include cyclists. Signed and dated 1923 below the title. Some light foxing/browning to the margins. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 15 1/2 x 11 1/2- inches, frame size 21 1/2 x 16 1/2- inches. £ 80 - 120
Lot 182
Frank Patterson - 'The King's Highway - and Ours!' A large pen and ink drawing depicting no less than seven locations, all but two including cyclists. The views are of: Marlborough Downs (The Bath Road), Glyndyfrdwy (The Holyhead Road), The 'Jolly Farmer', Bagshot (Portsmouth Road), Alconbury Road (Great North Road), Whitley Bridge (Coventry Road), The 'George', Crawley (Brighton Road), and Chalk (The Dover Road). Signed below the title, but not dated. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 18 x 12-inches, frame 25 1/2 x 17 1/2-inches. £ 120 - 180
Lot 183
Frank Patterson - 'On a Summer Tour: The Yard of the Old Posting House'. A large format pen and ink drawing of a cyclist quaffing a reviving 'dram' while on a cycling tour. Unfortunately, the exact location of The Old Posting Office is not given, but the drawing was for a full page in 'Cycling' Magazine, since the word 'Cycling' appears in bold script across the top centre of the drawing. Some slight 'browning', otherwise good. Signed and dated 1928 bottom left. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 16 x 11 1/2- inches, frame size 22 x 17-inches. £ 80 - 120
Lot 184
Frank Patterson - 'Cycling'. Artwork for 'Cycling' magazine cover, 1920. A large format pen, ink and colour wash drawing depicting an artist painting a picture of a castle, having left his bicycle resting against the trunk of a tree. A typed note on the reverse informs us that there is a note on the margin (beneath the mount) stating 'Drawing rejected as this Rudge Whitworth model is not fitted with a cotterless bottom bracket and is not supplied with a lamp'. Signed and dated 1920 bottom right. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 14 x 11-inches, frame size 20 3/4 x 16 3/4-inches. £ 80 - 120
Lot 185
Frank Patterson - 'The Beautiful Cross at Dorchester, Oxon'. A pen and ink drawing, apparently for an issue of 'Cycling' magazine, 1930 (note on reverse). Signed and dated 1930 bottom left. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 11 x 7-inches, frame size 18 1/2 x 13 1/2-inches. £ 50 - 80
Lot 186
Frank Patterson - 'Blundeston Church - mentioned in David Copperfield' and 'Beccles - on the Waveney'. Two pen and ink drawings on one L-shaped sheet. Some light 'browning' at the margins. Signed and dated 1928 bottom right. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 10-inches (max) x 11-inches (max), frame size 12 1/2 x 15 1/2- inches. £ 40 - 60
Lot 187
Frank Patterson - 'The Lighthouse, Southwold'. A pen and ink drawing, circa 1930 (note on reverse). A cyclist (in shadow) standing by his machine in the right foreground. Not signed or dated. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 5 1/2 x 10 3/4-inches, frame size 11 1/4 x 15 1/2- inches. £ 40 - 60
Lot 188
Frank Patterson - 'Packhorse Bridge over the Anstey, Leicestershire'. A pen and ink drawing depicting a cyclist looking down on the river from the bridge, his bicycle resting against the wall of the bridge. Signed below the title upper left corner, but not dated. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 5 1/2 x 11 3/4-inches, frame size 11 1/2 x 17 1/2- inches. £ 40 - 60
Lot 189
Frank Patterson - 'Ightham Mote, Kent'. A large format pen and ink drawing. Some light browning. A note on the reverse indicates that this was for publication in 'The Motor', issue dated 27th October 1931. Signed and dated 1931 lower left. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 11 3/4 x 8 1/4-inches, frame size 21 3/4 x 18-inches. £ 80 - 120
Lot 190
Frank Patterson - 'Chantry Lane, Storrington'. A pen, ink and brown wash drawing, depicting a bicycle resting by the roadside by a stream, with farm-buildings in the background. Some surface marks, and pencil notes in the lower margin. Signed and dated 1932, bottom right. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 11 x 8-inches, frame size 17 1/4 x 14 1/2- ins. £ 40 - 60
Lot 191
Frank Patterson - 'A Peep at the Back of Ovingdean Grange, Sussex'. A pen and ink drawing depicting the house, with sheep in the foreground. Some light 'foxing'. Signed below the title, bottom right, but not dated. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 11 x 8 1/4-inches, frame size 16 1/2 x 14-inches. £ 40 - 60
Lot 192
Frank Patterson - 'Boston, Lincoln'. A pen and ink drawing of the river, with a man rowing, the bank and a warehouse in the left foreground. Signed and dated 1933 below the title, bottom centre. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 10 x 7-inches, frame size 16 x 11 1/2- inches. £ 40 - 60
Lot 193
Frank Patterson - 'Traveller's Rest - Kirkstone Pass'. Pen, ink and brown wash drawing depicting a cyclist approaching the inn. Some light 'browning' to the upper margin. Unusually, this drawing is not inscribed by the artist with the location, but a note by Gerry Moore on the reverse identifies the spot. Signed and dated 1915, bottom right. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 6 1/2 x 12 1/2- inches, frame size 13 x 18 3/4-inches. £ 40 - 60
Lot 194
Frank Patterson - 'Crantock, Cornwall'. Pen and ink drawing depicting a view from the road. On the reverse is a photocopy of a similar scene by the artist, but with a bicycle in the foreground. There is also a note indicating that the drawing appeared in 'Cycling' magazine in 1947. Signed above the title, bottom left, but not dated. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 8 x 10-inches, frame size 13 x 14 3/4-inches. £ 40 - 60
Lot 195
Frank Patterson - 'The "Tumbledown Dick", Woodton, Norfolk'. Pen and ink drawing depicting a cyclist chatting with a jovial local man, possibly the gamekeeper, outside the hostelry. Some light 'browning' to the image. Signed bottom left, but not dated, though a note on the reverse indicates an appearance in 'Cycling' magazine in circa 1930. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 8 1/2 x 12-inches, frame size 15 1/2 x 18 1/2- inches. £ 40 - 60
Lot 196
Frank Patterson - 'Touring Odments (sic) in Hants'. Large format pen and ink drawing depicting three scenes: Porch of Warblington Church, The Nuns Door at Romsey Abbey, and The George Inn at Andover (with two cyclists walking their bicycles up the cobbled hill). Crease to the lower right corner (not touching the actual drawing). A note on the reverse indicates that this work was for an issue of 'Cycling' magazine, 1929. Signed and dated 1929 lower right-hand side. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 13 1/2 x 11 1/2- inches, frame size 18 1/2 x 16 1/2- inches. £ 80 - 120
Lot 197
Reg Gammon - 'Frank Patterson'. Two pencil studies on one rough-edged and slightly grubby sheet of paper of a recumbent Patterson, one full length, the other head-and-shoulders. Signed and dated 1914 lower edge. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size approximately 5 1/2 x 6 1/2- inches, frame size 13 x 15 1/4-inches.

Reg GAMMON (1894-1997), who was Frank Patterson's nephew, and who studied art privately with his uncle, was born in Petersfield, Hampshire, on 9th January 1894. He declined a place at the Slade School of Fine Art to pursue a career as an illustrator and writer. He drew for 'Punch', cycling and motoring magazines, and for a time after WW11 became a hill farmer in the Black Mountains of mid-Wales. In the 1950s he took up oil painting, and had a number of solo exhibitions at London's New Grafton Gallery. He died in Bridgewater, Somerset on 22nd April 1997 at the age of 103. £ 40 - 60
Lot 198
Reg Gammon - 'The Bear Hotel and Church, Esher, Surrey'. A large format pen and ink drawing, highly detailed, featuring the hotel in the upper left part of the sheet and the church lower right. Signed in the lower right corner, but not dated. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 9 3/4 x 18 1/4-inches, frame size 15 x 23 1/4-inches. £ 60 - 80
Lot 199
Rudolph Hagen - An attractive watercolour in black, grey and white wash depicting a night-time bicycling scene in the country, with a lady accompanied by two gentlemen, one of whom is engaged in lighting her bicycle lamp, while the other is leaning against the crossbar of his machine. Very good, clean condition, signed in the lower right-hand corner and dated '97. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 14 x 11-inches, frame size 23 x 19 3/4-inches. £ 100 - 150
Lot 200
William Rainey - 'Jack Ashore'. A large format watercolour in various shades of black, grey and white, with use of bodycolour, depicting a jolly Jack Tar riding a rear-steering tricycle down a village street while being observed by a number of local inhabitants. There is some 'browning' to the paint surface and a four-inch tear to the left of centre part of the work (near the top of the tricycle's wheel) but these blemishes do not greatly detract from the attractiveness of the image. A label on the reverse indicates that the painting was for an illustration in 'The Graphic' magazine. Signed lower right corner, but not dated, though presumably 1890/91 (see lot 201). Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 21.5 x 14.75-inches, frame size 32 x 25-inches.

William RAINEY RBA RI (1852-1936)
Born in London on 21st July 1852 and studied art at the South Kensington and Royal Academy Schools before starting a career in book illustration. Much of his best work was done for magazines, such as 'The Graphic', 'The Quiver', 'The Strand' and 'Chums', but he also illustrated a number of boys' stories. For the latter part of his life he lived in Eastbourne, where he died on 24th January 1936. £ 400 - 500
Lot 201
William Rainey - 'Jack Ashore'. A framed, mounted and glazed, hand-coloured illustration of the foregoing lot as it appeared in 'The Graphic' magazine. A label on the reverse reads 'Genuine Hand Coloured Print Date 1891'. Image size 11.75 x 8-inches, frame size 17.75 x 13.5-inches. £ 40 - 50
Lot 202
Isaac R. Cruikshank - 'Every Man on his Perch, or Going to Hobby Fair'. A hand-coloured engraving depicting twenty-four extremely diverse characters, such as a jockey, sailor, boxer, fishmonger etc., each riding an appropriately characterised hobby-horse. The engraving published by G. Humphrey, July 10th 1819. Good, clean condition, but the colours perhaps a little faded. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 6.5 x 9.5-inches, frame size 10.5 x 12.5-inches. £ 100 - 150
Lot 203
William Hatherall, R.I. - 'On Pleasure Bent' - A Bank Holiday Roadside Scene. A large format hand-coloured print depicting a varied group of suburban characters on their way to a day out in the country, and including half-a-dozen cyclists. Artist's printed signature in the lower left corner, with the date 1890. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 11.5 x 16.5-inches, frame size 18 x 22-inches. £ 30 - 50
Lot 204
C. Amyot - 'Whatever Next?' - A large format chromolithographic print of a young manservant supporting a giggling maidservant in her attempt to ride a bicycle in the hall of their mistress's house, and being discovered by their less than amused mistress. Dated 1897. Some slight staining, but generally good condition. Framed and glazed. Image size approximately 23.5 x 16.75-inches, frame size 25.5 x 18.75-inches. Together with Hal Hurst - 'Cycling in Hyde Park' - a large format colour print published in 'Vanity Fair', 11th June 11896. The print in good condition, although the colours appear to be somewhat faded. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 13 x 19-inches, frame size 19 x 25-inches. (2) £ 30 - 50
Lot 205
John Player & Sons Cigarette Cards - Cycling: A Series of 50 cards by the Editor of 'Cycling'. Mounted in two frames, one containing 23 cards, the other 27. On the reverse of the latter is taped a listing of the text for cards 26-50 as it appeared on the back of each cigarette card. A few cards slightly soiled or worn. Framed and glazed. Frame size 23.75 x 12.25-inches. (2) £ 20 - 30
Lot 206
'Drink Cadbury's Cocoa'. - An engraved advertisement by 'J.B.B.' depicting two riders of Ordinaries as they cycle past a young countrywoman. Not dated, but probably 1880s. Framed, mounted and glazed. Image size 14.5 x 9.5-inches, frame size 21.25 x 15.75-inches. Together with five other smaller format depictions of Ordinaries in various media, including six coloured 'scraps' of children playing musical instruments and an oval Cash's woven picture. All are framed (three are also glazed). (6) £ 30 - 50
Lot 207
Cecil Aldin - ' Cadbury's Cocoa'. An attractive print of ' the only known cycling drawing' by the celebrated artist and cartoonist, the original of which dates from 1900, showing a cyclist imbibing ' the ideal beverage for athletes' under the watchful eyes of a little girl and some poultry. Framed, mounted and glazed. Together with two other framed, mounted and glazed colour illustrations with cycling interest: a print showing 'John Cadbury's Shop, Bull Street, Birmingham, in the 1830s' and a colour photograph of a watercolour by C. A. Fesch, 1886, 'Cycling at Crystal Palace'. (3) £ 30 - 40
Lot 208
Lee Jungyu - 'A Dragonfly With a Bicycle'. A small colour print (Artist's Proof) with 'Ap' the title and artist's signature along the lower margin, and dating from 1998. Framed, mounted and glazed. Together with another, similarly framed, glazed and mounted, bicycle print of the same vintage and numbered 12 of an edition of 16 by an artist called Annette Rouchin, another print entitled 'Two Abreast' by John Holder (2007), a small print with the silhouette of a cyclist in a country setting, and a 'Bicycle Biscuit - Made in England 2002', all framed mounted and glazed. (5) £ 30 - 40
Lot 209
Jean Beraud - 'Le Chalet du Cycle'. An attractively framed, mounted and glazed colour print, together with three others, similar, by Toulouse-Lautrec, Frank Patterson, and 'Copperfield'. (4) £ 20 - 30
Lot 210
Cycling Club Photograph. - A recent printing of the members of a cycling club in front of 'The Greyhound' Public House, Kirton, Near Ipswich, Suffolk, circa 1890. Framed, mounted and glazed. Together with an original, slightly faded and spotted, studio photograph of two moustachioed gentlemen standing in front of an Ordinary bicycle, probably dating from circa 1885. (2) £ 20 - 30
Lot 211
A hand-coloured print showing Velocipedes during a 'Bicycle Tournament at Liverpool', mounted framed and glazed, 9 x 7-inches. Also a monochrome postcard size photograph of a solid-tyred bicyclist holding his bicycle. Framed and glazed, together with a decorative cycling clock. (3) £ 20 - 40
Lot 212
'Going to the Hobby Fair'. An engraving by Cruikshank, published by McLean, dated August 1835. Imaging a rotund lady being towed on a tricycle by a hobby horse rider and footman to the rear. 8 x 5-inches. Mounted framed and glazed. Not hand-coloured. £ 40 - 80
Lot 213
Hal Hurst - 'Cycling in Hyde Park' - a large format colour print published in 'Vanity Fair', 11th June 1896.
Also a complementary image by Gut (or Guti?) in similar style entitled 'Au Bois de Boulogne', also published in 'Vanity Fair', June 1897. Both prints in good condition, although the colours appear a little faded. Framed, mounted and glazed, the latter cracked. Image size 13 x 19-inches, frame size 19 x 25-inches. (2) £ 40 - 60
Lot 214
Two original advertisements from 1890s magazines, 'Rudge-Whitworth' and 'Vigor's' children's bicycles. Also, printed pates imaging Hobby Horses and solid tyred tricycles mounted and glazed in clip-board frames. Together with three other small framed and glazed prints (7) £ 20 - 40
Lot 215
A Stevengraph silk depiction of 'The Last Lap' showing five Ordinary's racing from left to right. Original mount and period frame. Some fading, otherwise sound. £ 20 - 60
Lot 216
Frank Patterson. A good collection of 39 original printing blocks, each depicting a Frank Patterson image, many with a Frank Patterson signature. The titles include: Pear Tree Farm (interior), Saddlescombe Suffolk, The Black Dog & Duck Bury Sussex, Widecombe in the Moor, Nene Valley, Braddle Head (1919), The Barley Mow - Ilminster, All appear to be in good condition and re-useable. (39) £ 60 - 120
Lot 217
Army Cycling. A box of assorted cuttings, pages from the London Illustrated News and Graphic Magazine, other illustrations relating to Territorial Manoeuvres and Army Cycling generally circa 1900-1920s. Also included are six cycling badges and a lead soldier and bicycle. (Qty) £ 40 - 60
Lot 218
Royal Cycling. A box containing assorted cuttings, photographs, photocopies covering Royalty who cycled. Also, a multi-paged typed manuscript 'Bicycling Royals' covering the period from the early 19th century to the present. Other typed text referring to the Osborne House machines, copies of letters, images supplied from the Windsor archives and much more. (Qty) £ 20 - 60
Lot 219
Magazine Cuttings. A large box containing over 150 cycling subject, full-pages from magazines such as The Illustrated London News, The Graphic and The Sketch some dating back to 1887. In very good condition and ideal for framing or research. (Qty) £ 20 - 60
Lot 220
Magazine Cuttings. A large box containing over 200 cycling subject cuttings from magazines such as The Illustrated London News, The Sketch and various books. Some are in clean bags and labelled, advertisements, sporting, non-cycling, racing, general adverts, Punch cycling and much more. In very good condition and ideal for framing or research. (Qty) £ 20 - 60
Lot 221
Hobby Horse lithographic prints. Four sets of four, reproduction colour prints, the originals by Thomas Tegg and originally published in Cheapside, London in 1819. (4) £ 20 - 40
Lot 222
A collection of artistic studies of women with their bicycles, some mounted, some ready to frame. Ideal gentleman's relish. Restricted viewing. Also a quantity of reproduction bicycle advertising posters and quality produced calendars. (Qty) £ 20 - 60
Lot 223
Bicycle Racing. A collection of photographs and posters relating to racing. (Qty) £ 20 - 30
Lot 224
The Sketch. Full page cycling and other transport cuttings removed from the magazine and carefully housed in two large blue folders, each with yearly separators covering the period 1893 to 1912. In excellent condition and a quality resource for the transport historian or ephemera collector. Together with a similar volume containing 'Cycle Classics' by John Fairbanks, with 24 colour prints of bicycles dating from an 1893 Dursley Pedersen(?) to the 1992 Lotus Whirlwind. (3) £ 20 - 60
Lot 225
'100 Years of Bicycle Posters'. Two volumes of this wonderfully illustrated volume by Jack Rennert, 1973. Square-backed soft cover, one volume in slightly better condition than the other. (2) £ 20 - 40
Lot 226
Military Cycling. A monochrome photograph of military cyclists circa 1900 together with a technical drawing for the circa 1910 'standard issue' military bicycle and component breakdown sheets. Also several other photographs, a quantity of reproduction posters and other cuttings and photographic studies. Ideal for a museum or a displayed bicycle collection. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Bicycle Showroom & Workshop Ephemera
Lot 236
A Victorian 'claw foot' bicycle bell. £ 80 - 120
Lot 237
Cyclemaster, numbered A46118. A more rare 25.7cc version dating circa 1949,mounted in its correct wheel, appears complete with its clutch, fuel system, hub and ignition system and carburettor, the latter missing its cover. £ 40 - 80
Lot 238
A rather interesting Seed-drill, painted green, cast iron with wooden handles, rotating seed spoons, supporting wheels and flattening front wheel. £ 20 - 40
Lot 239
A floor and wall-mounted, foot-operated carbon stone grinder by Union. £ 20 - 40
Lot 240
An assortment of bicycle showroom price cards for Hercules, James, New Hudson, Rudge, B.S.A. Weinmann and Fibrax. About 30 cards in good or better condition. £ 20 - 30
Lot 241
A box of bicycle lamps, comprising, three candle lamps to include a Joseph Lucas Ltd second pattern version circa 1903, two oil lamps and a acetylene gas lamp. (6) (AF) £ 40 - 60
Lot 242
'Depot for Ever Ready'. A hanging wall sign in glass with a copper frame, 18 x 13 inches. £ 30 - 60
Lot 243
A circular, two-colour enamel wall sign, Official Quarters - National Cyclists Union. Some chipping to the edges, but the body is in good fettle. 18-inch diameter. £ 40 - 60
Lot 244
Cycling Clothes. A deer-stalker, and two other hats, three tight-knitted pullovers with cycling motifs (about 40-inch chest), several silk cycling motif scarves , two pairs of gentleman's cycling trousers (40-44-inch waist) and two pairs of cycling shoes. (Qty) £ 20 - 40
Lot 245
A quantity of brochures for Eddy Merckx, Falcon and Coventry Eagle, with display cards. (Qty) £ 20 - 30
Lot 246
A table top hinged-lid glass cabinet. 15 x 14 x 2-inches. £ 20 - 40
Lot 247
'The Ocypus' patent 7825 bicycle stand, retaining its correct wheels and supports. £ 50 - 80
Lot 248
'Lucas Bells' a counter-top bicycle bell holder with a pierced scripted 'Lucas' Bells' decoration. nickel-plated on brass. £ 10 - 20
Lot 249
Yellorex 'La chaine francaise de qualite'. A counter-top point of sale dispenser. Created from sheet steel, painted blue with cream wording. A delightful survivor. £ 50 - 100
Bicycles & Tricycles
Lot 250
A circa 1910 Royal Enfield 'Riche Girder' single post, gentleman's bicycle (dismantled) having a 26-inch black-painted frame numbered 13858. It comes with original mudguards, handlebars, wheels, chainset (2), acetylene gas lamp, saddle brake fittings and tyres. Also included is an original circa 1910 Royal Enfield catalogue and other magazines. (AF) £ 40 - 80
Lot 251
A Rudge Whitworth lady's bicycle. The frame possesses its original box lining, with mudguards, wheels, brakes, tyres, chain wheel etcetera. Also a gentleman's machine, also with most fittings contained in a single blue box. Together with five modern wheels etcetera. A good interesting lot. £ 40 - 80
Lot 252
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Lot 253
A circa 1900, Barnes of America shaft-drive lady's bicycle, comprising an interesting swan neck style loop-frame, 27-inch wooden rims, back-pedalling brake, rat trap pedals and good tyres. An interesting and unique quality machine. £ 400 - 600
Lot 254
A French-manufactured road-racing gentleman's bicycle featuring a 21-inch enamelled frame, original nickel-plating to the interestingly designed fork shoulders (see image), handle-bars and calliper brakes, (Sublime & Rutter), 26-inch wooden rims, interesting dual rear chain adjuster and fork ends, quick release wing nuts and an 'Ideale' saddle. £ 400 - 600
Lot 255
A 'Strutt' folding bicycle by Orbit Cycles of Sheffield. An interesting 1997 built bicycle created from Columbus tubing finished in red. The machine features 24-inch wheels, hub brake in the rear wheel, Bowden cable operated front calliper brake and seven-speed Sturmey Archer hub gears operated by hand grip. Costing £900 when new. £ 180 - 220
Lot 256
A 1987 Raleigh 'Gold Plated' Century Commemorative gentleman's bicycle. A limited edition bicycle of which only 100 were manufactured for the UK market and 50 for the Irish market. These prestige machines were only offered to Raleigh agents, this example numbered 109. The bicycle is possibly unique as it has not been removed from its delivery box. It has a 22 1/2-inch frame, builders' slips, and authentication certificate. £ 400 - 600
Lot 260
A 1947(?) Claud Butler gentleman's bicycle having a 23-inch lugless frame numbered 731231 retaining its original blue enamel and transfers. It possesses a four-speed Simplex gear system with an 1/8th chain, Brooks B17 saddle, GB brakes, Allez pedals, Bayliss Wiley large flange hubs, Reynolds handlebar stem, Durax crank, rebuilt 26-inch wheels, Bluemels cream mudguards and 18-inch handlebars. £ 80 - 120
Lot 261
A circa 1939 Hercules gentleman's bicycle, of the type almost certainly manufactured for the American market. It possess a 22-inch double-top-tube frame, 28 x 1 1/2-inch rims with stainless spokes, Wrights leather saddle with double-coil springs, sweeping handlebars, bell and excellent bright work and back pedalling brake. This machine was sold by Gibbons of Spalding in 1941. £ 80 - 120
Lot 262
A circa 1957 Carlton 'Flyer' gentleman's track bicycle with 'road' front forks now fitted, 23-inch frame numbered F4294, fully chromium-plated frame retaining its original enamel, transfers and headstock badge. Fitted with tubular tyres, it possesses a 50-tooth chain wheel, Brooks 'Professional' saddle, Leotard pedals, a Campagnolo 'Record' hub with an A.V.A. rim, the front being a Normandy hub with a Mavic rim. A very light machine that performs rather well. £ 80 - 120
Lot 263
Ordinary bicycle parts comprising a circular and swaged backbone, 44-inch rim, 15-inch rear wheel rim, hub flanges, crank, axle, combined forks and handlebars, etcetera. Enough to build a good youth or small gentleman's bicycle (AF) £ 80 - 120
Lot 264
A child's solid-tyred tricycle, front wheel drive, leather-topped saddle, cranks and pedals. £ 10 - 20
Lot 265
A 1920s New Swallow boy's bicycle with an 18-inch frame, 20-inch wheels, leather saddle, up-turned handlebars, stirrup brakes, small crank, etcetera. £ 30 - 60
Lot 266
Elswick Juvenile diamond-framed bicycle with an 18-inch frame, mudguards but no wheels or pedals. Also, a child's bicycle with solid rubber tyres by Triang. (2) £ 10 - 20
Lot 267
Birmingham Small Arms. (Army) folding bicycle having a single stem seat tube, centrally fitted frame-grip wing nut tighteners, 24-inch wheels, front and rear correct style calliper brakes activated by Bowden cables and levers. B.S.A. crank but conventional rubber pedals fitted, Brooks saddle. £ 100 - 200
Lot 268
Rudge Whitworth gentleman's bicycle having a 23-inch frame with a number of 778552. This delightful machine also features correct high-point front and rear mudguards, nickel-plated fork crown, black celluloid covered handlebars with nickel-plated brake fittings, revolver bell, Brooks B66 saddle, Sturmey Archer three-speed hub gear and fitted rear rack. £ 100 - 200
Lot 269
A Columbia diamond-framed military bicycle. The 22-inch frame possesses the remnants of dark green paint, Columbia chain wheel and one-piece crank, high positioned but down-turned handlebars, 26-inch Endrick rims with front and rear calliper brakes, correct style mudguards, rat trap pedals. The bicycle comes with a 1942 dated parts list. (2) £ 100 - 200
Lot 270
A Hobbs of Barbican gentleman's bicycle having a 23-inch frame numbered ???795, 26-inch Weinmann aluminium rims and calliper brakes, dynamo front hub, front lamp fixing to the off-side front forks, rear rack, Brooks 'competition' saddle and bell. An interesting machine showing its original transfers and light-green finish, now in poor condition. £ 100 - 150
Lot 271
Garratt of Battersea semi-sports gentleman's bicycle having a 24-inch frame, Weinmann 27-inch 'Club Tourist' rims and calliper brakes, Light-blue paintwork with transfers (non-original?) and an Osgear type three-speed gear (although the jockey wheel is marked Simplex). Dropped handlebars and leather lightweight saddle. £ 50 - 100
Lot 272
A lady's loop-framed bicycle frame with blind end forks with its general fittings, mudguard, rear wheel and handlebars in a separate box. Also a gentleman's diamond-frame with attached cranks, together with four other wheels, two with new tyres. A good lot. (Qty) £ 20 - 60
Lot 273
A Hillman Herbert and Cooper (believed) tricycle rear axle. Comprising an adjustable Bown bearings, inch-pitch Sturmey differential, and 30-inch spoked wheels with remains of rubber tyring. £ 200 - 300
Lot 274
A circa 1898 gentleman's tricycle featuring 28-inch wheels, front mudguard, Abingdon rear axle, sloping top tube, rat trap pedals, inch-pitch chainset, 25-inch semi-drop handlebars, front plunger brake, brass dome bell, large Brooks saddle and later but appropriate rear rack. £ 600 - 800
Lot 275
A rare Gormully & Jeffery Mfg. Co., of America gentleman's bicycle having a 24-inch frame, 28 x 1 1/2 -inch wheels rebuilt, inch-pitch chain set with an interesting designed chain wheel, a rare Morrow Coaster with back peddling brake hub, very decorative rococo style lugs, blind fork ends, up-swept handlebars with original cork and nickel-plated grips, large bell, saddle bag and confederate hat. £ 600 - 800
Lot 276
A reverse steer, 'Un-rideable' bicycle having a red frame, saddle, two-hand operated rear brake. £ 80 - 100
Lot 277
An 'Everyman's' camping trailer by Pagine & Broughton. The box is 19 x 34-inches and 14-inches high, Side hinge lid, good 16-inch wheels, bracket towing assembly, reflectors and mudguards. £ 80 - 120
Lot 278
A rare c1898 Bamboo Cycle Co., gentleman's bicycle with a 20-inch frame with an indistinct number. It features its correct chain wheel and cranks, lug-work, swept handlebars, lamp bracket and mounting step. Wooden wheels are fitted together with a leather saddle, tool bag and coasting feet rests. The front forks made to style but a later addition. £ 2,000 - 3,000
Lot 279
A Burdin 'Derny' pacing motorcycle. Having been in dry storage for a while, this interesting machine is believed to be a complete motorcycle and comes with a further two units which could be used as donor machines. They were believed to have been used in the Bordeaux-Paris classic road race in the 1960s, a race that covered 560 km. Latterly, these motorcycles were used at the Reading Velodrome. Motor cycles with a capacity of under 50cc were free of duty on French roads, however, the French authorities appeared to turn a blind eye to the fact that these machines had Zurcher two-stroke engines of 98cc. (3) (AF) £ 250 - 350
Lot 280
A Hercules double-gentleman's tandem bicycle with a 21-inch frame with a number of ED7679. Recently having undergone a full refurbishment, the bicycle features a black enamel frame, matching handlebars, rat trap pedals and saddles. The rebuilt wheels have internal expanding brakes on both wheels, Sturmey Archer three-speed hub, quadrant control, new mudguards and fitted pump. £ 180 - 220
Lot 281
A Sunbeam double-gentleman's tandem bicycle having a 21 1/2-inch frame numbered U.550.0.25817. a rare machine which is currently fitted with Derailleur five-speed gearing although a more correct Blumfield combination internal expanding brake and three-speed gear hub comes with its purchase. An internal expanding hub brake is fitted to the 26-inch front wheel. The machine has matching handlebars and pedals, original black enamel and Sunbeam transfers. £ 150 - 200
Lot 282
A circa 1946 French 'Porteur' gentleman's bicycle manufactured by J. Perrotin (of Tour de France fame). The bicycle possesses a 23-inch frame, wheels and a 'Welcome' saddle. Lacking a pedal crank. See N&V Feb/March 2008 for a description and story about this machine. £ 20 - 40
Lot 283
A Dawes 'Sterling' gentleman's bicycle having a 23-inch blue enamelled frame with numbered 9195. In generally good condition, it possesses 28-inch Endrick rims, 12-speed gearing, Reynolds tubing, Dawes saddle and aluminium mudguards. A good touring machine. £ 30 - 60
Lot 284
A Crosby of Evesham model 'Ace' lady's touring bicycle. The blue enamelled 22-inch frame is numbered 75928. It possesses 27-inch wheels GB braking, rat trap pedals, Cyclo 4-speed gearing, Brooks saddle and good chromium-plating, Bluemels mudguards. A good touring machine in good original condition. £ 30 - 60
Lot 285
A 1930s B.S.A. lady's touring bicycle having a 22 1/2-inch loop-frame numbered 77238, 26-inch Westwood rims, centre-pull brakes back and front, rear rack, decorative saddle and front basket. £ 30 - 60
Lot 286
A circa 1930 Humber gentleman's bicycle having a 24-inch frame with a number of V9018, original black enamel and transfers, 28-inch wheels, Sturmey Archer combination internal expanding brake and three-speed gearing, rod operated hub brake on the front wheel, fully enclosed chain guard, rear rack and nicely conceived saddle. £ 50 - 100
Lot 287
A Raleigh gentleman's bicycle having a 24-inch frame 26-inch wheels with no tyres, rear rack, Sturmey Archer three-speed hub gear and quadrant control. A good restoration project. £ 20 - 40
Lot 288
An early Royal Enfield gentleman's bicycle having a 25-inch 'braced' frame numbered 38222, cottered bottom bracket, Sturmey Archer three-speed hub gear, rear rack, saddle and 28-inch wheels. A good restoration project. £ 20 - 40
Lot 289
A Hercules gentleman's bicycle having a 22-inch frame, 26-inch Endrick rims with cable-operated calliper brakes, original chain wheel and cranks, Bluemels pump, a rare Lucas Signa rear reflector and a complete Cyclo three-speed gear system with its hand-control and cables. A good restoration project. £ 20 - 40
Lot 290
A rare New Hudson 'New Rapid' gentleman's bicycle with a 21-inch square-section frame, 26-inch wheels with stirrup braking, rear rack and saddle. It possesses its original black enamel finish together with its down tube gilt transfer. With a little work, a good touring machine. £ 20 - 40
Lot 291
A Royal Enfield diamond-frame gentleman's touring bicycle, having a 26-inch frame, 28-inch wheels, centre-pull front brake and a back-pedalling contracting band brake at the rear. It comes with its original loop handlebars, mudguards and a brass pump. No saddle fitted. A good restoration project. £ 20 - 40
Lot 292
A C.W.S. Post Office delivery bicycle, suitable for a lady. It features correct headstock mounted mailbag carrier and wire mesh, rod operated front and rear brakes, GPO transfer and pierced chain wheel, red frame. £ 40 - 80
Lot 293
A lady's Sunbeam bicycle dating from the mid 1930s, having a black enamel 21-inch frame, full chain case, Sturmey Archer K7 three-speed hub and change quadrant, 26-inch wheels, Sunbeam rod braking, rear rack, saddle, bell and lamp bracket. A good serviceable machine. £ 40 - 60
Lot 294
Two gentleman's bicycle frames together with a black painted double-gents tandem frame and its forks. Ripe for restoration or parts. (3) £ 10 - 20
Lot 295
A blue and red Triang child's tricycle £ 5 - 10
Lot 296
A green-painted child's tricycle together with a red pedal-powered scooter. (2) £ 10 - 20
Lot 297
A green-painted scooter and a green-painted solid-tyred bicycle for a child. (2) £ 10 - 20
Lot 298
A rare Alcyon gentleman's path racer with a 22-inch frame, correct chain wheel, back pedalling Eadie rear hub brake, wide flat handlebars, tool bag, brass pump, rubber block pedals and a front oil lamp. £ 40 - 80
Lot 299
A Royal Enfield 'Military' bicycle having a 26-inch frame with cottered bottom bracket, back-pedalling brake, plunger front brake, 28-inch Westwood rims, large Brooks saddle and an original canvas frame bag. A J. Lucas Ltd., 'KORA' acetylene gas lamp is fitted together with a brass pump and bell. £ 40 - 80
Lot 300
A B.S.A. 'Gold Vase' gentleman's bicycle dating from 1939. The 22-inch frame is in good fettle with a contracting brake to the rear and Resilion brake on the front. With 26-inch Endrick rims, it also possesses two dynamo projectors, Veedor cyclometer, chain guard, rear rack, stand and bell. £ 40 - 60
Lot 301
A Phillips (?) straight tube lady's bicycle with a 21-inch frame numbered 35635, centre pull stirrup brakes, mudguards, semi-drop wide handlebars, petit rear rack and a Simplex gearing system. £ 40 - 60
Lot 305
A Rudge Whitworth gentleman's touring roadster with a 24-inch frame, 28-inch wheels, mud-splash mudguards, Rudge Whitworth patent 270062 chain case, Sturmey Archer three-speed rear hub and quadrant control, rear rack, leather saddle and bell. £ 40 - 80
Lot 306
An early B.S.A. gentleman's touring bicycle having a double top-tube, 25-inch frame, rear rack, 28-inch Westwood rims, B.S.A. three-speed hub and control, indistinct frame number, Brooks saddle and the remains of its original black enamel. £ 120 - 140
Lot 307
A Humber gentleman's touring bicycle with a 25-inch double-top tube black enamel frame, 28-inch wheels, Sturmey Archer three-speed rear hub and quadrant control, centre pull roller brakes and semi up-turned 18-inch handle bars, curved rear stays. A good sound machine. £ 80 - 120
Lot 308
An interesting diamond-frame gentleman's bicycle dating circa 1900, having capped front forks, 25-inch black enamel frame, 28-inch period rims, 7-inch nickel-plated chain wheel, inch-pitch chain, fixed wheel and nickel-plated and leather 'Heavy Duty Olympic' saddle, and narrow 16-inch handlebars. £ 140 - 180
Lot 309
A Phillips double-carrier dual-gender bicycle having a lidded basket to the front and an open basket at the rear, frame plate for a sign-written advertisement, 22-inch black enamel frame, 28-inch rear wheel, 20-inch steering wheel. In sound condition. £ 80 - 120
Lot 310
A carrier bicycle having a deep front basket with a lid. A 20-inch frame numbered 11323Y, 26-inch driving wheel, 20-inch front wheel, mudguards, leather saddle and wide handlebars. £ 80 - 120
Lot 311
A James gentleman's tricycle having a 24-inch frame with an indistinct number, three 28-inch wheels, adjustable combination Abingdon differential and brake, 'Sunbeam style' two-gear bracket/chain-wheel with a top tube control, leather saddle and a centre-pull front brake. £ 100 - 120
Lot 312
A James lady's tricycle having a 22-inch frame with an indistinct number, three 28-inch wheels, adjustable combination Abingdon differential and brake, centre-pull front brake, green enamel frame and correct mudguards to each wheel. £ 100 - 120
Lot 313
A Hughes of Birmingham 'Bath Chair' having a spring metal frame supported by 26-inch solid-tyred wheels, 15-inch steering wheel, good condition woven wicker seat and turned pushing handle and tiller control. Width 24-inches, total length 60-inches. £ 150 - 250
Lot 314
A circa 1882 Hillman Herbert & Cooper 'Double Hollow Forks' DHF Ordinary bicycle No 8779. Possessing a 52-inch driving wheel, an 16-inch trailing wheel, Bown 'Aeolus' adjustable bearings and ball bearings in the rear, circular backbone tapering to the rear forks, adjustable step, original nickel-plated rear and front fork ends and semi-dropped handlebars, slotted pedal cranks and original Bown pedals with non-original rubbers, 'Arab' cradle spring saddle, bell, original turned bone grips, spoon brake and lever, albeit the turned grip and spring are missing. With a little work (straightening the handlebars), a good touring machine. £ 1,800 - 2,200
Lot 315
A 1930s youth's Sunbeam with a 20-inch diamond-frame and 24-inch chromium-plated rims. Black-painted frame and chain case, two-speed 'Sunbeam' bottom bracket/chain wheel gearing, leather saddle and up-turned handlebars, frame number 169982. £ 50 - 100
Lot 316
A 1980s Ribble gentleman's touring bicycle having a 20-inch frame, original enamel and transfers, 26-inch wheels, RSX brakes, 16-gears, chromium-plated forks, saddle bag and quick release Canpagnolo 'V'-section rims. £ 50 - 100
Lot 317
A 1980s Frank Kirk, 'Kirk Precision' gentleman's touring bicycle, Having a white-enamelled 23-inch frame, 27-inch wheels, Modolo brakes, 14-gears, sports saddle and Campagnolo chain set. Little used. £ 50 - 100
Lot 318
Hans Junkermann. A German-built gentleman's road bicycle finished in silver with polished aluminium fittings, 23-inch frame of 531 tubing, 26-inch narrow section tyres, leather saddle, Weinmann calliper brakes, 10-speed gearing, Coronado chain set, water-bottle holder. An excellent light machine. £ 80 - 120
Lot 319
Freddie Grubb 'Track Iron' with a 21 1/2-inch frame numbered of 8136 on the near side fork end, original enamel, riveted head badge, Airlite hubs and free-wheel fitted. £ 80 - 120
Lot 320
A Vindec (?) gentleman's bicycle with a 27-inch double-top-tube frame, Sturmey Archer three-speed hub and its quadrant control, together with a Powell & Hanmer Ltd., acetylene gas lamp projector, a generator and Joseph Lucas Ltd., rear lamp. £ 40 - 80
Lot 321
A New Rapide bicycle with a 21-inch frame, three-speed B.S.A. hub gears and top-tube operating lever, 26-inch wheels fitted. An unusual and rare machine. £ 30 - 60
Lot 322
A circa 1927 Hercules carrier bicycle with basket and fittings. £ 40 - 80
Lot 323
A circa 1900 gentleman's bicycle with a 23-inch frame which is numbered 29696 and features an inch-pitch chain set and chain, original style pedals, green frame, up-tuned handlebars, plunger brake, cork grips and a leather saddle. £ 80 - 120
Lot 324
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Lot 325
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Lot 326
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Lot 327
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Lot 328
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Lot 329
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Lot 330
A circa 1895 Quadrant Cycle Co., lady's tricycle having rebuilt rims on original hubs with 'New World Tour' 26-inch tyres fitted, 25-inch handlebars, plunger brake, rear facing feet rests, lamp bracket, original and correctly forward-fitted mudguards over the rear wheels, driving axle, chain set and inch-pitch block chain (not fitted). A delightfully original machine and an ideal simple restoration project. £ 400 - 600
Lot 331
A circa 1881 Howe Machine Company Ltd., open front, rear-steering tricycle. An imposing and very rare rear-steering tricycle being numbered 26 and possibly dating from as early as 1880. The two supporting 45-inch wheels are in fine condition, the nearside being driven by a 1 1/4-inch chain. Steering is by rack and pinion to the rear wheel controlled by a wooden grip stirrup handle, and a twin handle on the driver's left operates the dual-spoon brake. The shaped wooden seat and back rest are new but made to pattern, the latter bearing an engraved brass plate, 'Manufactured by The Howe Machine Co. Ltd. Glasgow'. A very sound machine which was restored some time ago and has been dry-stored since. Much research was carried out on this vehicle in the 1960s by James Wood of the Museum of Transport in Glasgow. See image front cover also. £ 3,500 - 4,500
Lot 332
A 1923 Raleigh 'Modele Superbe' Cross-Frame gentleman's roadster with a 26-inch frame with a number of 89360, 28-inch alloy Roman rim wheels, three-speed Sturmey Archer with and original handlebar shift. Later Raleigh front lamp holder but it retains its original 'R' motif rear light holder. Mechanically very sound, paintwork and nickel-plating is nicely mellowed, original transfers clearly discernible, as is the gilt lining . Original Terry's leather cloth saddle, together with an old dynamo with front/rear lamps, believed as originally fitted. It comes with a report on its provenance and owners. A delight. £ 180 - 240
Lot 333
A rare circa 1952 B.S.A. 'Tour of Britain' lightweight roadster. Sold as an Autographed Frame Set (Bob Maitland, Tiny Thomas, etcetera), the 23-inch 'Reynolds 531' frame has double-butted tubes and cut-away tapered lugs. It also features period components such as Benelux Derailleur with hand control, GB 'Tour of Britain' handlebars and stem, Arret levers operating GB side-pull callipers. The frame was originally fitted with a gas bottle inflator. No original transfers, but it possess its original B.S.A. head badge. Dunlop lightweight steel rims on contemporary high flange hubs with B.S.A. wing nuts and pedals. 531 tubing throughout, B.S.A. double chain wheel (steel, not alloy as is in original specification). £ 120 - 180
Lot 334
A rare James Beech 'Eclipse A1' 52-inch Ordinary. Working from 39 Union Street, Plymouth between 1878 and 1879, this early machine possesses a 'V' section rim with 52 nut-adjusted spokes, a pair of single-blade forks, adjustable headstock with a circular backbone (with two steps), tapering to caster cranked forks supported by a 16-inch trailing wheel. The saddle pan is fitted with a later leather covering held by a single leaf spring with the maker and his address etched into the steel, just behind the saddle. Period 25-inch straight handlebars are fitted (renewed) ending with its original turned bone grips, spoon front brake with correctly fitted return spring and shaped lever. The 7-inch slotted cranks house James Beech original pedals (engraved on outer casing) with modern replacement rubbers fitted as original. A rare, interesting and highly rideable early bicycle. £ 1,200 - 1,600
Lot 335
A mid-1880s Humber & Co. 50-inch Ordinary. Numbered 10274 (on the head-stock and both wheel hubs), this delightfully original machine possesses a 50-inch driving wheel, an 16-inch trailing wheel, adjustable bearings and ball bearings in the rear, circular backbone tapering to the rear forks, mounting step, original nickel-plated head pivot and cow-horn handlebars, slotted pedal cranks and original pedals, a coiled leaf spring saddle support, saddle bag, original turned bone grips, spoon brake and lever, leg guard and steering head dust cover. Much of its original black enamel finish and box lining remains together with an agency transfer (indistinct but inspect a drawn résumé) on the backbone. A good touring machine that has been carefully used by the vendor in over 25 years of custodianship. See illustration front cover. £ 1,800 - 2,200

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