May 11-15, 2021 Coin-Op, Advertising, Petroliana, & Railroadiana
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/14/2021
This is a lot of 6 early bicycle catalogs and advertising. First is a Gormully & Jeffery 1898 cardboard fold-out advertising their "Rambler" bicycles for 1898. Second is a 1894 advance circular for Stearns Bicycles of Syracuse, with 18 pages of illustrations and descriptions of their bicycle selection. Third is a 1894 "LU-MI-NUM" aluminum bicycles by the St. Louis Refrigerator and Wooden Gutter Co. St. Louis. 28 pages of illustrations and descriptions of the bicycles. Fourth is an 1898 32 page catalog for the Orient Bicycles of the Waltham Manufacturing Co. Waltham Mass. Outstanding descriptions and illustrations of some very unusual bicycles including a "Decemtuple" 10-person bicycle. Fifth is a 1894 Derby Bicycle catalog. 16 pages of descriptions and illustrations. Sixth and last is an 1897 catalog for the Eclipse Bicycle company of Elmira NY. 32 pages of great illustrations and descriptions of their bicycles and accessories. All 6 catalogs have some damage, ranging from light tears to covers coming off and the Eclipse having had the bottom 10% cut off. In spite of the damage, an outstanding example of cycling at the turn of the century.
Condition: (Poor - Good).
Item Dimensions: Largest: 7 - 3/4" x 7 - 3/4".