
Coming up to the auction block at Cowan’s on February 20, 2010. Lot #457.
Columbia Model 65 chainless bicycle, with aluminum label dating it to 1900. A male chainless pneumatic safety made by the American Bicycle Company, successors to Monarch Company. With original hard leather saddle seat and white-wall balloon tires; dia. 27 in. Also includes a 1897 oil lamp by Aladdin Lamp Company and bell set on cork-covered handlebars.
Provenance: Property from The Estate of H.H. Thomas, Lexington, Ky.
Condition: Original wheels have dryrot and frame has been cleaned.
(EST $600-$800)









