Bike toys sell for $15,000
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Bike toys sell for $15,000
A collection of antique toy motorcycles has gone under the hammer for more than £9,000 at an auction in New York.
The collection of motorcycle models, belonging to the publishing tycoon Malcolm Forbes, went for $15,000 (£9,640) at Sotherby’s. The entire collection, which included aircraft, boats, cars and lorries ranging from the 1920s to the 1980s, sold for a total of $2.3 million.
The prized item in the high-end sale was a 3ft-long replica of the 1915 ocean liner Lusitania, which sold for a staggering $194,500.
The collection of motorcycle toys from the 20th century included an unusual French clockwork aluminium cycle with Bakelite sidecar stamped “Auto-Cycle Paris”, a nickel-plated cycle with rubber tires and a brown sidecar, a Wyandotte Humphrey Mobile, and a Wyandotte Easter Bunny cycle with sidecar.
The collection also included a large selection of Japanese post-war toys by Alps, Bandai, Linemar, San, Matsudaya, Nomura and Yone. A boxed Ice Cream Vendor by Nomura, a friction-powered Harley and Venus cycles, Linemar Mickey and Pluto cycles, battery-operated Highway Patrol and expert Motorcyclist by Matsudaya, as well as some later post-war toys were also featured.
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