Copake – 32nd Annual Antique & Classic Bicycle Auction
October 12, 2024 at 9AM
266 Rt. 7A – Copake, NY 12516
www.copakeauction.com

COPAKE, N.Y. — For more than 30 years Copake Auction has been the meeting place for antique and classic bicycle collectors and enthusiasts from all over the world. For nearly all these annual events the country auction company has not only conducted highly anticipated cataloged auctions but also its pre-auction Friday swap meet and 10-mile ride. Copake Auction’s 32nd annual bicycles auction will be conducted Saturday October 12, at 9 am.

Over the decades the father and son team of Michael and Seth Fallon have sold such collections as the Pedaling History Museum collection, the David Metz collection, Roger Johnson collection, Pope Mfg. Co. Reference Library collection, the Pennsylvania Dutch Co., Museum (Mt. Holly Springs, Penn.), Bob Trimble, Yesteryear Museum, J.R. Planck Museum, Ben Bowden Archives, Ex Schwinn Museum items, Ed Berry collection (Oregon) and the Lane Motor Museum (Nashville, Tenn.), just to name a few. The diversity of consignments ranges from a $10 rare head badge to a $166,000 motorcycle and everything in between.

This year’s catalog features 522 lots consigned from all over the continental United States, including the Wayne and Kim Batten collection. “This is the most high-wheel bikes we have ever offered in one session,” according to Mike Fallon, referring to the consignment that will feature 45 high wheels and 50 safety bicycles. Highlights from the collection include a circa 1880s Kangaroo high wheel bicycle made by Hillman, Herbert & Cooper of Coventry; a Pony Star 44-inch high wheel bicycle. Mfg. H.B. Smith Co., Smithville N.J.; a barn fresh 44-inch Crypto geared high wheel; a 1907 Golden Sunbeam tricycle; a Nineteenth Century blacksmith-made boneshaker and much more.

Other various consignments include a New Rapid high wheel bicycle, circa 1887, 54 inches retaining its original nam badge “Sole U.S. Agent…St. Clary & Co., Baltimore Md….Makers S. Georges Engineering Company Birmingham, England”; leather tool pouch with tools; bells. Other brands include Victor, Columbia, Eagle, Bayliss Thomas, New Rapids, Gormully & Jeffery and more.

The auction will feature more than 100 hard tire and pneumatic safety bicycles. Brand names include Lozier, Columbia, Cleveland, Union, Eagle, Clipper, Victor and more. According to Seth Fallon, many of these are in “Barn Find” condition, which collectors love. Also included this year will be balloon tire era bicycles, road racing bicycles, tricycles, parts and accessories and more. As usual, the sale will feature parts and accessories, decorative items and collectibles, art and ephemera and more to include catalogs, pinbacks and medals, posters, advertising tear sheets, bicycle lamps, cyclometers, badges, horns, bugles, tools, saddles, tanks, tobacco cards, books, watches, photography, rims, advertising sign and more.

Previews will be Thursday and Friday October 10-11, from 10 am to 4 pm. Also, on Friday, October 11, will be the swap meet in the back sheep field from dawn ‘til dusk with free public admission and a $25 vendor fee. The auction will be live, in-person and live online at LiveAuctioneers and Invaluable.

Copake Auction is at 266 Route 7A, For information, www.copakeauction.com or 518-641-1935.

This sale will be online and open to the public, CALL TO RESERVE SEATS
Gallery Preview: Oct. 10-11: 10-4 PM
Terms: Cash – Visa – MasterCard – Discover – 20% Buyer’s Premium (25% B.P. for Live Auctioneers, Invaluable and Auctionzip) -First time buyers must establish credit prior to auction to pay with check
COPAKE AUCTION INC. Michael & Seth Fallon Ph: 518-641-1935 info@copakeauction.com
Star High Wheel H.B. Smith Co. N.J.
New Rapid High Wheel C.1887
C.18801s Star High Wheel
C.1880’s Kangaroo High Wheel 38″
Pony Star 44″ High Wheel
19th c. Boneshaker
Rare Rear Steering Pneumatic Safety
Shimano Light Weight built for Patrick Sercu
Pins, Buttons & Medals
Flying Merkel
Silverplate Bugle
Signs & Advertising
1907 Golden Sunbeam Tricycle
Ephemera Art & Photos
Dersley Pedersen
1949 Schwinn Autocycle
Steams Yellow Fellow Tandem
Gormully & Jeffery Rambler No.1
Lakins Cyclometer
Crypto Geared Ordinary 44″
Lamps & Accessories
Bicycles and Bicycle related Collectibles, Parts/Accessories, Ephemera, Art, Photography, and more. Several collections to be offered including The Wayne & Kim Batten Collection, featuring 45 high wheels and 50 safety bicycles!
SWAP MEET: Friday Oct. 11: 6 AM, $25 Vendor/Free to Public/Food Truck On site – WWW.C0PAKEAUCTI0N.COM