Large Collection of Motorcycle Toys 20th century

Featuring Hoge keywind Traffic Cycle-Car Delivery, an early Japanese keywind Welby delivery cycle with helmeted driver, an unusual French clockwork aluminum cycle with Bakelite sidecar stamped "Auto-Cycle Paris," a nickel-plated cycle with rubber tires and a brown sidecar, includes pre and post-war versions of the Marx keywind Speedboy Delivery carts, a Wyandotte Humphrey Mobile, a Wyandotte Easter Bunny cycle with sidecar. This collection also contains a large selection of Japanese post-war toys by Alps, Bandai, Linemar, San, Matsudaya, Nomura and Yone. Including a boxed Ice Cream Vendor by Nomura, 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.

Some wear and damage, most notably the Welby Cycle has residue on mechanism, Bakelite sidecar is cracked, nickeled cycle missing windshield. Highway patrol light staining on battery box and the Expert Motorcyclist battery box is damaged.
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