Dating a boneshaker sold at £1350

Certainly the most eye-catching lot offered by Lincoln saleroom Thos. Mawer and Son (15% buyer’s premium) on April 23 was this carved bone or ivory model of a 1940s Raleigh Roadster bicycle.

Measuring 73/4in (19cm), it outstripped its modest estimate of £120-180 to sell to the trade at £135…

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