1870 Eugène Meyer de Paris Vélocipède

AS THE Tour de France came to an end, this 1870 Eugène Meyer de Paris Vélocipède sold on its top estimate for £26,000 (plus 15 per cent buyer’s premium) at Brooks’ Summer Vintage sale at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu on July 27.

The particularly rare machine demonstrates the transition and development of wooden wheel vélocipède…

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