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Does this bicycle qualify as an antique?

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  1. Knothead

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    I noticed this ad on Facebook Marketplace this morning, asking price is $10,000. I think I'll have to pass!

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  2. Eric Wanderweg

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    The wheels are missing a few spokes. $25 off the asking price right off the bat :whistle:
     
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    Lol. That is pretty neat. I could see some business owner or something buying that to stop traffic in front of the store. Not sure for 10k.
     
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    He knows what he's got.
     
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    Obviously, it is not...It has wheels!! :eek:
     
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    His had wheels, but they were wood! So yes, this is obviously not his old bike...:confused:
     
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    Are you sure his wheels were round? :whistle:
     
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    Sheez when that kid hit that tree on his bike that had to hurt:rofl: :lol:
     
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    They turn up in strange places.
     
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    Photoshopped? for all of them.
     
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  15. Knothead

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    The logo on the front fork appears to be a J.C. Higgins bicycle. From 1908 until 1962, Sears, Roebuck & Company sold a wide variety of sporting goods and recreational equipment, including bicycles, golf clubs, rifles, shotguns, and revolvers under the brand name "J. C. Higgins." These products were well made and were popular with the company's historical core of rural and working class.

    The brand name, J. C. Higgins, was based on a real person, John Higgins who was a Sears employee. He moved from his birth country of Ireland to the United States in his late teens and began working for Sears in 1898. He spent his entire working career with Sears and was Vice President for the company for a period of time. He was actually born with no middle name but the Sears Co. presented the idea of labeling their sporting good line with his name and saw it more presentable labeling the brand as J.C. Higgins. He worked with the company until his retirement as head bookkeeper in 1930. Higgins died in 1950. His expertise in sporting goods or sports is unknown.

    Below is a 1953 24"

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  16. Chud

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    Did you notice the notch on the backside like they hadn’t noticed the bike?
     
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    Hey, that was a perfectly good piece of firewood.
     
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    I bet it was a double stem and that's where they cut off the other...
     
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    I bet you are right...they parked the bike between the stems and it was leaning to that side...
     
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