Old Antique Toys: A Beautiful Tippco Motorcycle Goes to Auction

Friday, January 19, 2018
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A Beautiful Tippco Motorcycle

Goes to Auction

Please click here to visit this excellent ebay toy seller

I've written about Drfrakenstoy before, but forgot I had written about him and his find toys on ebay. So when I got a reply to my usual letter requesting permission, I was a bit embarrassed that Tomas mentioned that I had written about him and his toy store before.

I had a look at what Tomas was selling, and came across a beautiful Tippco motorcycle.

Description:

Very scarce first version of this large Tippco motorcycle with sidecar. Made in Germany circa 1927. Motorcycle shows very intricate lithography with beautiful colors. Usually known as "The mother-in-law cycle" referring to the passenger on sidecar. Very hard to find piece. It is 10 inches long by 5.5 inches wide by 6.5 inches tall. (254 mm long x 140 mm wide x 155 mm tall)
This is most certainly a very large toy.
Lithographed metal (tin most probably) with a wind-up mechanism

The middle illustration (below) shows a smaller version of the toy that Tomas is selling.

The top illustration (below) shows the larger-sized version of the motorcycle that Tomas

is selling. But in this 1937 catalogue, this motorcycle comes with a light, which was probably

illuminated by a battery.

Please note:

If you click on any photo, the image will magnify (get larger). Also, at the bottom of the page, there will be smaller photos that are the same ones as in this post. The advantage of this is that you can see the toys much better, when they are enlarged.

So keep in mind that the motorcycle offered by Tomas is older (circa 1927),

and did not come with a battery-operated front headlight.