Carlton World

[rjackson44]

terrific do you still have the mustang??

[cmoore330]

Congrats on your deal! I sure do love those football pieces you traded!

[base_ball]

Your spotting the piece in the photograph is almost as impressive as finding the piece itself! Fabulous

[CarltonHendricks]

Hey thanks everyone for the kind words on the Vienna...Below another recent p/u...



Picked this up in an auction in Belgium recently…friend tipped me off to it…I prefer American but this was too cool to pass up…These city to city races were popular with motorcycles and autos in the teens and twenties in Western Europe…I gather this Liege to Paris to Liege race was a major race…but I’ve had a hard time researching it because I don’t know the go to people in Europe and the language barrier….the three major languages spoken in Belgium are Dutch, French, and German…Liege was I think the second largest city in Belgium next to Brussels…ya learn a lot collecting!…I think most Americans find this all curious but from what I’ve seen motorcycle racing was no less popular in Europe than it was here…maybe more so…Italy, Germany, France….they were all motorcycle crazy back in the early days of the teens and twenties…Below are some key questions I would like to learn about this statue.

1. Was it a trophy?
2. Was it a souvenir?
3. Who made it?
4. How many were made?
5. Were similar statues made for other races?
6. How many contestants competed in the race?
7. Who won the race?

[pedodds]

Hey Carlton,
Great pickup! Please circle back when you answer the 7 questions! Fabulous images of the statue! Did you use some type of special photographers box? The statue is in great shape for being so fragile!
I imagine it is pretty light because it’s plaster? Thanks for sharing!
John

[Michael B]

If you do your search through Chrome or Chrome Edge you may have the option to translate automatically. It does it for me when I search ebay Germany. It also did it when I found your statue on the site that sold it. You got it for a fair price.

Here is a link to the oldest cycle/motorcyle manufacturer in Belgium. If you read the article you will see that they entered 3 bikes in the 1921 race with factory drivers and won 3 gold medals. Making motorcycles since 1901.
https://www.sarolea.com/story

Check out their current models. Wild looking bikes - N60 and MANX7.

[CarltonHendricks]

Thanks John...will do on those answers but not so easy...

Below a cool little piece...









This was an interesting little eBay snag I got last week, that came yesterday…Cruising eBay at my usual speed…something flashed by that caught my eye…put in reverse…found and clicked on it…the heck is this chingadera I thought…anything with Victorian lithography like that want to know more…turned out it was an exercise invention for home use…and American!…bingo…it was sitting at $1.00 I think it was with one bid and a few days to go…I wanted it for $20 or so but it was pretty cool so I put a “just in case” snipe of $38.88…So what happened?...some wack job like me went and bid $37.00…can you believe that!!...but once I opened it no problem…I found a great story on Whitely on Stack.com…below an excerpt…click the link above it for the full story…

https://www.stack.com/a/1800s-home-gym-trx
EXCERPT
In the mid-1800's, strength training and fitness began to emerge both in business and popular culture in America.

By the late 1880s, Dudley Sargent, an assistant professor of physical education at Harvard University, had designed several free-standing pulley machines to exercise the back, chest and abdominal muscles. These machines relied primarily on weight stacks, making the resistance level adjustable. But the machines were large and didn't gain wide use beyond Harvard's gym.

In 1894, Alexander Whitely unveiled a pulley-driven exercise machine for the masses. With just a single pulley that could be attached to a wall or doorframe, it was suitable for in-home use. By changing the position of the pulley, the Whitely Exerciser allowed users to perform a full-body workout—one that purportedly could be completed in less than an hour.

Since the device was portable, the Whitely was marketed to business folks and travelers, and to those subjected to stress or "nervous energy." It was also aimed at women, proclaiming itself capable of "making weak women strong" and suitable "for every member of the family," young and old. - Maddy Lucier
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