Up for auction is a fantastic lot of 19 original antique celluloid advertising lapel stud buttons from the golden age of the American bicycle boom — approximately 1893–1905. These small but striking pieces of Americana were produced as promotional giveaways by bicycle manufacturers and local dealers during the height of the cycling craze.

Buttons identified in this lot include:

• Olmsted’s Pioneer Cycle House — 417 Clinton St., Syracuse, NY (two variants — rare local interest!)

• Crawford Cycles

• Sterling Bicycle — “Built Like a Watch”

• Barnes White Flyer — 75¢

• Onondaga Bicycles — Syracuse, NY (with cyclist graphic)

• Palmer Tires

• Robbins (Corbin?) Cycles — gold-tone embossed

• Richmond Bicycles — “There’s a Richmond in the Field”

• Hendee Silver King Bicycles — inverted/upside-down variant

• “96” Bicycle — red devil/mascot design

• Self Healing Single Tube Tires

• Stearns Bicycles — orange/gold (two variants)

• Tribune Bicycles

• Olmsted Victor — Syracuse, NY

• Three additional buttons (partially legible — one appears to be a Pennsylvania bicycle brand)