£6,500
LARGE COLLECTION OF EARLY CYCLING GOLD & SILVER MEDALS, & EPHEMERA - FREDERICK LOWCOCK. A large and impressive collection of early cycling medals and ephemera from the 1890's/early 1900's, relating to Frederick Charles Lowcock, a member of Manchester Wheelers from it's formation. Including 20 gold medals in their original cases (some inscribed), including a 9ct gold medal (50 Miles unpaced handicap 1909), a cased 15ct gold medal (Ten Miles Champion 1911), a cased 15ct gold medal (Fifty Miles Champion 1899, cased 15ct gold medal (Sport and Play medal, not inscribed), cased 9ct gold medal (50 Miles NEU Championship and other successes in 1899 on Dunlop Tyres), a 18ct gold (Midland Cycling & Athletic Club, Team Match Manchester Wheelers 1908), a cased 9ct gold medal (100 Miles Race Leeds 1895), a cased 9ct gold medal (50 Miles Road Unpaced Tandem Record 1907), a cased 9ct gold medal (100 Miles Road Unpaced Tandem Record, F C Lowcock & J Taylor, 1908), a cased 9ct gold medal (100 Mile Unpaced Road Record Tandem Bicycle, Lowcock & Taylor 1909), a cased 18ct gold medal (25 Miles Bicycle 1st, 1902), a cased 18ct gold medal (25 Miles Path Champion 1904), a cased 9ct gold medal (4 Miles Persuit 1908), a cased 9ct gold medal (100 Miles Unpaced Tandem, Winner of Anfield 1907 and times), a cased 9ct gold medal (12 Hours Unpaced Road Record Tandem Bicycle, Lowcock & Taylor 1909), a cased 18ct gold medal (25 Miles Bicycle 1899), a cased 9ct gold medal (50 Mile Road Unpaced 1904), and a cased 15ct gold (25 Miles Champion 1902), a cased 9ct gold (Wakefield & Trinity Cycling & Athletic Club), and a cased 18ct gold medal (25 Miles Champion 1903). Also with 11 cased silver medals, including Time Standard Mile Championship 1898, Mile Championship 1904, Mile Championship 1903, Fifty Miles Championship 1901, Leeds Hospital Cala, 25 Miles Bicycle 1898, Inter Club Race Clifton Cup 1894, Athletic News Shield 1898, 1/2 Mile Bicycle 1897, 25 Miles Bicycle 1897, and Leeds Athletic Club 1895, a scrap album including paper cuttings, birth certificate and marriage certficate, framed photogrpahs (including one of Frederick Lowcock, one with his children and Jimmy Taylor, and photographs from his 12 Hours Record in 1909, cycling race cards and ephemera, and 10 interesting Ride Liberty Tyres cards with cyclists on the reverse. 9ct gold weight approx 137 grams, 15ct gold weight approx 75 grams, and 18ct gold weight approx 59 grams.
*Frederick Charles Lowcock was born in 1876 in Northenden, Manchester. He was a keen cyclist as his records show and was a member of the Manchester Wheelers from it's formation in 1890. He later became Chairman and Managing Director of F C Lowcock & Co Glove Factory, and after his move to the Isle of Man was active in the Manx Wheelers Cycling Club and encouraging young cyclists. He died suddenly in 1947 at the age of 70. *CR See online images.
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