What do I have ?

[Papajoe12]

Found this in a shed of the house I just got. Tag says Delmar Simmons Hardware. I don't see a number anywhere on it. If you could help date it and approximate value? I don't want to toss it, but I have know interest in it. Plan on selling it local in the Indy area.

 

[Freqman1]

Looks like mid '30s Colson. The drop stand is probably worth as much as the rest of the bike. @fordmike65 V/r Shawn

 

[catfish]

Looks like mid '30s Colson. The drop stand is probably worth as much as the rest of the bike. @fordmike65 V/r Shawn

I agree.

 

[rustjunkie]

 

[the tinker]

List it in the for sale section on the Cabe for "pick-up only" and you will get a better price. As a girl's bike in a house sale, the going price would be $20.00 and you'd be lucky to get that. A fair price would be a 100 bucks. Is it worth more? Yes it definitely is, if it were to be parted out, selling each part individually, but that's a real hassle. The frame and seat go to the curb. I see a couple hundred bucks in parts, but the person buying that bike will be more than likely only interested in the the drop stand and stem. Post your address in your ad and if there's a Colson collector near you, I'm sure you will get a call. Thanks for saving the bike, and not giving it to the scrapper.

 

[Papajoe12]

Thank you for the replies. So Colson made this for Simmons Hardware and they it Delmar? And it's about a 30's?

 

[the tinker]

They it Delmar? Yes, late 1930s.

 

[fordmike65]

Looks like a '36. Similar to the one I recently sold @srfndoc which he gifted to his daughter this Christmas.

 

[srfndoc]

The one Mike mentioned for comparison. I would definitely grab it and hopefully keep it together as it seems ladies bikes are a lost cause for many.

 

[Papajoe12]

They it Delmar? Yes, late 1930s.

Sorry. They Name it Delmar?