Skippy Racer Chain Driven Tricycle Bought at Auction
Q: Hello, I recently bought this tricycle at auction. I have not been able to find any pictures on your site that look like this tricycle. Can you give me some more information on the year. Thank you for your help……..John
A: Your tricycle looks to be circa 1920’s or possibly early 1930’s. The model is a Skippy Racer made by American National or by Gendron, depending on whether your tricycle was made before or after the 1927 takeover. Determining the exact year is difficult without having the original catalogs from that time period, and many tricycle models were made for numerous years.
UPDATE: Shortly after posting the original photo and question, we received another question about the same model tricycle from another visitor to the site.
Oddly, that Skippy was photographed in front of a fireplace too.
The Skippy brand was named after the Skippy comic strip that started in the mid-1920’s. Skippy trikes were produced by the American National umbrella corporation that included such lines as American, Skippy, Gendron, and Pioneer.
would be interesred to find out how much the auction trike sold for.i own the red one in the update,thanks.
Hi,
We bought this at auction for 22 dollars. The head badge was painted over and no one really wanted to bid on it. There were about 10 other bicycles in the auction so people in the know were there. I guess we just got lucky. I just got a nos klaxon for the handlebars. There are more on ebay look under tricycle bell. I am going to restore it to the highest level i can. Are you going to restore yours?
Thanks for the question…..John