Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1899 — A Costly Bicycle. [ARTICLE]

A Costly Bicycle.

The costliest bicycle in the world has just been finished at a gun factory in Vienna. It will cost- 500,000 gulden, which is a little more than $27,500. The owner is a rich South African diamond king and mine owner, who will present the machine to his wife on her next birthday.