Featured in this lot is an Antique Penny-farthing High Wheel (Hi-wheel) Bicycle Weathervane from Tombstone, Arizona, circa late 19th century to early 20th century. Provenance: Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona. The penny-farthing, also known as a high wheel, high wheeler or ordinary, is an early type of bicycle that was popular in the 1870s and 1880s, with its large front wheel providing high speeds, owing to it travelling a large distance for every rotation of the wheel. The name came from the British penny and farthing coins, the penny being much larger than the farthing, so that the side view of the bicycle resembles a larger penny (the front wheel) leading a smaller farthing (the rear wheel). The Tombstone Western Heritage Museum presented an ever-expanding collection of 12,000-plus objects related to Tombstone and the broader Old West. At the heart of the museum were original papers, photos, firearms, furniture, clothing, conveyances and other artifacts relating the history of the town and its citizens. The sheer volume of the collection hit visitors on walking through the door. 1880s high-wheel bicycles, stamped silver bars and a roulette wheel from the Crystal Palace Saloon were displayed along with items from the event and participants that placed Tombstone on the history map, The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. This antique Penny-farthing Highwheel Weathervane features a copper penny-farthing highwheel perched on a rotating large arrow, a central supporting wrought iron rod, rotating zinc directionals, a copper sphere below the directionals, with the whole weathervane resting in a Victorian era three-footed decorative wrought iron base with locking screws for the rod. The weathervane is in amazingly well preserved condition, rich patina observed throughout. Measures 32"W x 18.5"D x 50.75"H, weight is 15lb.