SMALL CARS, BIG MONEY

This past June, RM Sothebys hosted a “car” auction with a difference. Dubbed the ‘Pedal Power Auction,’ the online-only sale was devoted exclusively to kids’ pedal cars.

A total of 53 lots were offered from the collection of Bruce Callis, a native of Illinois and senior executive with the State Farm Insurance organisation in the US. Callis’s pedal car collection was arguably one of the best and biggest in the world. Of that collection, the vast majority had been restored to operation and as-new appearance, too.

FROM BIG TO SMALL

Callis came to small cars after owning a number of full-size vintage