To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sothebys' The London Auction event, 31 October 2026.

Offered Without Reserve | £40,000 - £60,000 GBP Recognised as the one-off steam racer built for Dr J G Lovell in 1901Conceived to achieve “a speed of a mile a minute” with numerous mechanical modificationsRestored to its original configuration and appearanceVeteran Car Club-dated in 2011; a past London to Brighton participant The Milwaukee Automobile Company was of numerous firms organised in the Midwestern United States, that cradle of early automaking, during the early 1900s.

It came and went virtually in the same breath—established in 1900, it was bankrupt by 1902.

Nonetheless, in its brief life, it built some fascinating steam-powered motorcars, none more interesting than this 1901 model.

Reportedly designed by Chicago agent Frank P Illsley for local resident Dr J G Lovell, it was featured at that year’s Chicago Auto Show, and described in the period press as having been built t...