I bought a similar brake he had a couple weeks ago, Unic brand. Looks very 20's-30's, the box was quite rough, but the brake itself is in beautiful condition. If the date in this other auction is right, it could be early 20's.
http://ebay.com/
Item # 200039731827
I'll probably give enough attention to the auctions with this to make the stuff pricey, but the seller of the brakes shipped quite quickly, and was pleasant enough to deal with. My wife knows french, so it may have helped that I had her do the emails.
Steve Birmingham Lowell, Ma USA
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 22:35:21 -0400 From: "The Maaslands" <TheMaaslands@comcast.net> To: "CR" <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: [CR]Odd French brake for sale Message-ID: <00dc01c6f64b$e32460b0$0600a8c0@HPLAPTOP> Content-Type: text/plain;charset="Windows-1252" MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: list Message: 5
This auction is for a rather odd looking brake on French ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.fr/
>From the mounting clamps, it would appear to me that these are from the
20's or 30's. Does anybody want to confirm or deny this? I woud like to
learn more about these. The same seller also has another similar brake
for sale.
Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ
USA