Kim Kardashian Surprises Sister Kourtney with Pee-wee Herman's Bicycle After One Sells at Auction for $125K
- - Kim Kardashian Surprises Sister Kourtney with Pee-wee Herman's Bicycle After One Sells at Auction for $125K
Brenton BlanchetDecember 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Kim and Kourtney Kardashian; Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman -
Kim Kardashian gifted her sister, Kourtney, the bicycle own by Pee-wee Herman and seen in 1985's Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Kourtney called it the "coolest Christmas present"
A similar bike sold to a private collector for $125,000 at auction this spring
Kourtney Kardashian is now ready for her own big adventure.
The Poosh founder, 46, is the latest owner of a red bicycle apparently used on screen by Paul Reubens' Pee-wee Herman — just seven months after a private collector scooped one up at auction for $125,000. And its all thanks to her sister, Kim Kardashian.
On Saturday, Dec. 27, Kourtney shared a snap of the Pee-wee's Big Adventure prop to her Instagram Stories, per since-expired screenshots from E! News. “If anyone’s still looking for peewee's bicycle, I have it. Coolest Christmas present," Kourtney wrote, tagging Kim, 45, in the post.
Kourtney later posted another snap of the bicycle on Sunday, Dec. 28, giving fans a closer look at its aged paint and a sign reading, "Property of Pee-Wee Herman."
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Kourtney Kardashian shares glimpse at Pee-wee Herman's red bicycle
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The bike itself matches images of the one featured in Tim Burton's 1985 film, Pee-wee's Big Adventure. In the comedy, the titular character rides it in a chase scene on the Warner Bros. lot and famously crashes before delivering the line, "I meant to do that."
Big Adventure was the character's big-screen debut following The Pee-wee Herman Show, which lasted from 1981 to 1984 on HBO. In the years to follow, Pee-wee's Playhouse ran from 1986 to 1990 on CBS, ahead of 1988's Big Top Pee-wee and the 2016 Netflix movie, Pee-wee's Big Holiday. Reubens died on July 30, 2023, at 70 years old.
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Paul Reubens in 1985's 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure'
There were 14 different bikes used during the film's production, according to a release from Van Eaton Galleries this spring, when one of them sold for an impressive $125,000 at auction. It's unclear how the Kardashians got their hands on the handlebars of this one, though.
The bike recently sold at auction was part of a larger memorabilia sale from the estate of Jay Ward. It was expected to fetch between $30,000 and $60,000 before surpassing those expectations.
Per a release at the time, the two-wheeler is one of the only surviving bikes that can be screen-matched to exact moments in the film. Thirteen of the bikes were created by Pedal Pusher vintage bike shop in Newport Beach, while the one sold in May custom-built by stuntman Gary Littlejohn, still featuring the gold replica "Property of Pee-wee Herman" plaque — similar to the one on Kourtney's new ride.
For her other gifts this year, Kim gave each of her four children — North West, 11, Saint West, 11, Chicago West, 7, and Psalm West, 6 — their own Pomeranian puppies. She shared a photo of the pups on Instagram on the holiday, alongside the caption, "Each kid got a puppy."
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