eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?

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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?

Postby Dan » Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:02 pm

in other news, welcome back Toff :)

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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?

Postby LugNut » Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:18 pm

peterk wrote:Some beautiful steel rides by this seller for those with cash to spare.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Rare-Vintage ... 1c3385a3bb" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Spectacular. :shock: collection of a lifetime. That Drillium Ottusi is just ridiculous, they even put holes in the saddle! The hours and hours and hours involved in that bike are mind boggling.

...They're all big too.
I call dibs on the Herse and the curly stays Hetchins. 8)
And take a look at the lugs on the purple '52 Hetchins track bike. Psychedelic.

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Postby singlespeedscott » Sun Jun 09, 2013 4:43 pm

Someone has spent a lot of time collecting and piecing these together. Hope they get ridden on nice days.
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Postby LugNut » Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:52 pm

A very presentable Centurion Comp TA with Tange 2 and bitsa Suntour Cyclone, for a reasonable BIN.

A nice looking Cecil Walker 853

Munga? (Right up your alley size, style and Dura Ace 7400 wise, price wise...Maybe not.)

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Postby hiflange » Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:25 pm

toff wrote:
peterk wrote:Some beautiful steel rides by this seller for those with cash to spare.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Rare-Vintage ... 1c3385a3bb" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
There has been a bit of discussion on the Classic Rendezvous mailing list about this seller. Apparently he is selling someone else's collection of old bikes. Some bikes (especially the 1972 Pantographata one) have dubious provenance. Look at the pics, but don't believe the stories the guy is spouting, according to the inside word...
Intrigue abounds! It certainly has the more-to-this-than-meets-the-eye feel about it; whole pile of ostensibly beautiful bikes, all with flat (or no) tyres and rather casually dumped in front of a cheap looking panel wall. And then there's the stratospheric staring bids...

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Postby singlespeedscott » Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:37 am

I actually think the start bids are pretty reasonable. The bikes are in awesome condition.
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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?

Postby find_bruce » Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:46 am

I'm with sss - US $2,475.00 seems reasonable for a Campagnolo Gran Sport rear "deailleur" :wink:

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Postby singlespeedscott » Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:59 am

Obviously I was only talking about the bikes :lol:
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Postby dubrat » Mon Jun 10, 2013 8:00 am

RobertFrith wrote:
toff wrote:
peterk wrote:Some beautiful steel rides by this seller for those with cash to spare.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Rare-Vintage ... 1c3385a3bb" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
There has been a bit of discussion on the Classic Rendezvous mailing list about this seller. Apparently he is selling someone else's collection of old bikes. Some bikes (especially the 1972 Pantographata one) have dubious provenance. Look at the pics, but don't believe the stories the guy is spouting, according to the inside word...
Intrigue abounds! It certainly has the more-to-this-than-meets-the-eye feel about it; whole pile of ostensibly beautiful bikes, all with flat (or no) tyres and rather casually dumped in front of a cheap looking panel wall. And then there's the stratospheric staring bids...
These auctions have def drummed up a lot of conversation between the knoweledgables on CR List.... But the general consensus is that they won't make 1/3 let alone 1/2 of the starting bids....

Also quite strange that this seller is selling them all at the same time and flooding the market... Thought it would be much smarter to drip feed them but anyway....

Same should be happening soon with a whole heap of Bikes from a French collection that was recently raped by 2 eBay sellers after the collector past away and his widow didn't understand what she had...

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Postby grantw » Mon Jun 10, 2013 8:37 am

It must be the time to liquidate your collection - Richard Sachs is selling his set of Campagnolo derailleurs
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eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?

Postby Dan » Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:25 am

No doubt in anticipation of the classic parts adjustment of '13, precipitated in part by the great fixie crash of '12...

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Postby donny70 » Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:33 am

If anyone has or knows of a bike sporting a retro shimano DX group that would be cool. Can't find one anywhere...

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Postby familyguy » Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:41 am

toff wrote:
peterk wrote:Some beautiful steel rides by this seller for those with cash to spare.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Rare-Vintage ... 1c3385a3bb" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
There has been a bit of discussion on the Classic Rendezvous mailing list about this seller. Apparently he is selling someone else's collection of old bikes. Some bikes (especially the 1972 Pantographata one) have dubious provenance. Look at the pics, but don't believe the stories the guy is spouting, according to the inside word...
It doesn't look like he's touting much by way of provenance (except on that 72 you mentioned) aside from "this is a 19xx such and such". Am I missing something? Are they the wrong years? wrong parts lists? Looks like absolute top dollar starts, nothing I'm in the market for, and I'm no super-retrophile so I could be missing the obvious.

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Postby munga » Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:46 am

he's famous so ppl pay a premium.
"this is richard sachs' derailleur!"

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Postby cray- » Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:00 pm

Not retro, but still spewing I missed this on the weekend, went for a steal. Very close by and my collection is still missing a track bike.

Saw: "Reserve the right to remove listing prior to end of auction as its listed for sale elsewhere." and expected it to be pulled before auction end.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Avant-Pista- ... true&rt=nc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Postby singlespeedscott » Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:12 pm

cray- wrote: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Avant-Pista- ... true&rt=nc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

$200 :shock: that was a steel. Those Mavic Ellipse track wheels are worth more than that by themselves.
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Postby Semar » Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:46 pm

Tis guy thinks he's done this bike a favour. :shock:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MIYATA-ROAD- ... 0922444946
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Postby familyguy » Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:57 pm

Semar wrote:Tis guy thinks he's done this bike a favour. :shock:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MIYATA-ROAD- ... 0922444946
Miyata 414 probably? Not worth the start price with that paint job. If it had have been original, maybe, but def. not worth the BIN.

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Postby bychosis » Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:33 pm

bychosis (bahy-koh-sis): A mental disorder of delusions indicating impaired contact with a reality of no bicycles.

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Postby LugNut » Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:23 pm

Going for the motor pace track bike look?
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Postby singlespeedscott » Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:18 pm

It's actually a stayer bike

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=sdLj2Nvv ... dLj2Nvv3k0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Postby munga » Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:25 pm

for a stayer, it sure is a goer! 8)

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Postby LugNut » Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:09 pm

Right. Obviously I forgot the old saying!! :|
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Postby im_no_pro » Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:35 pm

It's not a bike, but it is junk at it's price is on the rise! Good reading for a giggle.
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