Yes they weren't all junk it seems. There's a nice Graecross Tourer going in Tasmania at the moment. I initially mistook it for a Centurionfrailer5 wrote:I know Graecross made some ordinary stuff, but this looks like upper-end on their pecking order. For tall~ies; within reach of Sydney.
eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
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Postby Hamster » Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:29 pm
Not a bad looking set of panniers and the price is reasonable but the postage seems a little high
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Postby sled » Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:40 pm
Hamster wrote:http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SACOCHES-DE- ... 2a27c66723
Not a bad looking set of panniers and the price is reasonable but the postage seems a little high
Think id get a ticket if he offered local pick up
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-Rare-Campa ... 484dac52b5" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-IDEALE-MODE ... 484921917d" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Postby Wal42 » Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:39 am
cflmx wrote:Need new tools for your campy steerer tube?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-Rare-Campa ... 484dac52b5" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
For that price it'd want to come with a hooker that does you 5 times a week, are some people serious? The stupid thing is some nutbag will pay that & stick it on his shelf, so he can brag off to all his friends. Dead set tossers.
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Postby Mustang » Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:44 pm
NO BIDS????Mustang wrote:Why is this not attracting attention?
Malvern 5 Star
Vintage MALVERN STAR 5 STAR road frame *****
04 Jan, 201318:36:06 AEDST
Starting bid:
AU $400.00
[ 0 bids ]
70 years young.
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Postby Ferrovelo » Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:42 pm
Wow, that guys prices are !!!!!, I was most surprised to see that he is actually selling plenty of stuff at those prices.cflmx wrote:Looks like I chose the wrong time to buy a saddle.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-IDEALE-MODE ... 484921917d" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Postby Hamster » Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:35 pm
cflmx wrote:Looks like I chose the wrong time to buy a saddle.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-IDEALE-MODE ... 484921917d" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I have one of those in really good condition on my '72 Peugeot. At that price I'm almost tempted to pull it off and sell it - nah just joking.
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Postby rkelsen » Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:43 pm
You could save $360!cflmx wrote:Looks like I chose the wrong time to buy a saddle.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-IDEALE-MODE ... 484921917d" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'm no expert on frames of that era, but there appears to be something NQR about that one and I can't quite put my finger on it. If I were in the market for one of these, I'd have let that one pass.Mustang wrote:NO BIDS????
Vintage MALVERN STAR 5 STAR road frame *****
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Postby singlespeedscott » Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:29 pm
Wal42 wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-Rare-Campa ... 484dac52b5" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
For that price it'd want to come with a hooker that does you 5 times a week, are some people serious? The stupid thing is some nutbag will pay that & stick it on his shelf, so he can brag off to all his friends. Dead set tossers.
Especially when I saw a full Campy tool kit in its wooden box for $1500 a few weeks back.
I so want one of them. Perfect for all your old steel roadie rebuilds and restores.
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Postby barkmadly » Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:29 pm
I am selling a 30's racing frame now for a song. I love old iron and it's worth more, but maybe I am biased.
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Postby singlespeedscott » Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:36 pm
eBay can be fickle. I once sold a lugless 5 star, got about $550 for the frame. A couple of weeks later saw a standard lugged 5 star with pretty ordinary paint go fit nearly $1000. I know which person got the better deal. And I know which one I would rather have. Wish I hadn't sold it.barkmadly wrote:Five star is sold to a happy new owner. Lots of viewers but no bids until after auction ended. I was puzzled by the lack of bids. Post christmas poverty maybe? Frame is in great condition but the slightly chipped paint may have put some people off needlessly. It may have appeared as structural damage rather than simple cosmetics.
I am selling a 30's racing frame now for a song. I love old iron and it's worth more, but maybe I am biased.
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Postby Vern Stralam » Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:07 am
I personally am not confident to buy a five star without a conforming serial number.barkmadly wrote:Five star is sold to a happy new owner. Lots of viewers but no bids until after auction ended. I was puzzled by the lack of bids. Post christmas poverty maybe? Frame is in great condition but the slightly chipped paint may have put some people off needlessly. It may have appeared as structural damage rather than simple cosmetics.
I am selling a 30's racing frame now for a song. I love old iron and it's worth more, but maybe I am biased.
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Postby morini » Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:17 am
Just wait, in a few years all the really valuable stuff will be living in someones lounge room and it will be part of their self managed superannuation fund. This is what has happened to 70's Ducati motorcycles. When the serious money joins in all of us will be lamenting that Colnago or Eddie Merckx we should have bought for a thousand dollars. Instead of the ten thousand some greedy investor will pay. Prices will climb and there is always going to be more dickwits ready to pay too much. Enjoy it while you can because as soon as some financial adviser or investor hear or sees some of the beautiful and exotic bikes that are around it's over red rover for us amateurs.Wal42 wrote:cflmx wrote:Need new tools for your campy steerer tube?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-Rare-Campa ... 484dac52b5" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
For that price it'd want to come with a hooker that does you 5 times a week, are some people serious? The stupid thing is some nutbag will pay that & stick it on his shelf, so he can brag off to all his friends. Dead set tossers.
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Postby barkmadly » Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:50 am
As for conforming numbers, I don't that is a guarantee of the bike's bona fides.
I have two other 5 stars, both un-numbered. One is as lights as a feather, the other fairy standard. I have no concerns about their bona fides - it just supports my theory that theory that spec and build varies. They are collectable for what they represent - Australian cycling heritage.
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Postby Vern Stralam » Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:25 pm
Not sure of the investment quality in bicycles, as the bottom fell out in the American cycle market.morini wrote:Just wait, in a few years all the really valuable stuff will be living in someones lounge room and it will be part of their self managed superannuation fund. This is what has happened to 70's Ducati motorcycles. When the serious money joins in all of us will be lamenting that Colnago or Eddie Merckx we should have bought for a thousand dollars. Instead of the ten thousand some greedy investor will pay. Prices will climb and there is always going to be more dickwits ready to pay too much. Enjoy it while you can because as soon as some financial adviser or investor hear or sees some of the beautiful and exotic bikes that are around it's over red rover for us amateurs.Wal42 wrote:cflmx wrote:Need new tools for your campy steerer tube?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-Rare-Campa ... 484dac52b5" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
For that price it'd want to come with a hooker that does you 5 times a week, are some people serious? The stupid thing is some nutbag will pay that & stick it on his shelf, so he can brag off to all his friends. Dead set tossers.
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Postby morini » Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:38 pm
If the bottom has fallen out of the American market maybe it's the time to buy?
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Postby bicyclepassion » Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:04 am
The ones that 'dont conform', usually have something special about them. The fact that the number doesnt fit into the factory sequence doesnt mean that it is not a 'real' 5 star. I have seen hundreds of 5 star frames, and am sure that one of those was a 'fake', another maybe a fake, the rest seem to me to be 'real'.
I could write a book on the variations to 'normal'.
I think that the ones without serial numbers have usually had the rear dropouts replaced, and the number lost in the process. This is bourne out by the fact that in most of these cases, the rear dropouts are either Simplex, Benelux or Campagnolo, and are older frames with these ends put in later, as they became available, and as derailleur gears became more accepted for club level racing.
An old 5 star Malvern Star was as good a bike as any to 'recycle' for a young rider, and would be modified by a frame builder prior to a repaint. My own 1949 5 star lugless, purchased by me in 1972, has been painted 4 times that I know of, and has just recently had all of the modifications that I had done to it reversed, and put back to 'original' 1949 specs. It is about to have its 5th paint job.
The 5 Star frames with non conforming numbers, are usually high end frames, built to order. These are often, but not always, the best of the 5 stars.
Each 5 Star frame has to be judged on its merits. The frame number is only one part of the picture.
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