Re: [CR]Herse on eBay!...Moderator let thsi slip by.

(Example: Framebuilders:Rene Herse)

Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 18:34:08 -0500
From: Jerry & Liz Moos <moos@penn.com>
To: rocklube@adnc.com
Cc: CYCLESTORE@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Herse on eBay!...Moderator let thsi slip by.
References: <cf.309b936.27d2533c@aol.com> <3AA17D43.5883@adnc.com>


Of course, it hasn't seen its French homeland for a very long time, and I rarely see French bidders on eBay, so who is to say Japan is a less appropriate place than America for an Herse? The Japanese collectors obviously love and respect French bikes, and that should count for a lot.

Regards,

Jerry Moos

Brian Baylis wrote:
> Gilbert,
>
> The bike belonged to someone from LaJolla ,last name Dietrich (could be
> spelled a different way). Don't know it it was the mans bike or womans;
> I believe a mans judging by the saddle. The Meteor Steve Friedes bought
> not long ago belonged to same person as this Herse. This person passed
> away and the wife I hear didn't want to deal with the bikes so they were
> donated to St. Vincent de Paul or something. The person selling them on
> ebay literally paid $20 for each bike at auction. It really makes me
> heartsick now, knowing that the owner doesn't really care about the bike
> and is going to sell it to the highest bidder (overseas naturally) where
> it's original home land will never see it again. I have seen this bike
> in person now. Business is business, but this really breaks my heart.
>
> Brian Baylis
> Suicidal in La Mesa.
> >
> > Greetings Dale,
> >
> > You have been moderating the list for less than 48 hours and now you have
> > proven to us that you are prone to slip ups. How could you in good conscience
> > allow a real nifty Rene Herse in your size to be broadcast to this list? You
> > said you wanted on and despite it's tattered condition (It could be great or
> > simply almost terrific) if will be worth a lot. It will be bidded to the
> > ionosphere now that it got past the moderator.
> >
> > Questions, Clifford Graves had lots of these puppies but did he ride one that
> > small. Anyone from the area work on his bikes and could this be on of his of
> > a buddies?
> >
> > Second, I shouldn't bid on the bike but I would like a side bet on the
> > reserve? I figure $4000.00 but the price will go much higher as the size
> > might be very attractive in Japan.
> >
> > Gilbert" Don't look like no kind a Hetchin's Style fraud from here"Anderson-
> > Owner of one Herse Demontable
> > Rene Herse Fraud Control Dept.
> > Deputy to Douglas Brooks owner of 2 Herse and 1 Singer among others
> >
> > In a message dated 3/3/01 1:13:22 PM, dbrk@troi.cc.rochester.edu writes:
> >
> > << There is a Herse Demountable on eBay this morning.
> > Look here:
> > http://ebay.com/<blah
> >
> > It is a 52cm c-c and that translates even shorter since these
> > bikes size _up_ usually 1-3cm, at least in my humble experience.
> > Particularly noteworthy is the Herse crank.
> > If anyone has the technical know-how to pull the many
> > pictures off the site and post them somewhere, the
> > more photos of Herse on the record, the better!!
> >
> > now it will sure be interesting to see how far this
> > one goes, no?
> > Douglas Brooks,
> > prefers to be known more for questions than answers,
> > in snowy, snowy Canandaigua, NY >>