: Re: [CR]ebay PX 10
> Part of why that particular bike brought so much money was condition -
pretty
> durn near box stock, and pretty and clean. Also - most Peugeots came in
well
> after this one was built. If I had to guess, I'd say that 98 percent or
more
> of the Peugeots found in the U.S. came in after 1967 - and probably 85 to
90
> percent of all Peugeot bikes in the U.S. came in between 1968 and 1975,
for
> that matter.
>
> This one is early, clean - and later on, when PX-10s and similar were
> commonplace and routinely redone and modified - "Oh, they're common as
candy
> floss - no need to restore it, why bother?" - I suspect the large majority
of
> them were ridden into the ground, or repainted, or whatever.
>
> This is a pre-Tom Simpson era bike, and not necessarily a PX-10, more like
its
> ancestor. There is a big difference here in terms of collectability.
It's
> sort of like (guitar-wise) how there are zillions of Martin D-28s out
there,
> but the super valuable ones were built before the Second World War. There
> weren't many of them and not all have survived. You could argue the
modern
> ones are nicer (I'm sure they play better), but they're not as old or as
> rare ...
I've been in touch with the seller. Apparently, this bike was purchased in Paris in 1963, as a used bike. The original buyer is a friend of the current owner and was told the bike was used in the Tour de France. That's hard to prove based on the bike shop's word alone.(Could have been a "selling point"). This has got to be one of those heat of the moment, bidder wars that drove the price so high. Based on the components and decals, I think this is a 1960 or 61 PLX 10 or PX 10 (depending on when Peugeot dropped the "L" in the designation).
David Goerndt