-----Original Message----- From: Richard M Sachs [mailto:richardsachs@juno.com] Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 3:43 PM To: cyclartist@home.com Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]The rest of the Medici story
On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 12:57:49 -0800 "Jim Cunningham" <cyclartist@home.com> writes: After Mario's death, his bereaved newlywed wife sold off his tools and inventory to an unscrupulous buyer for $800. ___________________________________________________________ who was the buyer? why was he unscrupulous? e-RICHIE
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Cunningham [mailto:cyclartist@home.com] Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 10:19 PM To: Richard M Sachs Subject: RE: [CR]The rest of the Medici story
Richard,
Bob Hansing of Euro Asia. He took advantage of a distraught widow. I had been there on a Thursday and taken an inventory, I was trying to raise the money for a decent offer. Word leaked to Hansing, (via Kirkbride) who swooped in the following Sunday. Wholesale value of the tools (3 complete Campagnolo tool chests, extensive set of files, torches, hand tools, frame fixtures etc., on the inventory list I took was nearly $20,000.) I wanted to offer at least $5,000, more if I could get it. I could never lowball by that much and would certainly not have done so when I knew that someone was trying to raise a fair price for the widow. JFC