Re: [CR]Herse on eBay!

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Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 14:30:36 -0500
From: Jerry & Liz Moos <moos@penn.com>
To: "Douglas R. Brooks" <dbrk@troi.cc.rochester.edu>
Cc: Classic Rendevous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Herse on eBay!
References: <200103031300.f23D0pc10425@troi.cc.rochester.edu>


Looks like the current high bidder at $1,000 is our very own Matt Gorski. Sorry, Matt, but the normal CR etiquette of not bidding against a list member doesn't apply, as the item is very rare and highly desired by multiple members. We can't just wait for the next one, so if I can get it for $1100 I will. However, I doubt $1100 will even meet reserve, plus I imagine once Kauzo and the other lads from Nippon get into the hunt, this baby will go MUCH higher than I will want to pay. This will be a very interesting auction, as we may discover just exactly what today's market is for a highly desirable Herse model. Perhaps we should start a list pool to guess the final winning bid. I'm betting this one winds up in Japan, and that is not a bad thing as wonderful objects should belong to those who will treasure them.

Regards,

Jerry Moos

Douglas R. Brooks wrote:
> 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