Hmmm. Let's see....
The seller of the 1983 version (with original paint?) bought the '70s version, even though it was recently repainted, which lowers its "collectability." Coincidence? I think not!
This seems to reinforce and help prove exactly what many have recently been saying IMO.
That said, there is certainly nothing "wrong" with either frame. They're just different. Heck, you could collect one from each year that Masi produced them....
When we are collecting / reliving our "glory days," year and location of manufacture (among a thousand other details) matter.
The LBS would appear not to be a font of collectible Masi knowledge (again, IMO...).
Cheers,
Greg "only one Masi GC in my stable" Parker A2 MI USA
Mark C. wrote:
> Certainly no expert, clearly a newbie, I chose to concentrate on the 83.
> Many others did too. As it turned out, in a quirk of fate, the seller of the
> one I bought, ended by winning the 70's Italian one. In the end everyone was
> probably happy with the prize they wanted. The LBS estimated that many of
> the 70's Masis you describe, even Italian examples, were worth no more than
> $200 more than mine.This seems to agree with price estimates in Mr. Brown's
> site. In all cases on his site none of the Masis up to the 80's were valued
> at less than $900. So my point is it takes a lot to explain the low current
> bids for the Masi offered on ebay now,even if not entirely SR/NR equipped.