[CR]Italian documentation for sale

(Example: Racing:Jean Robic)

From: "The Maaslands" <TheMaaslands@comcast.net>
To: Classic Rendezvous <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]Italian documentation for sale
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:44:50 -0500

I HAVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF VINTAGE DOCUMENTATION FOR SALE. AS I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA AS TO THE VALUE, I HAVE ASKED A FEW OF THE CR LIST MEMBERS WHO SEEM TO KNOW ABOUT SUCH THINGS. I HAVE BASED THE ASKING PRICES UPON THEIR SUGGESTIONS. IF YOU FEEL THAT THE PRICES ARE NOT REASONABLE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MAKE AN OFFER. THE WORSE THAT CAN HAPPEN IS THAT I WILL SAY NO.

1) - CAMPAGNOLO ITALIAN CATALOGUE 14 (IN IMMACULATE CONDITION WITH ONLY A SHOP NAME IN IT) PRICE $200. 2) - CAMPAGNOLO ITALIAN CATALOGUE 16 (IT HAS SUFFERED SOME WATER DAMAGE AND HAS BEEN SCRIBBLED IN WHERE A FEW PART PRICES WERE NOTED) PRICE $150 3) - CAMPAGNOLO ITALIAN CATALOGUE 18 ACCOMPANIED BY THE 1983 SUPPLEMENTS FOR THE TRIOMPHE AND VICTORY GRUPPI AND RELATIVE PRICE LIST FOR THESE TWO NEW GROUPS. PRICE $50 4) - THE FULL PACKET OF 1986 ITALIAN CAMPAGNOLO CATALOGUES ACCOMPANIED BY THE FULL 1986 PRICE LIST (THERE IS EVEN THE LETTER ANNOUNCING THE CORRECTION OF ONE OF THE PAGES.) THE PACKET IS MADE UP OF CATLAOGUES FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: RECORD GRUPP, DISC WHEELS, NUOVO VICTORY AND NUOVO TRIOMPHE GRUPPI, SYNCRO LEVERS, 2 RIM BROCHURES, WATER BOTTLES, 2 LUBRIFICANT BROCHURES, DELTA BRAKES AND SPOKE SEATING FOR RIMS. tHIS GIVES 11 BROCHURES PLUS THE PRICE LIST. ALL ARE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE RIM CATALOGUE WHICH HAS BEEN SCRIBBLED ON BY A SMALL CHILD. PRICE $75 5) - THE 1988 ITALIAN CAMPAGNOLO CHORUS BROCHURE. IN GOOD SHAPE. PRICE $20 6) - A QUADRILINGUAL (ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH AND ITALIAN) ICS BROCHURE SHOWING ALL OF THEIR CAMPAGNOLO PRODUCT MODIFICATIONS. PRICE $35

THE LAST ONE WAS THE HARDEST THING TO PUT A PRICE ON. IT IS AN APPROXIMATELY 1952 VINTAGE EMILIO BOZZI CATALOGUE. BOZZI OWNED THE LEGNANO, WOLSIT AND PERLA BRANDS UP UNTIL HIS UNTIMELY ASSASINATION AT THE HANDS OF THE RED BRIGADES (THANKS FOR THE INFOR DALE!) IN THE 70'S. UPON HIS DEATH, HIS FAMILY RETREATED FROM THE BIKE BUSINESS AND SOLD TEH LEGNANO AND WOLSIT BRANDS TO BIANCHI. AT THE TIME THE CATALOGUE WAS PRINTED, EMILIO BOZZI WERE ALSO ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPONENT DISTRIBUTORS IN THE COUNTRY. THE CATALOGUE IS 336 PAGES LONG AND LISTS EVERY SINGLE COMPONENT AND SPARE PART THAT WAS THEN SOLD. IT HAS ABOUT 20 COLOUR PAGES DEDICATED TO THE 3 BIKE BRANDS AND THEIR PRODUCTS AND THEN THE REST ARE ALL ILLUSTRATIONS OF EVERY IMAGINABLE COMPONENT. THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE INCREDIBLY DETAILED DESCRIBING EVERY MINIMAL PART. OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO THE CR LIST, IT HAS FULL ILUSTRATIONS OF THE CAMBIO CORSA, PARIS-ROUBAIX, SIMPLEX TOUR DE FRANCE AND CAMPIONE DEL MONDO. IT IS IN VERY VERY GOOD SHAPE. FOR THIS CATALOGUE I WOULD LIKE $450. I KNOW THIS IS BIG MONEY BUT THEN THE CONDITION AND EXTENT OF THE CATALOGUE ARE WORTH IT.

ON A NON-DOCUMENTATION SIDE, I ALSO HAVE A BIANCHI CAMPAGNOLO LONG-SLEEVED JERSEY FOR SALE. IT IS A SIZE 5 (EQUIVALENT TO A LARGISH MEDIUM OR SMALLISH LARGE) AND IS 80% WOOL AND 20% ACRYLIC, MADE BY MOA SPORT. I BELIEVE IT TO BE EITHER A 60'S OR 70'S DESIGN, WITH THREE BUTTONED POCKETS IN THE BACK. PRICE $50

FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE ITEMS, I WILL CHARGE ACTUAL SHIPPING COSTS.

Steven Maasland Moorestown, NJ

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