Re: [CR]The rise and fall of vintage bike collecting?

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Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:58:51 -0400
From: "Paul and Maureen Williams" <castell5@sympatico.ca>
To: Steve Neago <questor@cinci.rr.com>, classic rendezvous <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]The rise and fall of vintage bike collecting?
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Steve,

It may just be the great summer E-Bay lull. There seem to be fewer vintage articles generally listed at the moment. I have been trying to find some 40s Brit stuff and usually can rely on some pieces to be available but they seem to be scarce - even on E-Bay UK. There are also few older frames listed this week - I could only find a handful of 531 frames for sale. I guess people are out riding (or away on vacation) and not inside building or spring-cleaning garages/basements/sheds.

BTW I have also noted the drop in the number of CR postings over the last couple of weeks - a sure sign that summer is here.

Paul Williams, In a sultry Ottawa, ON, Canada - stuck inside writing - neither riding nor building!

Steve Neago wrote:
>Whatever happened to all the Campy parts listings on ebay?
>
>A year ago, there were several (?3000+)thousand listings for parts and this week there are only approx 1200 listings... has the bike collection market gone downhill? Are vintage collectors and bike sellers hoarding parts or keeping the parts off ebay?