In a message dated 9/21/2004 9:12:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, gpvb1@comcast.net writes:
<< alledged provenance.... >>
That reminds me ( maybe Brett Horten is the guy to answer this) but what constitutes valid provenance? In the REALLY sophisticated world of collecting, provenance must have a fairly structured status. In other words, "you telling me that some guy told you that Bartali rode this bike in the 1942 Giro" obviously don't cut it. But what constitutes valid provenance to someone like a big auction house or a focussed collector? Seems like almost nothing I have seen in the vintage bike world has much real proof attached as to that item's confirmable history...
Just a-wondering...................
Dale Brown
Greensboro, NC