Jerry, Just this morning I composed a post remarking how I never get or offer a bill of sale for a classic bike so there is little paper trail on them. I felt like I was foggy about what I really meant to say about this and deleted it rather than bother all the folks on the list with it. Perhaps someone else can better articulate the problem (if, indeed, it really is one) and how we might better protect ourselves. I had a Weigle that was bought from a sale about two owners back from unclaimed stuff in a storage locker. It even had the apparent original owner's name painted on it. I believe you saw it at Cirque...sort of root beer and gold. I often wondered what I would do if some irate guy came up and it was his name and he said it was stolen and demanded it back. Tom