I'm with you on that Charles. I do have one caveat for this auction though. We talk quite a bit about what is said to be rare and what is really rare. I can't think there are that many NOS dropouts like these out there in the world, let alone a matched front and rear set. There may be some ex-frameshop in Italy that has a box of unused dropouts like these, but I doubt it. If this item is as rare I believe them to be this may not be too exaggerated a price in that light. best, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
On Monday, Mar 21, 2005, at 10:11 US/Pacific, C. Andrews wrote:
> Chuck wrote:
>
> Currently $2,125.00 with 27 bids and 11 hours to go...
>
> Beautiful and unique:
> http://i17.ebayimg.com/
>
> Auction number: 7142082677
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California
>
> ******
>
> I think those are very cool...but, nonetheless, paying that
> much for a set of drop-outs, no matter how cool, strikes me
> as something out of the Dutch orchid bubble. The buyer is
> a collector who has spent a truly remarkable amount of money
> on rare vintage bike stuff in his time on ebay..and the
> market appears to be just him, and people who probably know
> him personally... all 5-or-so of them competing to see who
> has the biggest...ahem.
>
> Makes my 2K De Rosa f/f of awhile back look almost sane.
>
> Charles "touched, but not THAT touched" Andrews
> SoCal
>
> ..I suppose the drop-outs have historical significance, in
> that they were the first ones made for the Gran Sport...but
> still.
>
>
> "What concerns me is not the way things are,
> but rather the way people think things are."
>
> - Epictitus