[CR]re: vent noir record price? (John Wilson)

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Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2005 22:36:57 -0400
From: <wilsonjw50@aol.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]re: vent noir record price? (John Wilson)

marc garcia wrote: >I believe this bike may have been mentioned on the list earlier this week, an austro daimler vent noir. Is 1200.00 a record price? I don't ever remember seeing one of these reach nearly this price. I feel dumb for passing on one a few months ago but I think I'd like to see another one sell for close to this to believe the market is really that high for these.< Another recently sold on eBay for 561.00. Both were the older "flat black" versions. I've become interested in these bikes mainly due to this list, where I learned of the disproportionately long top tube on the smaller frame sizes (near-custom fit for me). I think I paid 135.00 for my frameset which I guess is reasonable for a pristine 531 frameset. Unfortunately, I was outbid on the black dura ace gruppo but the silver 1st generation d-a I've been building it with looks even better on the black frame, imho.
John Wilson
Greensburg, PA