Re: [CR]Hetchins 23" Magnum Bonam 1957 Item number: 6573909559

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From: "Thomas Rawson" <twrawson@comcast.net>
To: "Peter Naiman" <hetchinspete1@yahoo.com>, "Phil Sieg" <triodelover@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Hetchins 23" Magnum Bonam 1957 Item number: 6573909559
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:58:47 -0700
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cc: Flash <flash@flashq.de>
cc: classicrendezvous
cc: Flash

its too small........


----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Naiman
To: Phil Sieg
Cc: classicrendezvous


<flash@flashq.de>; "Tom Rawson" <twrawson@comcast.net>; "Len Ingram" <len@nutwood30.free-online.co.uk> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [CR]Hetchins 23" Magnum Bonam 1957 Item number: 6573909559


> Phil; He does list his phone number for further
> information which is very helpful. The jpgs are poor,
> but I won't hold it against him. Most times if you
> ask, sellers will provide better photos. The seller is
> obviously not a photographer and probably not using a
> digital.
>
> What puzzles me is where he got his starting price.
> One never knows, someone out there might be willing to
> pay his price. Those TA pedals went for $3300, and I
> think it was last year a NOS first generation Campag
> Gran Sport rear derailleur went for $1550. I've some
> of the rarest surviving Hetchins in my small group and
> I've never paid anything even approaching his opening
> bid.
>
> Peter Naiman
> Glendale, WI
>
>
>
> --- Phil Sieg <triodelover@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Those are some pretty crappy pictures for a seller
>> who wants you to
>> start by tossing nearly $9k his way. You'd think he
>> could pull together
>> something a tad more professional (or hire a
>> starving grad student to do
>> it) for something that dearly priced.
>>
>> Phil Sieg
>> Knoxville, Tennessee
>>
>> Peter Naiman wrote:
>>
>> >This auction will be interesting to watch. A 1957
>> >Hetchin's Magnum Bonum purchased about thirty years
>> >ago, outfitted with mostly Campy NR, ridden about
>> 200
>> >miles and then put in storage. Opening bid is a
>> >staggering GBP 4,950.00 or about $8500.
>> >
>> >No relation to the seller and I'm not bidding on
>> this
>> >one. Too rich for my blood.
>> >
>> >Peter Naiman
>> >Glendale, WI
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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