RE: [CR]Masi on ebay

(Example: Framebuilders:Brian Baylis)

Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:37:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Nick Zatezalo" <nickzz@mindspring.com>
To: Warren Hall <warrenhall@houston.rr.com>, 'Martin Walsh' <mowalsh@verizon.net>, 'CR List' <ClassicRendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]Masi on ebay


The bicycle was legitimately for sale and was not a fishing expedition or what not. I know some won't understand; but in this case the Masi project is over, mission accomplished, and it's time to move on.

To paraphrase a recent post about Paramounts "and that's the facts, jack"

Nick Zatezalo Atlanta,Ga

-----Original Message-----

>From: Warren Hall <warrenhall@houston.rr.com>

>Sent: Apr 13, 2006 5:39 AM

>To: 'Martin Walsh' <mowalsh@verizon.net>, 'CR List' <ClassicRendezvous@bikelist.org>

>Subject: RE: [CR]Masi on ebay

>

>This post made me think of a different angle, and I'm not suggesting that

>this is what Mr Sachs did.

>

>If one needed a good valuation of an item for insurance purposes, what

>better way than to obtain that valuation than ebay? What would stop someone

>from putting their cherished pre-1984 bicycle (still on topic) up for sale

>on ebay with an undisclosed reserve of say $55,000? Let the bidders come

>and bid, never hit the reserve and set the valuation?

>

>Maybe an interesting way to convince an insurance underwriter the value of

>something he thinks is worth maybe $500?

>

>Just a thought....

>

>Warren Hall

>Houston, TX with a Pinarello and Woodrup that I can easily value.

>

>-----Original Message-----

>From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org

>[mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Martin Walsh

>Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 11:07 PM

>To: CR List

>Subject: [CR]Masi on ebay

>

>Dear CR listees,

>I've been following e-Richie's (Richard Sachs) auction of his 1971 Masi

>on ebay.

>It has been a really amazing auction in my opinion........

>It just ended and DID NOT MAKE RESERVE at $6,191.99.

>It seems to me that this could be a new market high, at least for 2006

>for an early 1970's vintage Masi Prestige.....or for that matter any of

>the European lightweight vintage road racing bicycles.

>It is from an era that many of us collect, and from a time when many

>(the median age of the CR list) started riding or racing on lightweight

>bicycles.

>I would put the "Rene Herse" and "Singer" bicycle auctions in a

>different class by themselves of randonneur or constructeur bicycles.

>

>The ebay auction number for the 1971 Masi was ITEM # :

>6619151970

>This would have to be one of the top dollar bids for a 1970's vintage

>Italian racer, that we've seen in a while.

>

>The only other comparable bicycle that I could find was a "Mario

>Confente" ebay auction back in 2002, ebay ITEM # : 1153541926

>that DID NOT MAKE RESERVE AT $8300.00 (according to the CR website

>"Market Highs for 2002" section).

>

>Are we seeing escalating vintage bicycle prices or is this just a BLIP

>in the marketplace, we call ebay?

>Yours truly,

>Marty Walsh in Vienna,Va. with my first e-bay auction "going on"......