Kurt Sperry wrote:
> I'm pretty much with Tom I'm afraid re the Campagnolo 50th gruppo. I
> distinctly remember thinking the first time I saw one at a LBS, "What
> a silly thing this is- the consummate racing gruppo festooned with
> cheesy looking little gold medallions." When the bike shop guy told
> my excitedly that it came in a special collectors' case with it's own
> limited edition serial number, I instantly put it into the Franklin
> Mint "collectable" category where it's been ever since in my mind.
> Pretty much anything sold complete with special collectors' case,
> limited edition SN and CoA sets off my sniff meter as somehow
> fundamentally unauthentic.
We always called them the "Graveyard Gruppo."
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John "Blasphemer" Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA