Speaking of record prices for Campy brakes, this post is not on topic (misses by a year or so), but a pair of prototype Campy Deltas were just sold on eBay for $3202. See # 260210239794
Seems there's no recession when it comes to rare Campy brakes!
George
George Hollenberg MD
Westport, CT, USA
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> >Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:39:53 -0800
> >From: "Jim Ready"
> >To:
> >Subject: [CR]Some sort of record for Campy brakes?
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> >Take a look a this ebay auction that just ended:
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> >130198480975
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> >$1774.95 for what really amounts to a set of no-name Campy
> brakes. I know
> >no-name brakes are rare and expensive, but the last set I saw
> on ebay went
> >for ~$400.00 or so. Has anyone seem these brakes for anything
> near this
> >amount? (I figured the other parts were worth $300 or so...)
> >
> >Jim Ready
> >Cupertino, CA
> Jim:
> Prices are pretty strong for the 'good stuff' right now, for
> whatever reasons. It is peak 'project season' right now, for one
> (for those of us in the snow belt, anyways). I've seen those
> calipers and levers fetch $1000 in the past. I suspect the $400
> set you saw had problems. Usually, the unique and rare center
> bolts are either missing (replaced by later ones) or are
> boogered up in some way. I'll agree that $1800 may be strong for
> this set of parts, based on only those photos, but it's almost a
> complete bike set up for that price. Add a frameset, headset,
> (correct) pedals, tires, cables, tape, etc. and that would
> probably build up into a pretty nice bike (after much cleanup
> labor), I suspect. Can't tell for sure about the condition of
> most of those parts due to the so-so photos, but there's an
> early Brooks Pro, an early Regina GS freewheel, a 1970 NR rear
> der., etc. in that bunch.
> I actually missed those calipers when I first saw the listing,
> so I didn't watch that auction.
> Now, what really got my attention was when that NOS 151/44
> chainring sold for $1001 a while back...!
> Greg Parker
> Ann Arbor, MI
> http://www.bicycleclassics.com
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George Hollenberg MD
CT, USA