this bike, just outed by Fred:
is nice enough, but it's been quite awhile since I've seen a more entertaining example of a seller doing some fishing.
That's an early/mid 70s Cinelli in, admittedly, very good original condition from what I can tell. Such bikes routinely sell for 3-4K on ebay and have for some years now. There is nothing different about this one to justify such a price.
But I give the seller points for trying. Times being what they are, I might try it myself.
Charles Andrews Los Angeles
"everyone has elites; the important thing is to change them from time to time."
--Joseph Schumpeter, via Simon Johnson