Yes, the seller is mistaken. This is Selle Italia's Campionissimo saddle. The Campionissimo is a relatively unknown model, so there aren't very many of them out there. There are even fewer of the Coppi model. Coppi commemorative version is cool, but was first introduced in the very late '80s ( plus or minus a couple of years).
Marc Boral
Aldo Ross wrote:
> The seller states "This is a saddle produced by Selle Italia to commemorate the many victories of Il Campionissimo - Fausto Coppi. While issued before his death, this saddle was produced in limited numbers."
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> It certainly doesn't look like a pre-1961 saddle to me... am I missing something here?
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> http://ebay.com/
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> Aldo Ross