I keep thinking of what seem to be the least collectible and some of the most rideable used lightweights these days, mostly Italian and American high end bikes from the 1980;s. In ads in my region, cherry Davidsons, Tomassos, Colnago Supers, and the like sell for $500 to $700 with 7 speed groups and darned few miles on them! David Feldman
> Believe it or not, a Juy 543 at the $775 price is less than what they
often
> sell for. There is a history of these selling for over $1,000 - and
we've
> sold them in the middle $800 range before.
>
> The only way to understand such seemingly high prices, I believe, is to
> understand what a deraillieur such as this might be used for. It can
serve
> as a really great display item on a shelf. Alternatively, in Japan current
> frames such as Toei might be constructed to specifically use such a
> deraillieur. One might spend a number of thousands constructing a replica
> of a 1959 race bike and this could be the centerpiece of the project.
>
> Now, this doesn't imply that this makes sense (at least in my mind), but
if
> folks choose to do this than that puts pressure on the market.
>
> I think that many of us see pretty nice bikes complete selling for $ 775
> and that makes such a pricey deraillieur seem a bit crazy. Of course,
with
> the yen so weak and the Japanese economy sputtering right now, we might
see
> some previously "unobtainium" items come down to earth in price. Mike Kone
>
>
>
>
> At 07:38 PM 3/24/01 EST, OROBOYZ@aol.com wrote:
> > http://ebay.com/
> >
> >$ 775.00!
> >Oh my gosh!
> >That is another record of some sort!
> >
> >Dale Brown
> >Greensboro, North Carolina