>>Message: 24
>From: "Mark Poore" <rauler47@hotmail.com>
>To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]Confente on ebay, and a thought or two about same
>Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 08:43:38 -0400
>
>Huffy? This is why I did say maybe, because I did know that their name did
>appear on some Olympic frames. The question is, Are they to really be
>considered Huffys? If Richard built frames for Murray, would they be
>considered Murrys or a Sach? Several years ago there was a fellow that came
>to our resort that worked for Huffy out of Ohio. He did have with him a
>Huffy, if you could call it that and he did, road bike. The frame was a
>beautiful piece of work. At this time I forget who built the frame, but I
>believe it was a well known American frame builder. The fellow was very
>proud of his Huffy. I saw it as a nice bike with Huffy decals.
>
>The question I have at this time: would the Huffy decals decrease or
>increase or not effect the value of the bike? Any thought on this?
Snob value? If you know (or can prove) a machine is a quality machine rebadged by a mass sales group, and that decreases its desirability, aren't you getting a bargain?
>Could you imagine if Confente had built a few bikes under the Sears name?
You'd pick up something the "real cognescenti" wouldn't touch with a bargepole. Good luck!
cheers
G
Cambs
Dry and 18