Its not only the derailleur - the rear is Simplex's first parallelogram, but the aluminum framed Ideale saddle and the Stronglight cranks which are either earlyish 49s or type 57s. Think of what these bits would sell individually.
Hilary Stone who is going to Calshot one of Britain's only two indoor wooden tracks tomorrow
Tom Hayes wrote:
> Reading the person's description and looking at the pictures, I'm going to
> guess there's one happy and surprised person in Buffalo. When I first saw
> it, I thought a $125.00 might bring it to my garage for a winter's cleaning
> project. When I went to bid this morning it had reached $600 and closed at
> over $900. There's something in those Simplex derailleurs, I guess.
>
> http://ebay.com/