Gilbert,
The bike belonged to someone from LaJolla ,last name Dietrich (could be spelled a different way). Don't know it it was the mans bike or womans; I believe a mans judging by the saddle. The Meteor Steve Friedes bought not long ago belonged to same person as this Herse. This person passed away and the wife I hear didn't want to deal with the bikes so they were donated to St. Vincent de Paul or something. The person selling them on ebay literally paid $20 for each bike at auction. It really makes me heartsick now, knowing that the owner doesn't really care about the bike and is going to sell it to the highest bidder (overseas naturally) where it's original home land will never see it again. I have seen this bike in person now. Business is business, but this really breaks my heart.
Brian Baylis
Suicidal in La Mesa.
>
> Greetings Dale,
>
> You have been moderating the list for less than 48 hours and now you have
> proven to us that you are prone to slip ups. How could you in good conscience
> allow a real nifty Rene Herse in your size to be broadcast to this list? You
> said you wanted on and despite it's tattered condition (It could be great or
> simply almost terrific) if will be worth a lot. It will be bidded to the
> ionosphere now that it got past the moderator.
>
> Questions, Clifford Graves had lots of these puppies but did he ride one that
> small. Anyone from the area work on his bikes and could this be on of his of
> a buddies?
>
> Second, I shouldn't bid on the bike but I would like a side bet on the
> reserve? I figure $4000.00 but the price will go much higher as the size
> might be very attractive in Japan.
>
> Gilbert" Don't look like no kind a Hetchin's Style fraud from here"Anderson-
> Owner of one Herse Demontable
> Rene Herse Fraud Control Dept.
> Deputy to Douglas Brooks owner of 2 Herse and 1 Singer among others
>
> In a message dated 3/3/01 1:13:22 PM, dbrk@troi.cc.rochester.edu writes:
>
> << There is a Herse Demountable on eBay this morning.
> Look here:
> http://ebay.com/
>
> It is a 52cm c-c and that translates even shorter since these
> bikes size _up_ usually 1-3cm, at least in my humble experience.
> Particularly noteworthy is the Herse crank.
> If anyone has the technical know-how to pull the many
> pictures off the site and post them somewhere, the
> more photos of Herse on the record, the better!!
>
> now it will sure be interesting to see how far this
> one goes, no?
> Douglas Brooks,
> prefers to be known more for questions than answers,
> in snowy, snowy Canandaigua, NY >>