Re: [CR]What make that Confente worth so much?

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From: "David Goerndt" <davidg@iag.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]What make that Confente worth so much?
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 12:15:07 -0400


: [CR]What make that Confente worth so much?


> I just got up to speed on the Confente on Ebay by reading the item
> description. I am new to the bike collecting thing and have always thought
> of them as something to ride, race and mostly likely to have fun with. What
> makes a bike like this worth so much? You could contact a current frame
> builder and have one created just like it for far less. If it were a car it
> would depend on who owned it or raced it -- this bike has not been raced it
> did not win the Tour D' France no one famous owned it. The equipment on it
> is nothing special - the owner is going to throw in the old worn out chain,
> bar tape and brake hoods, again it was never raced they are old worn-out
> parts - so Confente touched them is he some demi God now or something? In
> my mind this is not worth any more than a Masi built in the US. I guess some
> of you are going to get pissed off at me but I think this group likes it when
> someone starts arguments. Sam DiBartolomeo

I don't think the bike is inherently worth as much as is so much as there is a demand for this bike and collectors willing to pay for it. What makes a Ferrari 250 GTO worth $6 million, or a Monet worth $40 million? Rarity and demand I think. I would guess Masis were sold in the thousands, yet some of those are bringing over a grand. Rarity and a racing history would push this bike into the stratosphere.

David Goerndt