It's still hard to figure why it's worth more than two or three complete, running Richard Sach's equipped with Record 10, for instance.
DF
>
> : [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