The market for bike parts is 100x larger than any od the "fine arts" markets. Mitzi and I kinda collect prints since it's the only kind of "art" we can even imagine owning. Beleive me, it really doesn't take much for things to get out of control. I've been colleting bikes for a little of over 10 years and I can tell you prices have skyrocketed in that time. Though things like Ebay has made it quite a bit easier to find stuff. No more driving 100 miles to look a bike. enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
"Nobody can do everything, but if everybody did something everything would get done." Gil Scott-Heron
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 Philcycles@aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 6/18/01 7:51:20 AM, monkey37@bluemarble.net writes:
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> << This topic is getting quite OT, but if you know
> anything about collecting of high dollar items you'll know that this
> could be the start of a downward spiral of profiteering on the classic
> community. I'm all for a free market economy but it does have a tendency
> to bred sharks. >>
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> I don't agree. As has been discussed many times both here and on the road the
> market for bike stuff is very thin. I don't think the market is big enough
> for the downward spiral to occur.
> Phil Brown