spotted that the other day myself... i think he had a rebour drawing up a while back of a soubitez headlight as well... or was that someone else?
should cost about $100-150 to frame properly, yes... depending on how fancy you get with the actual frame... thats what its cost me to frame things of roughly that same size...
im guessing the "poly ch" comment refers to the "poly chanteloup".
depending on what my paycheck looks like, i just might go for it... though i doubt id be able to beat the japanese bidders if they show up... but id be a happy man if i could manage to put just one original drawing apiece from rebour and patterson on my wall... :)
(not that i *really* need to have more in the stack of about 10 things that already need framing i cant afford right yet... :) )
-joel
>Now THIS is a collector's item !
>
>
>Original DANIEL REBOUR Drawing Rene Herse 58
>
>Item # 730843086
>
><http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
> This seems to be an item worth some interest and conversation .
>
> The actual original artwork , by the hand of the single most
>famous artist in the world of cycling . And if the piece is in less
>than perfect condition , it's due to other hands at a certain well
>known cycling magazine , in 1958 .
>
> Needs - deserves - a trip to the framing shop , where they
>understand terms like , "archivally framed , museum mounts ,
>acid-free matting , UV filtering glass" . Figure $100 , maybe
>$125 , to have it properly framed , so that it will be in exactly
>this condition , 100 years from now .
> Before framing , put some top-quality paper in the photocopier
>, make a copy of the handwriting on the back , show that copy in a
>little matted "window" in the final framing job . When people
>look at the framed artwork , they can read the note on the back at
>the same time .
>
> By the way , I'm sure that "38 x 18 cm Rene Herse tandem" is
>the size of the DRAWING , not the size of the original tandem .
> : - )
> That "joeeramone" guy sure does get the good stuff .
>
> Just MHO ,
> Yr Fthfl Srvnt ,
> Raoul Delmare
> Marysville Kansas
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i know what innocence looks like - and it wasn't there,
after she got that bicycle...