It seems at times some of the auctions will sit at what appears to be a ridiculously low price for the item and then in the last few hours jump into a range well beyond my budget.
Just built up a $4,000 Vilier for a part-time employee that was rear ended two weeks ago and her Vilier was on a rear mounted rack and the bike was destroyed.
Mark, the fat lady ain't sung yet, Poore
Sunny and warm Slatyfork, WV
>
>The seller of the 1983 version (with original paint?) bought the '70s
>version, even though it was recently repainted, which lowers its
>"collectability." Coincidence? I think not!
>
>This seems to reinforce and help prove exactly what many have recently been
>saying IMO.
>
>That said, there is certainly nothing "wrong" with either frame. They're
>just
>different. Heck, you could collect one from each year that Masi produced
>them....
>
>When we are collecting / reliving our "glory days," year and location of
>manufacture (among a thousand other details) matter.
>
>The LBS would appear not to be a font of collectible Masi knowledge (again,
>IMO...).
>
>Cheers,
>
>Greg "only one Masi GC in my stable" Parker
>A2 MI USA
>
>
>
>Mark C. wrote:
>
>
> > Certainly no expert, clearly a newbie, I chose to concentrate on the 83.
> > Many others did too. As it turned out, in a quirk of fate, the seller of
>the
> > one I bought, ended by winning the 70's Italian one. In the end everyone
>was
> > probably happy with the prize they wanted. The LBS estimated that many
>of
> > the 70's Masis you describe, even Italian examples, were worth no more
>than
> > $200 more than mine.This seems to agree with price estimates in Mr.
>Brown's
> > site. In all cases on his site none of the Masis up to the 80's were
>valued
> > at less than $900. So my point is it takes a lot to explain the low
>current
> > bids for the Masi offered on ebay now,even if not entirely SR/NR
>equipped.