At 11:16 PM -0400 8/7/02, Huemax@aol.com wrote:
>I saw the bike, it is old and very well made by top quality craftmanship of
>30's in the USA. But I still do not understand why some one paid
>8.100.00 for
>this, (missing parts, rusted, to me a prro condition overall).
>Then, you said it could brought 15,000.00 for better days. Just being
>"RARE"??
So Ken I guess the question is why does this seem odd? Rare is just
that, it's not unique like the Rubens painting that just picked up 70
million. People constantly call things "rare" that are not if you
look closer at ebay. The bike auctioned truly is rare and if you
want to think about that there are at least 100 times as many Herse's
as there are of that bike you really are getting a good price. I
have a period of cruiser collecting and if you think the French stuff
carries a high price take a look at 30's Schwinn stuff. I know
someday I will spend over $20,000, quite possibly much more, on a
piece of wood, canvas, or paper with paint on it. I will never spend
that much on a bicycle and that price discrepancy comes down to
something being "rare" or something being truly rare.
enjoy,
Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
SB, CA