Walt Skrzypek wrote:
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> I had noticed that Mondonico also, very nice but far too tiny a size for myself...I am surprised it has stalled!
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> There are some other interesting items just hitting the cyber-waves...There are several Very Early Italian made Simplex derailleurs...The other is listed under other auctions...
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> http://ebay.com/
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> I was unaware in my young mind that Simplex had some Italian made derailleurs..very cool indeed. And they have to be pretty hard sought after as well considering the price the regular Simplex derailleurs sell for!!
Here's the Italian edition of the 1950 Simplex catalog I sell. It is filled with beautiful steel plate engravings of all the derailleurs:
http://www.velo-retro.com/
"Simplex Catalog, Italian Edition, 1950 -- 20 pages covering the following derailleurs: Champion Du Monde, Tour De France 1948, Tour De France 1949, Tour De France Competition 1950, and the Competition front changer. Also a picture of the complete "Gruppo Speciale Corsa Simplex" in its box! Catalog pictures Coppi winning 1949 TdF on Simplex. The color cover is the famous Art Deco Simplex poster! $ 12"
Picture of cover: http://www.velo-retro.com/
As far as eBay and Simplex TdF derailleurs... it seems to me that the Japanese only want the Simplex 543 / Record 60 series of derailleurs and the Tour de France type is of little or no interest to them. I've seen final prices on eBay around the $25 to $35 dollar range of used examples and even NOS in the box examples going for less than $50!
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, T-shirts and Timelines)
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