Re: [CR]$200 for a B17? What am I missing?

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Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 13:33:13 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]$200 for a B17? What am I missing?
References: <OFEE1AECA6.559FAD0C-ON85256D9B.00528E22@mail.gm.com>


Marcus Helman wrote:
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> I don't get it.
> No relation to seller. I did not bid on this either.
> http://ebay.com/<blah>

The keyhole cutouts in the saddle top make this a semi rare version of a B.17 from the 1960s. The high bidder is a well known Japanese collector who is perfectly aware of what the item is worth to him and other collectors in Japan.

"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." --Sigmund Freud

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA

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