Mark Agree wrote:
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> What confounds me, is the suspicion that the Campy gears, having been sold
> alone might easily have gone up over $1000. Why then do the high rolling
> bidders not attack an entire gruppo in one fell swoop?
Looking at past auctions on eBay, Cambio Corsa (two shift rods & two hubs is all) doesn't go for even half that, especially rusty versions. I think the emerging reality is that there is more of this stuff (1940s) than there are buyers to fight over it.
The majority of the collectors I've met are looking for 1970s and even 1980s bikes and an old soldier from the 1940s while interesting, is not something they have been obsessing over trying to find and possess.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA
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