I've contacted the seller and asked for more detailed pics and if the bike really has decals instead of hand lettering. He didn't send pictures but confirmed that the bike has indeed decals. He said the Herse shop switched to decals in their last years and that the bike has been repainted there. Don't know if this true, but since I could't find a single Herse part at the pics I hesitated to bid. Can anybody confirm the "Herse used decals" story?
Dirk
BTW: There's a brown frame with (different) "Rene Herse" decals hanging in the Singer shop which is obviously and according to the Csukas not a Herse. So at least fake Herse decals exist.
-- Dirk Feeken Heidelberg Germany
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Bob Freitas Sent: Montag, 5. April 2004 17:27 To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS Subject: [CR]eBay item 3669448632 (Ends Apr-05-04 06:08:30 PDT) - 1969 Rene Herse
I dont know if anyone else was watching the RENE HERSE auction(of course you all were) ,interesting that the only bidders were JAPANESE snipers Still over $1200 for a race bike I think was still cheap BOB FREITAS off to work in MILL VALLEY,CA