[CR]Ideale 59 : NOS : $612 and counting ?!?

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From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 10:27:11 -0700 (PDT)
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Ideale 59 : NOS : $612 and counting ?!?

I decided to look up Ideale saddles today on ebay when I came across :

< http://ebay.com/<blah>

A saddle listing for $612 NOS ! Wow, maybe I should give up bicycle collecting and just take up saddle collecting ?!?!? Certainly I'd be afraid to rest my bum on a $612 piece of leather equipment like this ...

- Don Gillies San Diego, CA

P.S. Two ideale 88 saddles, NOS (1996 models), arrived in the mail yesterday from germany. They are nowhere near as smooth and clean as a Brooks PRO saddle, and are considerably heavier. Is Ideale still making any saddles ?? Who owns the trademark?