Re: [CR]Re: was Team Raleigh, now Provenance

(Example: Bike Shops)

From: <"richardsachs@juno.com">
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:59:49 GMT
To: OROBOYZ@aol.com
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: was Team Raleigh, now Provenance
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


alas, maybe this is what it takes to
bring vintage bicycle collecting into
the rarified world of "collecting with
a capitol C" !
e-RICHIE
chester, ct


-- OROBOYZ@aol.com wrote:


That reminds me ( maybe Brett Horten is the guy to answer this) but what constitutes valid provenance? In the REALLY sophisticated world of collecting, provenance must have a fairly structured status. In other words, "you telling me that some guy told you that Bartali rode this bike in the 1942 Giro" obviously don't cut it. But what constitutes valid provenance to someone like a big auction house or a focussed collector? Seems like almost nothing I have seen in the vintage bike world has much real proof attached as to that item's confirmable history...

Just a-wondering...................

Dale Brown
Greensboro, NC