Maybe he's hoping nobody will notice (or be able to tell) that the components are all Campy Gran Sport....
Scott Peterson
Bend, OR
<twrawson@comcast.net>; "classicrendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>; "Flash" <flash@flashq.de> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 9:11 AM Subject: Re: [CR]Hetchins 23" Magnum Bonam 1957 Item number: 6573909559
> Those are some pretty crappy pictures for a seller who wants you to
> start by tossing nearly $9k his way. You'd think he could pull together
> something a tad more professional (or hire a starving grad student to do
> it) for something that dearly priced.
>
> Phil Sieg
> Knoxville, Tennessee
>
> Peter Naiman wrote:
>
> >This auction will be interesting to watch. A 1957
> >Hetchin's Magnum Bonum purchased about thirty years
> >ago, outfitted with mostly Campy NR, ridden about 200
> >miles and then put in storage. Opening bid is a
> >staggering GBP 4,950.00 or about $8500.
> >
> >No relation to the seller and I'm not bidding on this
> >one. Too rich for my blood.
> >
> >Peter Naiman
> >Glendale, WI