Phil; He does list his phone number for further information which is very helpful. The jpgs are poor, but I won't hold it against him. Most times if you ask, sellers will provide better photos. The seller is obviously not a photographer and probably not using a digital.
What puzzles me is where he got his starting price. One never knows, someone out there might be willing to pay his price. Those TA pedals went for $3300, and I think it was last year a NOS first generation Campag Gran Sport rear derailleur went for $1550. I've some of the rarest surviving Hetchins in my small group and I've never paid anything even approaching his opening bid.
Peter Naiman
Glendale, WI
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
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