Re: [CR]RE: Campagnolo QR posters Sold Out

(Example: Framebuilders:Alex Singer)

From: <hersefan@comcast.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]RE: Campagnolo QR posters Sold Out
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:19:10 +0000


Hi CR folks,

Dumb luck - I counted out the number of shippable QR posters I have - and the number exactly matched the number of requests! Way too close for comfort. Anyway, they are now sold out. Thanks for the interest!

Mike Kone in Boulder CO


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From: hersefan@comcast.net

> I did a double take seeing the Campy QR poster on ebay - hey, that was a

\r?\n> reprinted poster I had done years ago when I owned Bicycle Classics inc.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Anyway, I don't have framed ones, but I have a few unframed that I can sell.

\r?\n> The poster was a blow-up of a page from the Tabbuci Specialties 1938 Catalog.

\r?\n> It is the earliest known ad for Campy stuff that I am aware of.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> The posters (really a print on heavy paper) have been moved around a bit, so

\r?\n> there may be minor imperfections, but anything I send out will be quite nice and

\r?\n> what people would consider suitable for framing.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Shipping for as many as you want in a priority box (the roll up nice into a

\r?\n> priority box) is $4.05.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> The posters themselves I'll sell for $ 9 each.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> If interested, email me your name and address and I'll get it(them) out. My

\r?\n> address for payment is:

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Mike Kone

\r?\n> PMB506 1630A 30th Street

\r?\n> Boulder, CO 80301

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Thanks!

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Mike Kone

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\r?\n> From: Raymond Dobbins

\r?\n>

\r?\n> > wayne,

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > i think i bought the same poster you, on ebay. iirc, the seller is list

\r?\n> > member hugh enox. after the purchase i corresponded with him and found out

\r?\n> that

\r?\n> > he was involved with the design and/or printing of the original poster back in

\r?\n> > the day. his reprint poster is very nice - i believe it was made from the

\r?\n> > original plates, so it is identical to the original. the main differences are

\r?\n> > the quality of the paper (the original was matte and not as heavy), and the

\r?\n> ink

\r?\n> > (the original used a lighter blue). in fact, based on the dark blue ink of the

\r?\n> > poster being sold by the cinelli twins guy, i'd say that it is one of hugh's

\r?\n> > reprints, not an original.

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > hopefully hugh can shed some light on this and tell us more about his posters.

\r?\n> > and btw, hugh's packing is so good, it is almost worth buying the poster just

\r?\n> to

\r?\n> > see how he packs it. no kidding (and no kickback either).

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > ray dobbins

\r?\n> > miami florida

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > "Bingham, Wayne" wrote:

\r?\n> > I always loved that particular Record group parts poster too. I have an

\r?\n> > original one, now a bit tattered around the edges from being push-pinned

\r?\n> > on many shop walls. That very poster was recently reprinted in some

\r?\n> > numbers and offered in a BIN auction on eBay. (Can't remember who, but a

\r?\n> > detailed search might turn up something). I bought one to replace the

\r?\n> > original one, which is still stashed in a storage tube. The new one is

\r?\n> > printed in blue ink on heavy poster stock. It's a standard poster size,

\r?\n> > so frames are easy to find. I bought a black poster frame, then painted

\r?\n> > it red to match some trim in my new shop. I also dry-mounted the poster

\r?\n> > on foam-core before framing it in the new red frame. A nice

\r?\n> > presentation that makes a really nice addition to the shop.

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > Now, if someone would reprint the QR poster......

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > Wayne Bingham

\r?\n> > Lovettsville VA

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > >>>same seller does have two items I've been looking for. A framed

\r?\n> > Campy breakdown poster from catalog 18(?)....(item number7212505598)and

\r?\n> > a framed advertising poster for the first QRs.... (item

\r?\n> > number7212472774)

\r?\n> > Brandon"monkeyman"Ives<<<