Nick Z. wondered why no-one has bit on that Masi GC on ebay for 3500 bucks. Someone's probably hoping the reserve is less (which it might be...the reserve game is an interesting one)... and maybe Nick was kidding..<g>
My own guess is that most of the buyers on ebay who are interested in the bike have a pretty good idea what they're worth. I owned one of these in a 57cm that was, if anything, even more nearly original than the one on ebay (if that's possible.. in the same state of originality, anyway), and just as pristine in general. It sold about 18 months ago for 2500. I did not sell it. I sold it for much less than that to someone else about three years ago. I sold it for the friend-price.
I'm not sure if the Cali Masis, even in this pristine condition, have reached 3500 bucks yet. It might get close, someone might bite at the buy-it-now, you never know. But it seems to me that'd be a stretch. If this one had the twin-plate crown, or was a slightly smaller size, or had a few trick parts or some cool provenance (besides the fact that Chuck owned it once. <g> ) maybe it would go for 3500.
Be interesting to see where it finally ends. 3500 might be a bit optimistic at the moment for a Cali bike. If it was an italian-made GC from about the same period, it might get that high. Hard to say.
Charles Andrews SoCal
"The deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them."
--Galileo Galilei