Re: [CR] Eddy Merckx Signed Lithographs & Limited Edition of Cycling's Golden Age

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Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:19:04 -0700
Subject: Re: [CR] Eddy Merckx Signed Lithographs & Limited Edition of Cycling's Golden Age
From: "Steven L. Sheffield" <stevens@veloworks.com>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Thread-Topic: [CR] Eddy Merckx Signed Lithographs & Limited Edition of Cycling's Golden Age
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On 10/20/06 3:29 PM, "Brett Horton" <bretthorton@thehortoncollection.com> wrote:
> It was nice to meet several of you at the book release and signing with Eddy
> Merckx and Felice Gimondi at Interbike. It turned out to be a rousing success
> for VeloNews and the books they shipped in for the show sold out the first
> day.

I wish I could have made it down to I-bike this year, but had to work ... But one of my teammates went and picked me up a copy of the book; signed not only by Eddy Merckx and Felice Gimondi, but also by Owen Mulholland and Brett as well.

I'm still trying to figure out the inscription in mine, however, which says "Get back to work, Bitty" ... Makes me wonder if my pal gave me the wrong book of a number he was having signed.


> Merckx Lithographs
> These are the nicest lithos we have ever produced. Basically, we spared no
> expense to create the absolute best possible piece of art. The edition is
> called "Series 525" to celebrate Eddy 525 career victories. We had Eddy
> personally sign each individually numbered lithograph in the series at a
> private signing at Interbike. The first lithograph shows him on a solo break
> away at the 1967 Paris-Nice, the other is a shot from the 1969 Tour de
> France. Discounted price for the CR list is $95.00 each.

I bought a pair of both lithographs, which arrived in the mail a couple days ago; matched set, #106/525. Eddy's writing hand must have been killing him after signing 1050 of these lithographs. These are, by far, some of the nicest quality lithograph photos I've ever laid my hands on. Now, I just need to find a quality frameshop here in SL,UT.

If Brett hasn't already sold out of these, I would definitely encourage any and all to get them while the gittin's good.

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Steven L. Sheffield
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