Re: [CR]Masi on ebay

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Columbus)

Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:45:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Syke - Deranged Few M/C" <sykerocker@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Masi on ebay
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Or are we seeing a blatant attempt to find out exactly what the market will bear, with no real attempt to sell?

I saw this happen about four years ago on eBay, a collection of Ducati motorcycles, including a couple of Indianas, which I really wanted to own (I can already hear the groans from those who know of the bike).

Nothing made reserve - because the "seller" had reserves of something like $50k on each item. He just wanted to see what the market would bear.

George R. "Syke" Paczolt Montpelier, VA

Martin Walsh wrote:

Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:07:14 -0400 From: "Martin Walsh" <mowalsh@verizon.net> To: "CR List" <ClassicRendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: [CR]Masi on ebay

Message: 14

Dear CR listees, I've been following e-Richie's (Richard Sachs) auction of his 1971 Masi on ebay. It has been a really amazing auction in my opinion........ It just ended and DID NOT MAKE RESERVE at $6,191.99.

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Are we seeing escalating vintage bicycle prices or is this just a BLIP in the marketplace, we call ebay? Yours truly, Marty Walsh in Vienna,Va. with my first e-bay auction "going on"......

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