Agreed: I remember when these hobbies were fun. It seems America cant have a hobby without someone making them too expensive to continue. I remember when there was no price guide to collecting old guns. Thats right, guns. Just like any well made solid article of art and function, they represented a good bite out of history and a fantastic investment. Any idiot seller goes to the book and looks for the nose-bleed price they dream of having. Now people will look at their trashed Paramont and ask for $1200.00 because they "looked it up" in a price guide without any understanding of what makes something valuable. Hopefuly the purchasers will be the ones who know their stuff, and not some tome written by someone who has their own bias. I mean if I like Grandis bikes would I price them low in the book to get them cheap or wait for the revised edition, price them high then sell my collection? Just my 2 cents wort on this one. BT
cmontgomery <cmontgomery15@cox.net> wrote:
> Hey folks.....
> Let's get real. I fail to see how a 'price guide' could in any way
benefit anyone who is involved in our eccentric little hobby (except for the
big-volume sellers). Let the prices be dictated by whim, desire, and good
old-fashioned market pressures. All a price 'guide' will do is allow a a
select few to set prices that benefit them (no offense intended, to
prospective guide publishers). The value of a thing is what it will bring on
the open market- no more, no less. And, I remember buying a PX-10, my first
new race bike.....I purchased it in 1972 at Mulrooney's in Paramount, CA,
for $185, including a team hat, pump, water bottle & MAFAC tool kit- the
good ol' days for sure!
> Peace to all,
> Larry Myers, Portland, OR, US of A
My price guide is often determined by how much cash I have in my pocket and how much lust I have in my heart. Sometimes the consummation leads to a smile of satisfaction and somtimes to a pang of remorse.
Craig Montgomery Tucson, Apacheria
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