Jon Williams:
>If your are living it
> and paying attention, you know what everything is selling for. If you're
not
> then maybe you pay too much or ask too little (boo hoo). >
> Anyway we already have a perfect price guide, it's called ebay. Suddenly
> everybody is now invited to the party. If you need a guide. Pick a few
> marques you're interested in. Bookmark searches, and once a day or week
> scroll through completed auctions. There's your guide. For complete bikes,
> have a 1-10 system to grade for originality, condition, size, etc. Do this
> for a year and you can write the book. Next year, kids will forget about
> "fixies" and all your Keiren prices will be a waste of time.
>
> Seriously what I've learned about collecting stuff over the years is. Buy
> what you think is really cool, makes you happy, and you can afford. If you
> have good taste, it will problay be worth more one day. I know this works
as
> I've spent the last ten years living off junk I bought in the 70's and
80's.
Here's an eBay pattern some of us may want to pay attention to: ASC hubs. Always a big money item, I've often wondered who has bought most of them (I got mine "cheap" long ago) over the past half decade, collectors looking to restore or fixed gear fanatics looking for a different thrill (I fit both categories)? With Sturmey apparently coming out with a new generation of fixed hubs, what will happen to ASC prices? Only the Shadow knows....
Craig Montgomery
Should I sell now?, in Tucson, Baja AZ