If someone pays $9,000 for that bike, then that's what it's worth. I'm guessing nobody will and it isn't.
Kurt Sperry Bellingham, Washington USA
2008/12/30 Tom Sanders <tesanders@comcast.net>:
> The Confente belongs to a class of collectables where the relevant question
> is not so much "Is it worth it?" as is what must you pay to acquire one?
> Of course some newer bikes may have "gone beyond" it: doesn't matter. You
> wanna play in these leagues, you gotta pay the price. Is a stamp with an
> upside down airplane "Worth" millions of dollars? Not an appropriate
> question. It will neither send a letter nor wipe a messy posterior.it just
> sells for that much.
>
> I remember many ears ago in my Antiques collecting period when a local
> Antiques Dealer came up with a Rhinoceros horn mounted on a wooden stand. I
> was aghast when he quoted me a price. The rascal looked me right in the eye
> and enquired "where can you get one any cheaper?"
>
> Tom Sanders
>
> Lansing, MI USA