Mike:
The blue fake that I am aware of (which may be the same one you are thinking of) was this color, but a 60 cm. size iirc.
This one is probably real, but who knows for sure, with that crappy photo. and poor listing. This guy is probably just fishing for 2-3 times what he paid for it recently, imo. In the current economic climate, I would say that is a bit of a stretch.
By the way, my NOS Mario-built 1972 61 cm. Masi GC can be had for only $12,000! A bargain by comparison, no? :-)
Greg Parker Ann Arbor, Michigan USA (where another snow storm is just beginning, again, for the six billionth time this Winter....)
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Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:22:58 +0000 From: hersefan@comcast.net To: Mikey Schmidt <mdschmidt56@verizon.net>, Tom Sanders <tesanders@comcast.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR] Confente, or non-fente
My question is why no mention of Confente in title or description? Also, at least one of the fake Confente frames was in this color if memory serves me.
Now, the fake I saw if I recall correctly did not have the seatlug tange facing
downward on the frontside of the seatube as do typical Confente or Masi frames.
>From the stinky photos I do think I see it, so that probably rules out the fake
I saw years ago - but I really can't be sure.
Has anyone called the guy? All weird...
Mike Kone in Boulder CO USA
> Tom,
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\r?\n> He is fishing, ya think?. That old adage about a fool and his money shall soon
\r?\n> part, is apparent here. A BIN price of $7,000. is more realistic, ATMO. Did
\r?\n> anyone get a serial number?
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\r?\n> I recall Nick Z's Confente brought in $6,750 at Cirque's auction a few years
\r?\n> back and that Confente was in nicer shape.
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\r?\n> Confoundented,
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\r?\n> Mike Schmidt
\r?\n> Stirling, NJ
\r?\n> USA
\r?\n> Third Rock from the Sun
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\r?\n> From: Tom Sanders
\r?\n> Date: 2008/03/21 Fri AM 08:34:02 CDT
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Subject: [CR]Confente, or non-fente
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\r?\n> For $15,000 who cares? Shades of the Pope's Colnago.
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\r?\n> Tom Sanders
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\r?\n> Lansing, Mi USA