hi dale, anyway, i bought the confente from boyer but i dont believe that it was his personal bike. From what i understand Mario built the bike for John someone who was the guy who painted the bikes for Mario at that time. Well, the 9000.00 price tag me seem steep but thats what I want for it. One on Ebay sold a month ago for over seven and it was a repaint(yuck). I hope you can check out pics at bikeforums under my name, under confente and paramount pics(selling a paramount as well for 850.00-another beutiful bike and alot cheaper. joe englert 916 390 2287 Loomis California