Re: [CR] Adivce on 70's Colnago Super with Possible Crash Damage

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:23:58 -0700
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Adivce on 70's Colnago Super with Possible Crash Damage


2009/6/20 <jeff-arg@bizwi.rr.com>: Even though it still rides well, the damage will likely make the frame worth next to nothing to a collector.

This collectors' quirk (the categorical rejection of frames that are structurally and functionally sound because of a minor flaw) it seems to me represents a significant opportunity for people to buy top quality frames that would ordinarily cost a small fortune, might easily be cosmetically beautiful and work perfectly for pennies on the dollar. Collectors can be quite irrational at times about what would from a purely logical viewpoint be minor imperfections. Why not take full advantage of their irrationality?

Kurt Sperry
Bellingham, Washington
USA