OK, listers, here is my perhaps unconventional opinion.
In 200 years that Colnago will be in a museum and if the curator is knowledgable he/she will describe it as a "contemporary" refinish. The original finished bikes will be sadly rusted through and recycled as soup cans by then. Would you care if someone had polished up King Tut's mask within 30 years of his burial? Perhaps put some thicker gold on it? Heck no.
In 200 years only a bug collector type person would prefer a thinly painted cheapo finish with sorry decals.
That frame is drop dead georgeous and I thank the owner and painter for saving it. I doubt they will make money on it, as most people do not understand what it costs to put out fine custom work like that.
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