[CR] Neat city bike from the 40's sells at just over $1350

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From: "Steven Maasland" <themaaslands@comcast.net>
To: CR <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:05:20 -0500
Subject: [CR] Neat city bike from the 40's sells at just over $1350

An auction ended earlier today on Italian ebay for a cool city bike.

http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270333633854

This particular bike has the cotterless cranks and the fully internal front brake, but does not have the fully internal rear brake. There are in fact some Taurus bikes where the brake calipers are fully ensconced in the fork blades and chainstays. This one also does not have the alloy rims found on many. This explains why it sold for only 1060 euros, so about $1350. This is very cheap, as the nicer Taurus bikes, with these features regularly sell for over 2000 euros when traded between collectors in Italy.

Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ
USA