I live in Philadelphia and know the seller of this bike and have seen it in person many times. It is stunning! The chrome is good and the shade of orange seems to have just aged really well. I hope its gone to a good home.
Isaac Schell
Philadlephia PA
USA
> From: globallyoff@s2ki.com <globallyoff@s2ki.com>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] 1939 Schwinn Paramount #A685 sells for $4000 on eBay!
\r?\n> To: "P J Rutledge" <prutledge1@comcast.net>
\r?\n> Cc: "classicrendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
\r?\n> Date: Sunday, January 18, 2009, 6:58 PM
\r?\n> What a strange coincidence. I saw a 1939 Schwinn Paramount
\r?\n> track bike
\r?\n> yesterday that was all original except someone had used the
\r?\n> hubs to make
\r?\n> clincher wheels. I assume it orig. had wood tubular rims.
\r?\n> It includes a
\r?\n> copy of the orig bill of sale ($72) and a copy of the
\r?\n> insurance policy the
\r?\n> owner took out on it. I asked..........$3000. I didn't
\r?\n> get the ser# but it
\r?\n> was sold in 1940. The owner is not actively trying to sell
\r?\n> it.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Keith Kessel
\r?\n> Shreveport, La.
\r?\n> USA
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> On Sun, January 18, 2009 2:46 pm, P J Rutledge wrote:
\r?\n> > See eBay item # 150320188264--1939 Schwinn Paramount,
\r?\n> serial #A685. It
\r?\n> > was listed on eBay about a week ago, not as an
\r?\n> auction, but as a
\r?\n> > "Buy-it-now" item. It ended today with
\r?\n> "Buy-it-now" for $4000! Nice
\r?\n> > orange bike, although missing the nicer Paramount
\r?\n> "telephone dial" hubs. It
\r?\n> > has a little more chrome than most '38/39
\r?\n> Paramounts--head tube and all
\r?\n> > lugs, fork tips, and track ends. Based on previous
\r?\n> pictures that I have
\r?\n> > of this bike, hubs appear to small flange Schwinn
\r?\n> Superior variety. This
\r?\n> > sale especially gets my interest because I used
\r?\n> eBay's "Buy-it-now" to
\r?\n> > purchase an all-chrome '38 Paramount late this
\r?\n> past November.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Pete Rutledge
\r?\n> > Woodbridge, VA, USA