Re: [CR] any idea why this 1970s Motobecane went for over $1500??

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:08:49 -0500
From: "George Allen" <jgallen@lexairinc.com>
To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] any idea why this 1970s Motobecane went for over $1500??


Joel,

You tell me. A frameset sold in August for $1425! Just a frameset! All I can guess is nostalgia, although I liked the French components and the red and black paint scheme.

George Allen Lexington, Ky USA

Via Bicycle wrote:
>ebay auction-
>http://ebay.com/<blah>
>or item #180430263984
>
>just a stock 1970s Moto. nothing special. it is clean, and has been
>cleaned. but there is nothing special about it? we have 2 here at the
>shop right now.
>I was shocked when I saw it on Ebay at $900, but even more atontished at $1500+.
>
>Funny seeing "more desirable" bikes sell for a lot less. I am kind of
>weary to put a couplejack taylors on Ebay now, seeing that there is
>more demand for bike boom era mass produced bikes, then custom or
>semicustom bikes. Let me comb the rafters for Gitanes and the like.
>
>joel flood
>philadelphia, PA
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