Ha! Love the pawn shop comment. And it can be true. Many of us have lurked for a long time and have stumbled upon some amazing deals. Anecdotally, I used to ask about values here and have stopped. I posted a special Austro-Daimler here once and got a ~$800 consensus. I sold the bike, minus bar/stem and saddle for $2,200. I think I posted a Trek 770 as well and got the same value estimates. It sold for $1,600.
Some bikes are special because of their condition, component group, provenance, or whatever. They take longer to sell and it can be rather random, but they do have greater value.
Edit: Of course as I think about this the most common occurrence is someone who has a nice bike and is told that it's worth $4,000 or whatever when it's an $800 bike.
Last edited by alexihnen; 10-19-23 at 02:52 PM.