You’re way out of line. A pristine International might get 175 or so. If it needs any work at all that price will drop.

You will have it a long long time at that price. Fully serviced with fresh cables, housings, new tires; it’s $125 around here. No one is collecting these, Collectors want the top of the line models. it’s a rider instead. Kind of heavy unless you compare to a Schwinn from that era.

A $500 made in Japan bike from that era would have full first generation Dura Ace parts, 700c wheels, and weigh about 22 pounds. Even then, it’s not typically in the $500 range. I bought a Japanese bike from that era, full first gen Dura Ace. Bought from a flipper in Orlando last year for $175.. At that price it was a good deal. At $400 he would still have it.

i have owned and sold several Nishiki Internationals, the most I paid was $40. Did a full service, bearings, cables, chain, tires. At that point there was no profit in them so I stopped.

Hopefully your market is better than mine.


a bike that has sat for 40 years is not in perfect condition. Brake pads get old and hard, cables get rusty and stick in old unlined housings. Grease dries out and gets hard, so anything with grease will need to be disassembled, inspected, cleaned and the fresh grease and bearings. Then you have to clean and relive chain and freewheel too. In all it’s about a four hour job plus supplies. Average bike shop here charges $75 an hour for labor. I volunteer at a local bicycle charity. We get a lot of bikes donated at this stage when people get sticker shock. We have the advantage of donated mechanics time plus donated parts. After our work we would sell for $125.

If your reading the serial number correctly it is probably a ‘73 that was built in the later part of ‘72 for the ‘73 model year.

I am with Work101, it likely isn’t really in perfect ready to ride condition