I'd almost forgotten about this discussion. Wonder how much he made charging people to view his collection?

DD

I think he was secretly charging for every page view on eBay. Better check your PayPal!

Tree fiddy.

I told you not to give money to that damn monster!

What the heck is a "Chinelli"?

If I had known about this 2 months ago I’d have made a serious run at it.

1. Not enough bikes/frames/parts to ‘flood the market’. Not even close.

2. One of my golden rules still hasn’t changed…”it’s either Campy Record’ or it’s not.

3. Someone asked about eBay fees… 13% plus tax if applicable plus shipping

But it’s not available so that’s that.

Obviously a Chinese copy of an iconic Italian bike.

I wonder how that all turned out.

It was sold. I don't know the price, but do rue the fact I wasn't in a position to jump on it.

I viewed a similar collection about a month and a half ago.

It was not for sale, but it was purchased in much the same manner.
Two men went halves on it, estate of a collector who once owned a shop.
One cherry-picked 7-8 special bikes, and got the tools, stands, most of the parts, paraphernalia.
The other got the bulk of the bikes, wheels, and some boxes of parts (like 20).

The part I viewed had many bikes that would get good reviews here.
Probably 6-7 C&V TT bikes, from Rossin to Paramount to Colnago and others.
4 Schwinn Madisons, probably 10 track bikes (including a Fuji Feather).
A Merckx (by Ridley) replica of an Hour Record bike used by someone (orange/white aluminum)
There were Bottechias, Gios(ii), Colnagos, 3 Renshos, Nagasawas, Zunows, a number of French bikes.
Several customs, really a broad spectrum, all packed butt to bellybutton in several rooms.
There were a couple of bathrooms that had the tubs full of wheels.
There was even a lowly Paramount PDG Series 5.
I'm going to guess there were 60 bikes that I viewed.

I took a couple of runs at buying anything he'd sell me. No dice.
What his plans were, I did not ask. What he paid, I did not ask.
I mentioned the collection that is the subject of this thread.
He was familiar with it and said, "price could be a bargain, but would have to take a look."
He is retired, and said a trip there and back would be fun, something to do, and the fee was not an issue.
He said if he went, they'd just skip a $50 lunch that day, but he understood viewing by appointment.

I went back, hoping to buy, and he's not changed his mind.
He did sell a Howdy Doody bike, 16" wheels, with riveted saddlebags, for $40.

I looked hard at a 48" penny-farthing, but $4800 was $3000 too high for my budget.
The more you look at those things, the more you want one. Sorta.

Collector's dream, but (most) spouse's nightmare.

Closed eBay auction indicates 0 bids, so sale most likely happened privately ...as many here predicted it would.

I know he wants to sell the whole collection, but I need a couple a chain ring bolts. Do you think he’d make an exception? No way I’m paying him shipping, though.