Brand New Box of 531 Tubing

tavistock

Retro Newbie
A neighbour of mine who was building bikes back in the 80s has a new box of Reynolds 531 tubing, bought directly from Reynolds. I assume these boxes were used by bike builders at the time to build specials. There is enough tubing (cut to size) to build a complete frame. I've only seen one other photo of a collection like this on the net. The box includes the Reynolds 531 sticker too. Question is......what is it worth! He realises that completed 531 frames are readily available but this is an unusual 'find'.
 
Tube sets turn up on eBay from time to time - I've never followed one to the end so don't know what they fetch.

BITD the prizes for promoted events sometimes included a tube set and I dare say some riders never got theirs made up.
 
A friend of mine got a full set set of 531p tubing and a box full of lugs - various braze on's - bottom brackets - dropouts, etc... he paid just £100! Mind you it was at a bike jumble!
 
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