Obree

[joe careless]

My prediction is 5.5 to 6K, and I bet the only bidders in the running now are Bike Museums or someone with an eye to selling it internationally out of the country.

Or Chris Boardman... Or Burrows himself.

Evens that the reserve around 10K doesnt get reached. The only bidders who would go that high are the Japanese and this probably wouldnt be of interest to them.

Burrows is too tight/sensible

 

[andyz]

Evens that the reserve around 10K doesnt get reached. The only bidders who would go that high are the Japanese and this probably wouldnt be of interest to them.

Don't forget the Germans. They seem to recognise the historic value in items like this and are always prepared to pay more than Brits. I'm reckon the current high bidder is German.

 

[Grease Monkey]

In a lot of these memorabilia type sales the seller deliberately sets the reserve too high so they can negotiate a cash deal when the auction ends and save on the fees and the PayPal. I think the seller is being quite shrewd and although he won't get near the reserve he'll likely get a good cash enough cash offer afterwards.

Its a bit fishy though, 50% of the bids coming from the same very low feedback bidder.

Personally I would have stuck it on fixed price with offers.

A Boardman authenticated Vitus ZX1 track bike went for £2800 last year. Only a handful of the track versions were ever made - mostly for the French national squad, so the value was in it. I'm not sure an Obree design not built by the genius himself will fetch the big dollar the seller is hoping for.

 

[Woz]

My prediction is 5.5 to 6K, and I bet the only bidders in the running now are Bike Museums or someone with an eye to selling it internationally out of the country.

Or Chris Boardman... Or Burrows himself.

Evens that the reserve around 10K doesnt get reached. The only bidders who would go that high are the Japanese and this probably wouldnt be of interest to them.

Burrows is too tight/sensible

I would have thought Moser would be more interested in it than Boardman

 

[bedraggled]

Haines has bought the bike built by Mike Burrows on which Obree initially made his abortive record attempt. This leaves the Scot with the home-made bike on which he captured the world record 24 hours after failing.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycl ... 59344.html


http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/t ... -1-3256858

 

[Grease Monkey]

It's Haines who is selling the one now on eBay. He sounds like quite a unpleasant guy to be honest. I hope he doesn't get much for it.

 

[joe careless]

:facepalm: It's not 'objective art it's a f@ckin bicycle

 

[gmac123]

alot of money for a plastic copy of the hour record bike

 

[bedraggled]

My prediction is 5.5 to 6K, and I bet the only bidders in the running now are Bike Museums or someone with an eye to selling it internationally out of the country.

Or Chris Boardman... Or Burrows himself.

Evens that the reserve around 10K doesnt get reached. The only bidders who would go that high are the Japanese and this probably wouldnt be of interest to them.

Burrows is too tight/sensible

I would have thought Moser would be more interested in it than Boardman

Suspect Moser wasn't interested as he knows the seller quite well.

http://wattbike.com/uk/blog/post/haines ... pt_on_hold

 

[Grease Monkey]

I've been reading a bit more about this Haines, the seller. I'm not sure I would like to buy anything from him.