Ritchey fillet brazed stem

[Stinus]

I have this ritchey stem thats been laying around for may years, but i can't find it in any catalog. Look's 80' to me but i had no real clue, now with help from joglo i know that its a "Ritchey FD, Model II (fillet brazed), High (110mm reach), 1" quill" - properly from 1988 or 1989.

But what might it be worth?

 

[M477]

yes that is a great stem and in the lesser-found high-rise, short-ish reach that many of us 50-something's now like (or need) to ride today.
I would value it at anywhere between £40-£80 - I guess 1,1/8" version might be more useful to many, but being 1" it suits a lot of 1980s and early '90s hand-built frames with fillet-brazing - so its spot on for many. the sort of thing I'd keep in the drawer just in case its needed in future. Love it.

 

[Stinus]

Apparently Tom still have some unpainted oldstock for sale a 250$:
https://mtbbytom.com/products/filet-brazed-quill-stem

 

[M477]

interesting - I think you'll find he's still building them in small nos. - if I NoS stem is that price - yours has to be a good $150 then, and anyone that wants one will probably go for high rise that that these days too. I contacted him about a set of bullmoose bars from that page but $760 for set of 1" quill bar/stem became more like $1000 with shipping and import duty and VAT to get a set to the UK. A lot of money for some bars so I bought some bare steel Nitto's bull-moose in the end and painted them the same colour as my Ritchey (okay not brazed but the next best thing TIG welded). Nice that you can still buy this stuff though.