US$6000 rear mech (not a typo)

[dookie]

forgive me if this has been posted previously...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190163020817

 

[pete_mcc]

Just look at the winning bidders previous wins! Japanese collector with faaaar too much money:

$500 saddle:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170138137570


$150 rear light lens, $15 business card! Whatever he does I want his job (as long as it doesn't involve cutting my little finger off...)

 

[pete_mcc]

Oh and don't forget the $200 box for that mech to go in and probably stay in for the rest of it's life

http://cgi.ebay.com/CAMPAGNOLO-1951...ryZ56197QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Chris]

That is unreal! The price that is not the deraillieur. Must be one serious collector.

 

[amt27]

that will be XTR M900 nos in 10 years time.

 

[jez-4-bikes-max]

How much does it weigh?

 

[Elev12k]

I have a 70s GS mech

If mine were only half that price.....

 

[manitou916]

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[pete_mcc]

How much does it weigh?

Why are you worried that the postage charges on that heavy mech might make it an uneconomical purchase?

 

[holden]

About the derailleur (from another forum):

"This derailleur is a special one.. super rare and historically significant too..
it is pretty much the predecessor to all modern derailleurs used today"
... "This one is mega-ultra-rare. Someone with a big-time Campagnolo collection might have to wait years and years to see another one for sale with the original pulleys and in this kind of shape." ... "I have sold five 1951 Campagnolo Gran Sport derailleurs and must say that they are more common than the 1952 version (of which I have only come acorss one!). There are however many variants of the 1951 version and I have never found one like the one that Takigawa-san just bought. Hi-campy has come to the conclusion that the one that Takigawa just bought is the first production iteration. I would tend to concur with this conclusion, but there is no way of knowing for sure."

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