Lovely. Your Bob Jackson is a beaut too, by the way.
On Nov 19, 8:25 am, GeorgeS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> An Ideale 88 which I acquired when I bought an old touring frame on
> ebay several years ago.
> http://s409.photobucket.com/albums/pp178/tulanedog/Bob%20Jackson/
>
> On Nov 18, 8:24 am, JoelMatthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > A while back we discussed collectability of Ideale saddles. Take a
> > looks at this auction which finished this a.m.:
>
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:I...
>
> > I was thinking maybe this would go in the $400.00 range. Boy was I
> > wrong. Even with the economies in Europe, Japan and the US, there are
> > people out there willing to go all out for certain models of the
> > Ideale saddles.
>
> > Personally, I prefer Ideale's touring and urban models. The big money
> > will always go to racing, however, as that is the collector
> > psychology. There is more of an emotional kick to saying this saddle
> > is exactly the model my childhood hero used winning the Tour than this
> > is the saddle gramps had on the bike he road all the way out to
> > Yosemite.
>
> > This particular saddle appears to be unused or very lightly used. I
> > wouldn't recommend yanking a wonderful well worn Ideale from your
> > favorite ride. But if you have an older version sitting unused on a
> > shelf somewhere, there are certainly people out there interested in
> > them.- Hide quoted text -
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