daultonoryan

I am just starting to get into vintage campy components and would like to know a little bit more about how the estimated values for components vary from entry level to higher level components. I would love any info anyone has. thanks.

wrk101

Completed auctions on ebay is a great place to see market value. Sort by highest price, skip the sky high NOS pieces, and look at the rest. In general, the midgrade or higher Campy stuff goes high, sometimes really high. I sold three seatposts in July (none NOS either), mid grade went for $80, one step up went for $95, step above that went for $130, and I have one left that is a model higher, that will go for about $140. I've been contacted by buyers all over the world. There are more people looking for parts than there are people selling the parts.

I tend to set aside any/all Campy parts I get, and end up selling them on ebay. It helps fund the hobby/obsession.

When I build bikes, they are all either Shimano or Suntour. I find quite a few frankenbikes, that have a mix of Campy, and other brands. I picked up one that had a Campy seatpost, crankset, and FD, Suntour RD and shift levers, Shimano brake calipers. While all the parts were top end, the mix made ZERO sense. So I rebuild it with all matching Shimano components (same model and era). The other parts went on to new homes.

I picked a bike up a couple of days ago: Super Record brakes, levers, seatpost, crankset and bb. Derailleurs and shift levers were all Suntour Superbe Pro, hubs were Suzue. All tasty parts, worth more off that bike than on it.

By far the cheapest route to obtaining Campy parts is to buy a complete bike, with the Campy group you desire. Trying to piecemeal a group together is a very expensive undertaking.

Velobase is a good resource for the various Campy models. They had a lot of models, eras, and versions.

daultonoryan

thanks for the info. got any idea how entry level stuff compares to the mid range and upper level stuff?

zukahn1 

I also set aside Campy stuff to sell on Ebay. Prices can be all over the map on the older mid level and economy stuff this is likely because they are really only good for someone who wants to do a vintage correct rebuild, so if couple biders needs that exact part to complete a build they can go for some pretty silly prices. The best you can do is make sure there cleaned up and looking nice and list them with a reasonable reserve and hope for the best.

randyjawa 

It takes time, investigation, study and comparison to learn the values of vintage bikes and/or parts.

Values will soar up and plunge down, for little or even no apparent reason. So, to tell you how much this or that (there are an awful lot of this and that's when vintage Campy stuff is the issue) is pretty much impossible. To make matters worse, your location will impact value. Your marketing skills will impact value. Time of year will impact value. Condition and age of components will impact value...the list goes on and on. Anyway...

Velobase is a great place to use to identify Campy pieces. My "Ten SPEEDS" is designed to help newbies come up to speed fast. So...

You can't really get much specific help that will lock itself into your memory. You must do as the rest of us have done - spend time learning, comparing and, eventually, selling or buying on Ebay or any other similar vehicle.

wrk101

Far too little information in your request to give a meaningful answer. Go to Velobase, look at all the different Campy models and eras, and decide which ones interest you. Then head to ebay, look at completed auctions, and see how much they go for.

One of my problems with Campy is that they fail the value equation. Is a Campy seatpost for $130 BETTER than a $10 LaPrade seatpost? Is a vintage Campy rear derailleur for $100 functionally better than a Suntour Vx for $20? Not in my opinion. The pricing on Campy bits in general is more about desirability and collectability, and less about functionality.

repechage

I think you need to do a lot of referencing. Campagnolo was first and foremost a company for the top tier racer. Subordinate offerings over the decades were quite variable. As others have alluded to you need to be much more specific, you are asking about a company with an 80 year history, way too much territory to answer in a forum post.