I've done this, and it was a lot of work. Keep in mind "cool" framesets are not just sitting around, you have to work to find them. That is exactly what we did, "before" we left for our trip. My wife has a niece in Northern Italy, and she happens to be fairly well connected. She found some gems including a Colnago and a couple of De Rosas. We ended up selling the parts off one bike, and the rest of the gruppos from the De Rosas are sitting in Bayern with my wife's family. The frames took a while, but they came back in a freight load. I may never duplicate this method, and believe me, I have been offered some incredible bikes in Bayern. If I could ship one at a time cost effectively, I'd be in a new business pronto. One thing you could try is to peruse various Euro ebay options. I'm not going to fill in the rest of the blanks, as you can figure the remainder out. Buying a bike can be done though by walking into a shop in Italy, and there was a shop in Cecina, south of Livorno, that had some pieces that were quite desirable. Again shipping can be expensive for a complete frame and fork, more than expensive for a complete bike. Another way to work this though is to use a freight provider to bring back a quantity.