I called the guy, and as I feared he seems to have an unusually high value in mind for the bike. The origin of this value though... 10 years ago he called a schwinn store and they offered him $1000 for the bike, sight unseen. The guy definitely should've taken that offer as the ones i've seen sell in that shape have been in the 20-75 dollar range. Two other people have been after it; it sounds like I won't be getting it. So long as it doesn't end up hanging on a wall in a Cracker Barrel....