Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,811
Likes: 1,787
From: Northern California
Bikes: Cheltenham-Pedersen racer, Boulder F/S Paris-Roubaix, Varsity racer, '52 Christophe, '62 Continental, '92 Merckx, '75 Limongi, '76 Presto, '72 Gitane SC, '71 Schwinn SS, etc.
The manager that you talked to came and bought my 61cm PaloAlto touring model back in December, after I listed it on Ebay.
He lucked out and got the whole bike with TA cranks and Superbe parts for 500, and it's a clean one, just too big for me.
These were made by BMZ (Biemmazeta) in Italy. The paint is Imron, which is particularly durable.
I have seen one other PaloAlto in that same color, a friend sold it last year, size 56 iir. Yours might even be that bike, as the sale was in California.