+1.

There was an interesting discussion on the CR forum which included the seller and some details of how the bike came to be. My feeling is that he is a nice, honest, well-intentioned (did not plan to sell the bike when built), passionate person, but made some questionable choices in the endeavor of building the replica bike (the duplication of another frame's serial number being one). Apparently, the lugs were indeed Mario's, in unfinished form, passed to Brian Bayless, sold to the current owner after years of persistence, and then used to build up the frame in the seller's home country. Part of what makes a Confente a Confente is the exquisite lug filing. To have someone else do this work--and not to Mario's standards--and then to have it disguised (en replica) like a Confente seems to me an unfortunate use of the raw materials. If I'm not mistaken, I think the geometry is more relaxed than a typical Confente as well. It's almost like a master painter began a painting and then another artist came along and finished the painting and then signed it with the original artist's signature. Brian Bayless also added to the discussion and the thread is worth searching for if only for his subsequent, thoughtful commentary on the practice of making replica frames.