Originally Posted by
himespau
While most of them are roughly my size, I don't have that kind of cash and I'm not sure that it's worth it. I see a number of decent but not museum worthy bikes mixed in there. Auction sounds like it's listed by a third party who inherited the collection or who is selling for someone who needs to get rid of their collection to raise some cash (or a bitter ex-wife). My guess is a collector needs to sell it but isn't computer literate so has someone else do it for them (who isn't auction literate). Hence the detailed descriptions of bikes yet the seller claims not to be a bike person and the silliness of selling them all at once to local pickup only.
I agree. This is an estate/business auction, where the goal is to move the whole lot quickly. Someone looking to resell could probably make an offline deal for less. I can't see a reseller paying the asking amount for large bikes, but who knows. The mint high-end bikes would easily fetch over $800 on eBay despite their size, and they're already boxed up.
If the bikes weren't all large, this would be a 'died and went to paradise' bid.