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Old 11-20-12 | 10:22 AM
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Bikes: 1949 'Italian' , 1950 San Giusto, 1897 Union, and a number of "projects"... 198? Grandis, a couple of Mixte's...

Not sure exactly where I am on this issue. One of the reasons is this; you re badge your xxxx as yyyy and it really fits and looks the part, you later sell it with full disclosure. Buyer says, hmph...this really looks the part and sell it on as yyyy. Or, it goes through a few hands and along the way the story of what it really was gets lost, and is fully represented and believed to be yyyy. You may have had good intentions, but the next owner may not. Then, some years later, we're all sitting here looking at pics trying to determine what it really is.

I have one like that now. I know it is not a Pinarello. It came to me with Pinarello decals, but I already knew otherwise. I could refinish it with Pinarello decals, or try to determine what it really is and get it back in the proper markings. I am trying to opt for the latter, but nobody seems to know what it really is. Ok, now what ?

Joe
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