Originally Posted by
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I've also had a couple of 1st-year Record cranksets come my way, one in exchange for work and the other attached to a 1959 Paramount. I sometimes wonder what these things are worth.
True first generation Campagnolo Record cranks are very dear and go for serious money. They are best identified by the machining of the spider to crank arm interface, the region that later became a stress riser and shows small cracks from time to time was cut away. That and examples that retained the pedal shields over time, often removed to fit pedals with the longer threaded region.