Originally Posted by
countalmaviva
OK, what if this wasn't a cheap Japanese brake lever from the 90s for $20?
What if, borrowing an above example, it was a first gen Campy Super Record RD in a sealed box from 1973? Let's imagine there's some detail not elaborated on the box. Maybe a Campy fan can provide an example...maybe Tullio put some in the tumbler with the balls and some he didn't, so the finish is different.
If you were the seller, would you open this box to be able to tell buyers about the item? Or, would the high value make it even more important to keep the box sealed?
Cheers,
Oliver H.
Originally Posted by
Kilroy1988
If it were a first-generation Campagnolo Super Record RD in the sealed box, I wouldn't sell it to anyone I suspected of wanting to open the box. It should stay sealed.
Some vintage things are worth more in the box - look at collectible toys, for example. The rarest of the rare NOS bicycle parts count among those objects. I don't personally think these Dia-Compe levers are worth more in the box because they are nothing special, but since they are new in the box and advertised as such, I do agree that it might seem unreasonable to ask to remove them prior to the time of sale.
-Gregory
Oh, my favorite past time... sitting around drooling over crusty old cardboard boxes... and imagining they don't have a brick inside.
And, say it was for $1000+... I'd have to be 100% certain the date code that the seller claimed was what was actually in the box.
Are Campagnolo derailleur pulleys Schrödinger's pulleys... they are both cracked and not cracked until one actually opens the box?