Originally Posted by
mr coffee
what are the top manufacturers?
Basso, Battaglin, Bottechia, Cinelli, Colnago, De Rosa, Guerciotti, Masi, Merckx, Pinarello, Pogliaghi, Tommassini, Tommaso... etc?
You listed quite a few good ones but in my, howbeit lousy opinion, would be De Rosa, Masi of old, Cinelli, and Colnago. The rest of the bikes you mentioned are not in as high of a demand, mostly because the build quality varied too much over the years from poor to very good, thus the resale values are lower.