Originally Posted by
Kommisar89
Merda! Are you sure?? Wow! In 1972-73 a similar Bottecchia Professional was $360 and a Giro d'Italia around $250. I can't imagine they were much different in workmanship. I paid $175 for my lowly Bottecchia Special but that was in 1974 so maybe prices went up a bit by then. Man that would be cheap.
I can't speak for 1971-1972 but in 1973 the Atala Record Professional had a suggested list price of $385 US.