Originally Posted by repechage

Under what the market expected I am sure. But the final bidder might have actually bid quite a bit higher, it is the runner up who set the price.

Things that damped the price, larger size, later 80's well built but the market wants the earlier ones prior to the Henry James lugs and crown.

Dura-Ace, at the time, probably the smart move for a racer, first generation SIS, but Masi's should have Campagnolo. Now the Shimano stuff is rising