Coppi on ebay
 

Thought that this was nice enough to merit sharing the pics. I've no affiliation with seller.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Bike-C...item439df2bbe8

http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/t...h/IMG_2429.jpg

very pretty, funny that it's an '84 but still they used the portacatena dropout on it (or was that a feature of the 50th anniversary gruppo?).
And here's my question: was this built by Bianchi? Fiorelli? Masciaghi?

This is a stunning bike, but at $3.3K opening bid, the least the seller could do is to add some tires:

http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/t...h/IMG_2437.jpg

Those portacatena dropouts persisted in the supply chain for quite some time, which is why they are only one element in dating a bike.
Coppis were traditionally built by Fiorelli, but I don't know about this one.

Very beautiful bike indeed. I've always been a fan of the transluscent paint schemes. I agree with E to certain extent, an opening bid of $3.3K seems very optimistic but I'm not sure what the parted out value of the bike is.

I agree with you, Jim: There's a tendency to assume that 50th gruppos add more to the value of a built bike than I think tends to be the case.

It looks like there's a parted out 50th group on Ebay, we'll find out soon enough what the values are!!! I did some quick math and at the moment its $800+ w/o a FD, headset, BB and brake levers.

There's a complete De Rosa w/ a 50th group thats at $1800 w/ 8 days to go.

My point really was not about the value of the bike (despite the fact that he will not get the $3300 he is asking, unless it is someone's grail), but more about the presentation. The whole bike shines, you got a very desirable group (50th anniversary Campy) and then you leave those rotten tires on it. It's almost like looking at a desirable vintage car in showroom condition (Say a '67 Shelby Mustang GT350) with flat and dirty tires with no thread left.

I think that the market value of that group is close to $1K (and this one shines; the BB is in ridiculous condition)