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Speedbicycles Swap Market Interview, Autumn 2013
1. How long you are already seller of vintage stuff?
Roberto "Carube" Lencioni
1. How long you are already seller of vintage stuff? - Five years. 2. Which past decade do you like best? - The 80s. 3. What bikes people are looking for? - Masi. 4. What equipment people are looking for? - Campagnolo Super Record. 5. Do you remember the most expensive item you ever sold? - Moser TT bike, full panto at 3500 Euros. 6. Did you had foolish sales or some you regret? - A 50th anniversary Campagnolo group. 7. Did the market changed since you started in selling? - Market is going down. 8. Where will the market go in the future? - There is coming a lot of confusion as more and more reproductions will be made. 9. Any advice for vintage cycling collectors? - Do not start in this sector.
Riccardo Vivarelli, 50 1. How long you are already seller of vintage stuff? - Eight years. 2. Which past decade do you like best? - The 20s. 3. What bikes people are looking for? - Bianchi, Dei, Maino 4. What equipment people are looking for? - Campagnolo, all of it. 5. Do you remember the most expensive item you ever sold? - A De Rosa 50 anniversario, about 4 years ago. 6. Did you had foolish sales or some you regret? - A complete Campagnolo Paris-Roubaix group at about Euro 380. 7. Did the market changed since you started in selling? - More and more people are starting trading in this sector. 8. Where will the market go in the future? - - 9. Any advice for vintage cycling collectors? - -
Simone D'Urbino, 17 1. How long you are already seller of vintage stuff? - Since i was thirteen years old. 2. Which past decade do you like best? - The 60s. 3. What bikes people are looking for? - Willier. 4. What equipment people are looking for? - Campagnolo. 5. Do you remember the most expensive item you ever sold? - A pair of NOS Campagnolo C-Record delta brakes at Euro 300. 6. Did you had foolish sales or some you regret? - A Miche crankset. 7. Did the market changed since you started in selling? - More and more people are looking for stuff. 8. Where will the market go in the future? - It will go down within the next two, three years. 9. Any advice for vintage cycling collectors? - Never restore (repaint) a frame.
Marcello Cutrona, 27 1. How long you are already seller of vintage stuff? - Three, four years. 2. Which past decade do you like best? - The 80s. 3. What bikes people are looking for? - Masi, Pogliaghi, De Rosa. 4. What equipment people are looking for? - Campagnolo, especially derailleurs. 5. Do you remember the most expensive item you ever sold? - A Pogliaghi frame at Euro 1000. 6. Did you had foolish sales or some you regret? - Nothing. 7. Did the market changed since you started in selling? - It is getting more difficult for to sell stuff for high prices. 8. Where will the market go in the future? - I hope it will continue in going well. 9. Any advice for vintage cycling collectors? - eBay.com
Mario Maffeis, 50 1. How long you are already seller of vintage stuff? - I work since 20 years in cycling world, selling since about 12 years. 2. Which past decade do you like best? - The 60s 3. What bikes people are looking for? - Bianchi, Masi. 4. What equipment people are looking for? - Campagnolo, especially brakes. 5.Do you remember the most expensive item you ever sold? - A 1952 Campagnolo Gran Sport rear derailleur. 6. Did you had foolish sales or some you regret? - A Pogliaghi Pista bike, complete at Euro 50. 7. Did the market changed since you started in selling? - More younger people show their interests. Collectors prefer racing bikes. 8. Where will the market go in the future? - Fresh parts supply is coming to end. 9. Any advice for vintage cycling collectors? - -
Giuseppe Della Chiesa, 73 1. How long you are already seller of vintage stuff? - Twentyfive to thirty years. 2. Which past decade do you like best? - The 20s and older. 3. What bikes people are looking for? - Bianchi, Legnano. 4. What equipment people are looking for? - Always the top brands like Magistroni and from the 60s on all in Campagnolo. 5. Do you remember the most expensive item you ever sold? - A Cinelli Laser pista bike. 6. Did you had foolish sales or some you regret? - Everything. 7. Did the market changed since you started in selling? - People do more know what they want and how much to pay for because of the internet. 8. Where will the market go in the future? - Events like L'Eroica are boosting the market. 9. Any advice for vintage cycling collectors? - Buy on top level in brands and parts
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Sergio Borina, 63 1. How long you are already seller of vintage stuff? - Since thirty years. 2. Which past decade do you like best? - The 50s. 3. What bikes people are looking for? - Bianchi. 4. What equipment people are looking for? - Campagnolo. 5. Do you remember the most expensive item you ever sold? - - 6. Did you had foolish sales or some you regret? - I had a lot of Bianchi components and sold them much to cheap. 7. Did the market changed since you started in selling? - There are more and more dealers around now, killing the market. 8. Where will the market go in the future? - It is getting harder for to get original parts. Prices are going higher. 9. Any advice for vintage cycling collectors? - Not easy and expensive in starting a collection today
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Maurizio Guerzoni, 71 1. How long you are already seller of vintage stuff? - Selling for ten years and collecting since fourty years. 2. Which past decade do you like best? - The 60s. 3. What bikes people are looking for? - Bianchi, Dei. 4. What equipment people are looking for? - Collectors look for everything vintage. 5. Do you remember the most expensive item you ever sold? - Some NOS fender sets to Speedbicycles. 6. Did you had foolish sales or some you regret? - I sold such a lot of top quality items i should regret. 7. Did the market changed since you started in selling? - The market situation became more difficult. 8. Where will the market go in the future? - Finding good parts will come to end next years. 9. Any advice for vintage cycling collectors? - If you do not collect do not start with. This is my final season.
Enzo Pancari, 49 1. How long you are already seller of vintage stuff? - Since 10 years. 2. Which past decade do you like best? - 50s and earlier. 3. What bikes people are looking for? - Bianchi, Legnano, Dei. 4. What equipment people are looking for? - Some years ago people asked for oldest Campagnolo stuff, today they look for Super Record and C-Record parts. 5. Do you remember the most expensive item you ever sold? - - 6. Did you had foolish sales or some you regret? - Everything. 7. Did the market changed since you started in selling? - People are more buying stuff on eBay. Swap markets have it harder to sell things because of this. Collectors are looking more for complete bikes than for parts. 8. Where will the market go in the future? - First people collected vintage cars, then motorbikes. Now they turn to bicycles more and more. 9. Any advice for vintage cycling collectors? - Buy 80s components.
Orazio Polizzi, 26 1. How long you are already seller of vintage stuff? - Six years. 2. Which past decade do you like best? - The 80s. 3. What bikes people are looking for? - Colnago, Bianchi. 4. What equipment people are looking for? - Campagnolo, all of it. 5. Do you remember the most expensive item you ever sold? - First generation Gran Sport derailleur at Euro 190. 6. Did you had foolish sales or some you regret? - - 7. Did the market changed since you started in selling? - People are getting more reserved in buying stuff. 8. Where will the market go in the future? - Finding high quality items sources will get dry. Also frames and bikes will get more difficult to find. 9. Any advice for vintage cycling collectors? - Buy good stuff.
Pietro Paolo Ferrari, 63 1. How long you are already seller of vintage stuff? - Since three years. 2. Which past decade do you like best? - The 60s. 3. What bikes people are looking for? - Bianchi, De Rosa. 4. What equipment people are looking for? - Campagnolo Super Record and C-Record. 5. Do you remember the most expensive item you ever sold? - A pair of Sheffield pedals at Euro 130. 6. Did you had foolish sales or some you regret? - A set of high flange Campagnolo "No-Record" hubs. 7. Did the market changed since you started in selling? - - 8. Where will the market go in the future? - - 9. Any advice for vintage cycling collectors? - Be informed about what you are buying, buy only top quality items.
Gianfranco Trevisan, 66 1. How long you are already seller of vintage stuff? - Thirty years. 2. Which past decade do you like best? - The 50s. 3. What bikes people are looking for? - Bianchi, Legnano, Colnago. 4. What equipment people are looking for? - 70s Campagnolo parts. 5. Do you remember the most expensive item you ever sold? - A 50s Bianchi Paris-Roubaix bike at Euro 6000. 6. Did you had foolish sales or some you regret? - Everything. 7. Did the market changed since you started in selling? - For me it is getting better in sellig parts and bikes. 8. Where will the market go in the future? - Locating orignal parts will finish. 9. Any advice for vintage cycling collectors? - Buy importants items only.
Angelo Delmastro, 36 1. How long you are already seller of vintage stuff? - Ten years. 2. Which past decade do you like best? - The 70s. 3. What bikes people are looking for? - Colnago, Masi, De Rosa. 4. What equipment people are looking for? - Campagnolo Record and Super Record. 5. Do you remember the most expensive item you ever sold? - A Vittoria Margherita derailleur at Euro 700. 6. Did you had foolish sales or some you regret? - - 7. Did the market changed since you started in selling? - People know what they want. 8. Where will the market go in the future? - The quality of collector bikes and parts will rise. 9. Any advice for vintage cycling collectors? - Keep special bikes if you have.
© December 2013, Speedbicycles Ltd
liab. Co, Switzerland
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