Balloonatic
Riding my '39 Silver King 26X
The consensus here seems to be to sell this bike complete, as it sits in un-restored original condition. One Caber who is extremely knowledgeable and who has extensive experience for many years selling lots of both complete bikes and rare parts suggested to me this bike might be worth $3200 to $3800. as a complete bike.
I added up all the parts and assigned them very conservative values (in most cases below what I see others asking/selling them for, or for prices I was actually offered for different parts) and all totaled up, the parts on this bike added up to $4300.
My question now is: What do you think a good asking price for this bike complete would be where it actually sells, rather than sitting with it for months or longer? Forget what I have into it, that's irrelevant, but what is your idea of a good market price on this bike in today's market? If all the parts sold individually they would bring well over $4K, but complete ballooners are a tough sell these days even prewar Silver Kings, thus my dilemma. I'm only asking for opinions here. If you saw this bike with a buy-it-now on eBay for $2800. would you think it a bargain? Would it inspire you to hit the button? Do you think it would sell, or sit there for months?
Thanks for your input!
I added up all the parts and assigned them very conservative values (in most cases below what I see others asking/selling them for, or for prices I was actually offered for different parts) and all totaled up, the parts on this bike added up to $4300.
My question now is: What do you think a good asking price for this bike complete would be where it actually sells, rather than sitting with it for months or longer? Forget what I have into it, that's irrelevant, but what is your idea of a good market price on this bike in today's market? If all the parts sold individually they would bring well over $4K, but complete ballooners are a tough sell these days even prewar Silver Kings, thus my dilemma. I'm only asking for opinions here. If you saw this bike with a buy-it-now on eBay for $2800. would you think it a bargain? Would it inspire you to hit the button? Do you think it would sell, or sit there for months?
Thanks for your input!
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