Curious Streamliner Trend?

[Pirate of the Plains]

Im kicking the tires on a local Streamliner so of course that means checking recent comps and Sale prices. Ive seen more than a few times now, very nice examples of Streamliners that seem to check all the boxes as far as originality and desirable features that arent realizing or are slow to realize numbers that seem totally reasonable. Has anyone else noticed this? Is it potentially a trend related to model, brand, or just the market in general?

 

[Pirate of the Plains]

And for frame of reference. Im not really a Schwinn guy so there could be something obvious that Im just not seeing

 

[Freqman1]

For a while now I'v noticed that the the high end stuff is still moving but lower priced (<$1500) bikes both pre and post war have slowed down. I've seen some nice Phantoms, early Elgins, and teens bikes that I thought were bargains sit idle. I'm not a proponent of parting an original bike but when I have a bike I'm struggling to get $500 for and see an easy $800 in parts it makes me want to rethink things. I'm looking forward to Charlotte next weekend to see how things go. V/r Shawn

 

[phantom]

Is the Streamliner you are looking at a Balloon model or a later Middleweight model?

 

[unregistered]

Seems like a decent heavyweight model.

1952 Schwinn Streamliner

1952 Schwinn Streamliner all original asking $1000 if interested please call

kansascity.craigslist.org

 

[GTs58]

Seems like a decent heavyweight model.

1952 Schwinn Streamliner

1952 Schwinn Streamliner all original asking $1000 if interested please call

kansascity.craigslist.org

That's a nice one! The seller has the wrong year mentioned though. No Streamliners in 52 and his serial was also used in late 1953 making this one a 1954 Streamliner which had the Rocket Ray light verses the train light that was used on the 53 model and previous B6's.

11/13 to 11/25/1954------- C72581 ------------------ C99143

 

[Pirate of the Plains]

Why you dippin in my Kool-Aid bro!
LoL Im just kidding. Im not really a serious buyer on this one. Im not interested in getting it for a good price. It wouldve had to be a too good to pass up price. Instead I found an old 60s 3 speed with some lighting and such I want. He asked $180, we settled on $30. Thats my kinda negotiation.

 

[Pirate of the Plains]

for the sake of posterity, I didnt take advantage, withhold or mislead him. In reality Its much closer to a $30 bike than a $180 bike as is often the case with people who "have seen what they go for on ebay" lol