Fall 2021 Copake auction

[bikewhorder]

18-23% buyers premium. And probably charge the seller the same amount. Coming and going.

When I looked into it the seller's fees vary depending on the cost of the item. They go down with increasing values. It was like 40% for the price range that my stuff would have fallen in. I was like "OK, thank you!"

 

[Freqman1]

So the folks that sold balloon tire bikes just about gave them away. I sure hope we see a better selection come Spring. Of course they can only sell what is consigned but it looks like the glory days are gone!

 

[bikewhorder]

So the folks that sold balloon tire bikes just about gave them away. I sure hope we see a better selection come Spring. Of course they can only sell what is consigned but it looks like the glory days are gone!

Unless you get some situation where there's an old widow who just wants the stuff to go away and really doesn't care what they get for it I don't know why anyone would go that route for Mid grade level bikes and parts. If you have something really special it might be fun to throw it on there and see how crazy it gets. I've always been a bit confused by the selling prices at Copake. It's like a whole different economy and culture of buyers than what we have here on the Cabe sometimes.

 

[charnleybob]

So the folks that sold balloon tire bikes just about gave them away. I sure hope we see a better selection come Spring. Of course they can only sell what is consigned but it looks like the glory days are gone!

Wrong.
New bikes are found all the time, old collectors sell their stuff off, etc.
Back in the 1990's, some were saying all collectible bikes have been found.
That was untrue then, as it is now.
There are quite a few unknown collectors, sitting on a vast pile of good stuff, who will eventually sell, like we all will.
What happens if Chestnut Hollow decides to sell?
Copake is just one avenue for stuff to be sold and they've had some lean years and some great years.

 

[catfish]

Wrong.
New bikes are found all the time, old collectors sell their stuff off, etc.
Back in the 1990's, some were saying all collectible bikes have been found.
That was untrue then, as it is now.
There are quite a few unknown collectors, sitting on a vast pile of good stuff, who will eventually sell, like we all will.
What happens if Chestnut Hollow decides to sell?
Copake is just one avenue for stuff to be sold and they've had some lean years and some great years.

Well said !!!

 

[bikebozo]

Very true , I know lots of places and people who do not look on the CABE-GO TO COPAKE, OR USE THE INTERNET,! They have lots of bikes and other items. If I found a Bluebird in a tobacco warehouse in Moultrie ga. The stuff is out there , . Good luck

 

[Freqman1]

Wrong.
New bikes are found all the time, old collectors sell their stuff off, etc.
Back in the 1990's, some were saying all collectible bikes have been found.
That was untrue then, as it is now.
There are quite a few unknown collectors, sitting on a vast pile of good stuff, who will eventually sell, like we all will.
What happens if Chestnut Hollow decides to sell?
Copake is just one avenue for stuff to be sold and they've had some lean years and some great years.

Ok so we’re in “lean years” right now. Well aware of good stuff selling in other venues-that’s how I get my stuff!

 

[bobcycles]

a collector friend of mine, and a 'seasoned one'...saves up all the bikes he's picked through out the year
and hauls them to Copake. I always advise him to sell here or even EEEKbay....but for some reason
he always wants to make the Fallons happy... he needs to start thinking about making himself happy...
he lost his @ss bigtime on this one. Also asked my advice on some of the stuff through out the year and I
told him how to maximize the $.... guess he didn't listen. sad

 

[SirMike1983]

The other thing is that demand could be sinking a bit in the balloon tire market. I wonder if some of the money in the hobby might be shifting over to premium road, muscle, and BMX for generational reasons. There's always going to be a pretty strong market for very good balloon tire bikes, but money being finite, I wonder if we might be seeing a generational shift in demand and where fresh money in the hobby is going. There certainly are younger people into old balloon tire bikes, but the contingent who buys because, "I had a Phantom when I was a kid" is getting old. There will always be a market for the really good balloon tire bikes, but perhaps the new money in the hobby is shifting to other types of bikes and goods.

 

[HEMI426]

I have lived and witnessed a similar situation in the automotive/hotrod world. There was a time 30 or 40 years ago when an original Model A or T was worth alot more than a Model A or T hotrod but as time went by and the old timers who loved and grew up restoring the original ones got older the next generation who happened to be children of the 50s (hotrodders) started buying OG Model A and Ts to make into hotrods. Now an A or T hotrod is worth way more than an OG A or T and as the years pass the hottroders will get old and the next generation, children of the 80s will be building and customizing the ele.cars, I think that might be happening already. But all of us will love what we love until we go to bicycle or hotrod heaven!!! If we could read the future we could invest in it now, but we would probably not live long enough to reap the benefits (profit). I will always appreciate an OG A or T and a Ballon tire bike.