Finding good homes for my collection

[Rick Sommer]

Rick,
You may want to list in the for sale section with some pics and a price. V/r Shawn

Thank you for the suggestion. Looks like I have some work to do, cleaning up the bikes and researching asking price....

 

[Rick Sommer]

This is the place to discuss your collection if I understand your post correctly.
my opinion is that's a tough list to sell.
Figure an Each dollar amount on the wholesale (Cheap) end of the scale equals total $$
Put it in your local Craigslist with list and price.
Just my opinion.

Thanks for the suggestion -- yes, you understood my question. It looks like my best option is to sell them individually. Work to do now in figuring out the selling price for each one.

 

[Rick Sommer]

I really want to see the 1961 Schwinn Black Phantom! (They stopped making them in '59)

Oops! I used https://bikehistory.org/serial-number.html to look up the date, and they gave back "1961" from the serial number: H146851. I should have known that wasn't right, but I was just mindlessly creating the list. Using a more reliable lookup, it looks like it was built on March 15, 1951.

BTW, there's another typo on my list -- the Indian Scout is not made by BSA -- just another embarrassing typo...

 

[Sped Man]

40 years of collecting and you have 16 bikes? What are you holding out on us? Photos would be nice

 

[Rick Sommer]

40 years of collecting and you have 16 bikes? What are you holding out on us? Photos would be nice

Sorry to be so secretive! OK, photos attached (although I will take better photos before actually putting them up for sale). Although I started collecting 40 years ago, I haven't really added any to my collection for about 35 years They have just been sitting.... I welcome additional advice and/or inquiries....

 

[Rick Sommer]

40 years of collecting and you have 16 bikes? What are you holding out on us? Photos would be nice

More photos

 

[Kstone]

I'm all over that paratrooper my wallet is burning.

Wanna buy it for my paratrooper who came back from Iraq... Though I may have a hard time sharing it with him.

He said he jumped with Humvees but never a bicycle.

 

[Rick Sommer]

I'm all over that paratrooper my wallet is burning.

Wanna buy it for my paratrooper who came back from Iraq... Though I may have a hard time sharing it with him.

He said he jumped with Humvees but never a bicycle.

That's great! I haven't set the price yet, but I will let you know when I do.

 

[GTs58]

Sure looks like a ballooner. Only ballooner produced in 1961 was a Wasp. Someone must have built this.

 

[Rick Sommer]

As noted in an earlier reply, “1961” was an error. This has a serial number from March, 1951– H146851. Sorry for the confusion