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Hi All,
doing some research on the WW1 Great Western Military Model, I came across this article on "Hindsight is 20-20 - The best time to buy a relic is when you see it! " by Harold Ratzburg, about Military items he'd regretted not buying, or regretted selling.
https://www.militarytrader.com/military-trader/hindsight-is-20-20
One of the items was this:
Military Bicycles in the Crate
At a rally at Sarafan’s Surplus one year, a man showed up with GI Columbia bicycles in wooden crates. He offered them for sale for $80 each. Each bike had the Army serial number stamped on the frame. I bought one, uncrated it, and hung it from the garage ceiling. I sold about fifteen years later for $200. Today, those same bikes can fetch upwards of $2,000.
Did anyone else ever see a G519 in a crate?
Best Regards,
Adrian
PS, I feel for him over the one piece jeep wheels he mentions. I had to find a set of exactly the same early type, it took me five years, one at a time!
doing some research on the WW1 Great Western Military Model, I came across this article on "Hindsight is 20-20 - The best time to buy a relic is when you see it! " by Harold Ratzburg, about Military items he'd regretted not buying, or regretted selling.
https://www.militarytrader.com/military-trader/hindsight-is-20-20
One of the items was this:
Military Bicycles in the Crate
At a rally at Sarafan’s Surplus one year, a man showed up with GI Columbia bicycles in wooden crates. He offered them for sale for $80 each. Each bike had the Army serial number stamped on the frame. I bought one, uncrated it, and hung it from the garage ceiling. I sold about fifteen years later for $200. Today, those same bikes can fetch upwards of $2,000.
Did anyone else ever see a G519 in a crate?
Best Regards,
Adrian
PS, I feel for him over the one piece jeep wheels he mentions. I had to find a set of exactly the same early type, it took me five years, one at a time!
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