What a find !
Value is an often asked and ok to ask question here .... and I think you can feel safe that if your out of bounds of forum guidelines , moderators will give a gentle nudge to point you back to within guildelines.
Just a few thoughts to frame your assessment :
- big difference between pre war and post war , so look at post war comps
- Big difference between Ladies Bikes and Men's , sadly Ladies bikes are often in less demand
- The more original and complete, and the higher the model line in the orginal catalog these makes vast difference
- Sum of the parts : complete bikes never sell for but a fraction of the sum of the parts ( this is we your very complete bike is very attractive to buyers versus one missing even just a few OG accessories)
Great resource is the archive of Cabe Classifieds classified sold
Finally , value opinions may be all over the map and some members might express strong feelings one way or the other.... keep an open mind and a thick skin .... just cause someone writes it here doesn't mean any particular price opinion is definitive, and conversely every opinion is a helpful perspective to inform your own view .
All that said ....... My opinion is that anyone looking for a complete post war ladies CWC would not find anything close to the condition you have for less than $650 plus shipping , if they limited the search time to one year AND anyone looking to sell era ladies CWC very complete in this condition or close would wait a long long long ( 2 years plus )time if they wanted to sell for anywhere above $1450 plus shipping
If you were ruthless, and insensitive the moral imperative to keep a nice bike together and wanted to part it out ....... I see no less than $1000 just selling the easiest to move parts and keeping the harder to move parts hung in the garage indefinitely. Lot trips to ups and a lot of emailing in that so really thats just for reference
Anyone see either of my range values off the mark ? anyone think a "low" of $650 is too optimistic ? anyone think a high of $1450 is too low ?
My opinion is worth exactly what you paid for it ... But ....
Hopefully my stab gets the ball rolling.... brings some opinions from the guys here that know value.
no less than $650 + s / not more than $1450 + s