Parts in the Attic

[pelletman]

Nice pile of parts Dean! The other safety in this thread is not a Columbia, it is English I think.

 

[walter branche]

score

2 very desirable ,unusual bikes ,the springfork columbia around 6,500 to 9,000.00 the english safety possibly 3,000 ,a great haul , nice work , walter branche

 

[dfa242]

Thanks guys - Dave or Walter, is there any way of telling in which of Pop'e locations this bike was made? It's serial No. 11906.

Thanks,
Dean

 

[pelletman]

They were all made in Hartford then. Walter, provide some evidence of a Columbia Light Roadster HTS bringing that kind of money, like a link to a similar bike at Copake.

 

[pelletman]

It is interesting that the serial number is that high. The highest known Expert is around 14,000, shows the safeties really took off, assuming they started at #1, which they always seemed to in each new model.

 

[walter branche]

private sale

The price i mention ,has nothing to do with transactions conducted in or around copake or any other so called expert appraisal venue ,yes its true the machines can and are found for a better price .Most of the owners I know ,would not sell there springfork for less than 6500.00-walter branche

 

[pelletman]

It isn't helpful to anyone for you to be throwing out unrealistic numbers. Look at Copake, tends to be the high end of what stuff goes for

 

[dfa242]

They were all made in Hartford then.

Thanks, Dave - I appreciate it.

 

[dfa242]

It is interesting that the serial number is that high. The highest known Expert is around 14,000, shows the safeties really took off, assuming they started at #1, which they always seemed to in each new model.

Wow, that is interesting - I never would have guessed they had that volume of production back then.

 

[walter branche]

copake and everywhere

I do not know anyone at this time that will sell a similar bike for less than 6,500.00 , if you do -Dave or anyone else ,please let the people know ,. I am working on getting a bike a few years later a 91 ,with a cyclometer , so what would be a fair price , ????thanks for any leeds to an early safety ,.walter branche