coolest ebay thing i've seen in a while

[yeehawfactor]

fyi, i'm not the seller :rolleyes:
looks like there's a different one on his couch:rad (http://cgi.ebay.com/GENUINE-VINTAGE-71-MERCKX-WORN-MOLTENI-CYCLING-JERSEY_W0QQitemZ8788120890QQcategoryZ2855QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem)

[BumbleBeeDave]

It would be akin to having the Shroud of Turin hanging in your livinig room.

But note there seems to be some room for doubt in the description as to whether Merckx actually wore the jersey.

BBD

[Kevan]

Get a bit more popular and you too can start selling your used cycling togs for 750 bucks.

No, not me...thanks.., but I'm sure someone out there might.

[ergott]

Get a bit more popular and you too can start selling your used cycling togs for 750 bucks.

No, not me...thanks.., but I'm sure someone out there might.


With the right clout it looks like you can even sell them on this forum ;)

[Sandy]

With the right clout it looks like you can even sell them on this forum ;)

You got that right. Real right.



Sandy

[Sandy]

Get a bit more popular and you too can start selling your used cycling togs for 750 bucks.

No, not me...thanks.., but I'm sure someone out there might.

I couldn't sell myself for 750 bucks. I'd go for 75 cents. :rolleyes:




Sandy

[dirtdigger88]

But note there seems to be some room for doubt in the description as to whether Merckx actually wore the jersey.

BBD

no- Merckx really wore it- Ive seen tons of pictures of Eddy with it on - No?

Jason

[Ginger]

So you're bidding on a jersey that's been hanging in the rafters of a smoky bar for lots of years?

[catulle]

There are some identical wool jerseys being sold for $100. They are new and made of Merino wool; no EM sweat, though.

[Ozz]

and I thought this was cool:
Monty Python Black Knight (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6047162413&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1) ;)

[Bill Bove]

Somewhere in Belgium there's a bar that just isn't as cool as it used to be. :(

[Kevan]

Honey! Guess what I won on ebay???

[csm]

I wonder if they're any shorts to match the jersey?

[manet]

So you're bidding on a jersey that's been hanging in the rafters of a smoky bar for lots of years?

http://www.balcells.com/photo_albums/todd_ny04/todd_in_nyc_15.jpg

[dirtdigger88]

http://www.balcells.com/photo_albums/todd_ny04/todd_in_nyc_15.jpg


http://www.fecalface.com/whatever/picture_day/PantiesWall.jpg

Jason

[manet]

http://www.fecalface.com/whatever/picture_day/PantiesWall.jpg

Jason

stay out of your dad's closet

[H.Frank Beshear]

But he looks good in blue!

[dirtdigger88]

ya dont have to worry about dad- and yes frank he DOES look good in blue

its my weird uncle you need to watch out for

http://wirefish.com/pwa/unicycle_small.jpg

manet- he sends his luv

Jason

[manet]

ya dont have to worry about dad- and yes frank he DOES look good in blue

its my weird uncle you need to watch out for

http://wirefish.com/pwa/unicycle_small.jpg

manet- he sends his luv

Jason

i've notified the postmaster general

[dirtdigger88]

i've notified the postmaster general

we've already taken care of him

http://www.sketchyanimation.com/b3ta/pushing_the_envelope.gif


Jason

[manet]

you win _ you've pushed the envelope...

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . you had no vocal skills, Manet! :eek:

BBD

[manet]

. . . you had no vocal skills, Manet! :eek:

BBD

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.talking-heads.net/graphics/david.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.talking-heads.net/david.html&h=351&w=228&sz=7&tbnid=JP-AtVQWNBLHTM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=75&hl=en&start=9&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtalking%2Bimage%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3De n%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG


http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.artchive.com/artchive/g/guston/guston_talking.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.artchive.com/artchive/G/guston/guston_talking.jpg.html&h=675&w=783&sz=96&tbnid=6DAOozdwo1FxsM:&tbnh=121&tbnw=141&hl=en&start=5&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtalking%2Bimage%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3De n%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG

[H.Frank Beshear]

Glad I saw the original Dirt. Manet is right that was really pushing the envelope. :D

[Grant McLean]

In case anyone here was thinking of bidding,
this was posted over at the ClassicRendezvous forum
earlier:


I have been asked by quite a few list members about this jersey on eBay:

Item number: 8788120890

http://cgi.ebay.com/GENUINE-VINTAGE-71-MERCKX-WORN-MOLTENI-CYCLING-JERSEY_W0QQitemZ8788120890

IMHO, as wonderful as it would be to say otherwise, I doubt very much this ever passed through Eddy's hands. To the best of my knowledge, the only times you didn't see the world champion stripes on the neck and sleeves of Eddy's jerseys post-1967 were:
1. occasionally on track/time trial silk jerseys
2. race leader / national team / national champion jerseys
2. off-and-on during the 1976 season with Fiat.

The other telling difficulty I have with the seller's story is the definitive recollection that the jersey was given to the seller "on the morning of the 1971 Tour of Flanders." At that point in the season, Eddy was the reigning Belgian National Champion. As such, he would have been racing in the National Champion's jersey. (A training jersey perhaps? Okay, but we are then back to the issue of the missing CdM stripes on the neck and sleeves.)

Frankly, I don't care one iota that Denson is pictured holding a jersey. No doubt Denson does have some real jerseys from some known riders. The one pictured, however, has too many inconsistencies to pass the smell test.

Personally, I wouldn't touch this jersey with a ten foot pole. Okay, maybe as a vintage retro-rider jersey at $150, but certainly not as a Merckx jersey. FWIW, off all the incarnations of the Molteni jersey, the one in the picture is by far the most common to find at the swap meets in Belgium and France.

Sadly, when it comes to collecting jerseys, the passionate are often the most gullible. We want to believe. However, what we often need the most is the good sense to know when it is best to walk away from something.

Brett Horton
San Francisco, CA


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[Lincoln]

No bids until the last 1 1/2 hr. then a flurry and it sold for 1000 usd even.

[stevep]

not to be skeptical...but it says he was given the jersey on the morning of the race. it does not say in the description that eddy wore the jersey in the race or any other. the team van probably has 20 similar jerseys in it... but not necessarily worn by eddy and maybe not worn in a major race.
it should not be that hard to find a photo of eddy taken during the race to see any stripes that may or may not be missing.