Hi All,
I'm completely ignorant, so please forgive me.
This year my wife and I got into some old JC Higgings bikes. I bought her a 1953 Colorflow, complete and in very good unrestored condition. I bought myself a late 50's all chrome Flightliner. Both bikes were bought from separate private sellers.
I'm in the process of restoring my Flightliner to original condition and figured that it's $120 price tag was more because it was incomplete when I bought it. However, looking around on line at these Higgins bikes, I'm finding that the boys Colorflow bikes are selling for a lot more money than the girls bikes that seem to be in the same condition. I had initially thought that this was because boys were harder on their bikes, but I see that the girls Flightliners are about the same in price (per condition) as the boys Flightliners.
So I hope someone can clear up this disparity. I paid $600 for my wife's bike believing that I got it at a fair price, but as I look around I'm wondering if this is actually the case or if I got soaked. The bike is great and my wife loves it so it's not the money per se. It's the gnawing feeling in my stomach where I'm feeling taken.
Can someone help out my conscience and let me know what causes the great disparity between the girls and boys Colorflow bikes from the early 50's?
Thanks in advance!
Jeff
I'm completely ignorant, so please forgive me.
This year my wife and I got into some old JC Higgings bikes. I bought her a 1953 Colorflow, complete and in very good unrestored condition. I bought myself a late 50's all chrome Flightliner. Both bikes were bought from separate private sellers.
I'm in the process of restoring my Flightliner to original condition and figured that it's $120 price tag was more because it was incomplete when I bought it. However, looking around on line at these Higgins bikes, I'm finding that the boys Colorflow bikes are selling for a lot more money than the girls bikes that seem to be in the same condition. I had initially thought that this was because boys were harder on their bikes, but I see that the girls Flightliners are about the same in price (per condition) as the boys Flightliners.
So I hope someone can clear up this disparity. I paid $600 for my wife's bike believing that I got it at a fair price, but as I look around I'm wondering if this is actually the case or if I got soaked. The bike is great and my wife loves it so it's not the money per se. It's the gnawing feeling in my stomach where I'm feeling taken.
Can someone help out my conscience and let me know what causes the great disparity between the girls and boys Colorflow bikes from the early 50's?
Thanks in advance!
Jeff