eBay - $1,750 Narragansett Machine Co Platform

[Cem326]

Who knows the reserve price but $1,750 is not really bad for a platform like this.

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?sbk=1&nav=SEARCH&itemId=111139621597

[paranday]

Are you going to go for it ?

[Cem326]

Are you going to go for it ?

I already have my eye on a local one that I know about. Hope to get the older guy to sell it to me soon.

[paranday]

Post photos if you get it. So we can envy you, you lucky dog.

[Zaza]

Wasn't this the one originally listed for $5,000? They must be trying a new approach.

[Speedbag]

Wasn't this the one originally listed for $5,000? They must be trying a new approach.

I think it was. Funny how the duct taped bag sticks out.

[paranday]

Somebody picked it up,

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=111144712826

[Zaza]

Holy cow... $3K ... ouch!

[paranday]

At least they got free shipping

My Title Big Blue is laughing its ass off !

[spdyTommyT]

I wanted to get that too. It would have to have some autograph's of the Champion boxers who supposedly hit on it before I would have paid that much. Damn 3 G's? I saw a chainlink swiv go for like $50 or something. What is going on?

[Dutchman]

We've talked about this before. There is a couple of things occurring in our little corner of the world. One is that their are some sports memorabilia dealers have discovered the interest in boxing items other than signed gloves. Then there are the people that have the assets to drive the prices on these items through the roof. Often after they obtain it ,after a brief period of interest it said item will be a large dust collector, until the decision is made to sell it. I've seen this scenario play out in several different hobbies over the years. The speculators get into it and jack the prices up to astronomical heights until the market for these items dries up, then they move on. The sad thing is that most of the people who bought this stuff at those prices really have little interest in them, other than the bragging rights about how much they paid for it. They will never get their money back out of them in their lifetime. What is scary is we don't know how they or their heirs will dispose of it when the time comes. Usually it's handed over to an auction house, and the process starts all over.

[Speedbag]

I wanted to get that too. It would have to have some autograph's of the Champion boxers who supposedly hit on it before I would have paid that much. Damn 3 G's? I saw a chainlink swiv go for like $50 or something. What is going on?

What's going on is a growing interest in older or antique speed bag equipment and some people will spend whatever it takes to get it. Let's hope that same interest will soon fall on the people that actually use it.

[spdyTommyT]

What's going on is a growing interest in older or antique speed bag equipment and some people will spend whatever it takes to get it. Let's hope that same interest will soon fall on the people that actually use it.

Yes Sir. I see. The vintage stuff has always been out of reach for me and the newer equipment also for that matter. That's why I have made all of my own setups. I"ll find a vintage platform somewhere and I will bag on it like it was still hanging in a gym. Hours daily!

[Cem326]

I guess I’m all alone here but $3,000 doesn’t seem all that far-off to me. Don’t get me wrong 3 grand is a lot of money but this is a 320 pound commercial unit. Everlast made one of less quality for $2,300 back in the 70’s or 80’s. Add inflation to that number and you would have over $3,000. Also remember there might be only a handful or two of complete Narragansett units left in existence.

[Dutchman]

Generally speaking, I'd say we're lamenting the fact that the days of getting one of these just just by hauling it off before it went to the dump are long gone