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the screen used E.T bike on ebay????
GRAB ON KID:
--- Quote from: Jono on July 18, 2016, 12:42 AM ---I was told the bikes were borrowed from a local bike shop n returned afterwards if so why would spielbergs assistant have it or knowledge of its authenticity but the info I was told could be bollocks
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Not just a local bike shop but Everything Bicycles owned by Howie Cohen.Check your old BMXA's & drool over the parts & bikes He sold & distributed.He was responsible for bringing most asian made bikes & parts into bmx.He built,customised & supplied the Kuwies for ET & scored the worldwide deal w/marketing & supplying ET's w/ the studios being the main distributer & supplier of Kuwies in the US.He was a legend in the bike business & also responsible for bringing in a lot of the Japanese anno parts we all love to build with.If it is legit it must've come from Howie's collection.He sadly past away a few years back & most if not all of his collection was auctioned off.
BMX1973:
Got it to work now. :) $22500 is this really one of the bikes used in the film? :-\ Not doubting the sale but is there any proof which comes with it? :-\ Would love this piece of history if its the real deal. 8) :daumenhoch:
--- Quote from: BMX1973 on July 18, 2016, 06:00 PM ---I can't get link to work :-\
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Ady:
If you look at the bidding it was only one shill bidder bidding himself ::)
Jono:
Problem is provenance dissipates with time n I wouldn't wanna be stuck with a 25 grand bike n loads of doubters in the future, not that I'd pay that kind of money
GRAB ON KID:
I agree w/Jono & there's no mention of where it came from to confirm it's real other than apparently some assistant of Spielberg who i doubt would know a real one from a repro one.Howie had an auction site of his own that he sold a lot of the ET film stuff along w/most of his collection that came w/letters of authenticity.There's no mention of that either.
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