For Sale: unique Italian Sabatini 53 frame

For sale italian Sabatini frame (seat tube 53cm as specified on fork and BB shell?) with fork. Unique because Sabatni manufacture does not exist any more. I believe the frame is dated on the end of 60s or begining of 70s. Possibly hand made frame. All I have managed to find out about Sabatini is here:

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/Sabatini_main.htm

Rear spacing: 120 mm
Campagnolo dropouts
BB 70 mm
unidentified tubing

I believe the frame needs to be restored. I didn't find any dents. The frame has many chips which have been covered with white paint mainly to preserve oryginal decals. Decals are peeling. Chrome on the fork is in good condition.

All photos here

Price with shipping: 150 pounds posted from Poland. I can also consider your price offer sent on PM.

thank you

My Polish is a bit rusty but it looks like you have the frame for sale on aukcjoner.pl too.
Forum rules state that you can't cross-post, it's either here or somewhere else, not both.

It's unique, as the manufacture no longer exists, is it then?

aukcjoner.pl service name is quite misleading. It is not for posting items for sale but it provides tools to support selling on eg ebay or Polish allegro. It enables creating pictures gallery for auction sites or winning auctions.

This is where I have stocked pictures of Sabatini frame. You can be sure that I am not against the rules of lfgss and have not cross-posted frame somewhere else.

57Hawkes, how many Sabatini bikes or frames have you ever seen?

About a month ago I've considered bidding on that frame on Polish auction site. Frame was sold for about £80, haven't thought I'm gonna find it here...

Sabatini was a great frame maker in Italy but his name never got what he deserved except for his name (Sabatini) being chosen by a famous Italian actor (Francesco Nuti) as a name for one of his characters in a movie ("*Ad ovest di Paperino") *(and he chose the name exactly because he wanted to give a bit of visibility to this frame maker.)
He always worked with his wife (who was in charge of the decals) and he was particularly attracted by the lugs and always worked hard to make them beautiful.

You can see some more of his frames here (in Italian, from which I got this info too):

http://www.fixedforum.it/forum/topic/5835-sabatini-track-frame/

aukcjoner.pl service name is quite misleading. It is not for posting items for sale but it provides tools to support selling on eg ebay or Polish allegro. It enables creating pictures gallery for auction sites or winning auctions.

This is where I have stocked pictures of Sabatini frame. You can be sure that I am not against the rules of lfgss and have not cross-posted frame somewhere else.

My bad, carry on. :)

Sabatini was a great frame maker in Italy but his name never got what he deserved except for his name (Sabatini) being chosen by a famous Italian actor (Francesco Nuti) as a name for one of his characters in a movie ("*Ad ovest di Paperino") *(and he chose the name exactly because he wanted to give a bit of visibility to this frame maker.)
He always worked with his wife (who was in charge of the decals) and he was particularly attracted by the lugs and always worked hard to make them beautiful.

You can see some more of his frames here (in Italian, from which I got this info too):

http://www.fixedforum.it/forum/topic/5835-sabatini-track-frame/

thanks anidel for your comment. I have mixed feelings about selling this nice frame. Unless I am involved in other bike restoration project I won't let it go. Anyway now my decision is to sell to someone who will give the frame second life.

price droped 140 pounds with shipping costs

another price decrease 130 GBP!

120 GBP with shipping costs

final price of 110 GBP before moving to ebay

closed. Frameset moved to local auction. If you are interested please contact via this thread or better email me on PM.

thx

Hi, would this frame suit someone of say 5'3"-5'5"?

hi, yes I would say that it will suit very good for someone of that height. I can sell it for 100 GBP.

Hi, still got this frame?

Hi, still got this frame?

I am sorry it is sold. I close the thread.