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Now don't get me involved in this! I'm no Tommasini expert, I will say though that there are lots of things pointing towards it being real. Is it that crazy to have a chierici bb? I think mine has a Cinelli one, with no cutout though.
Either way it went for way more then I expected, I'm always surprised at how much people are asking to Tommasini frames on eBay
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That would be too considdrable for me ;) But why should @haveo make the call? I wrote them an email so obvs it should be tommasini who makes the call. It's common knowledge that a lot of frame builders used cinelli BBs, but I have never seen a Cinelli cast BB with cutouts of another framebuilder in the middle of the cinelli font. Would be happy to see some though :) Also chierici is not exactly a well known and renowned frame builder and lug producer, or at least not half as famous as cinelli. I'd be happy to be proven wrong in that regard as well :) but I'll transfer you a not so considerable 10€ if you show me another tommasini with a chierici bb and a cut out in the middle of the font :)
In the meantime
" I would bet a considerable amount of money on it being a fake with a real tomm fork. "
Shall we say £55,000?
@haveo will make the call and I can do Western Union