That "I'm a dope" moment!

[Jetboy]

11. I didn't do enough research either. Heck, it sat on Ebay for a month or 2 at $1000.

I couldn't find anything about it anywhere on the internet (badge read 'Century' though it was much older than turn-of-the-century) but I should have gone to the library and researched styles of bicycles and pinned down exactly how old it was as well as its features. The man who bought it from me understood the features (IIRC leather straps for handle grips, block type chain? etc) and knew exactly what it was.

He supposedly was going to restore it and put it in his bicycle museum in MN. Me, I've moved on as it was 5 years ago. ARGGG!

Edit to add the word grips.