A two Bike Find - Raleigh Tourer and Townsend Gypsy

[denbo]

Hi
I'm new to this site, so hope that this thread is in the right catagory.

My daughter brought me round two bikes that she had pulled out of a skip. One was a Townsend Gypsy and the other a Raleigh Tourer. She knew that I had fixed up my old Dawes, Sprick and Puch bikes and sold them last year.
These two bikes were in a sorry state, having been left out in the rain for a number of months. However, undeterred, I got to work blowing the tyres up, which have remained inflated since.
Upon checking the crankshaft and wheel bearings for wear, I could find absolutely no play in any of them. I also 'wire wooled' the rusty wheel rims and it has brought them up a treat.
I really cannot understand why anyone would dump such excellent strong bikes, unless they had let them get into such a state, as to think that they were unroadworthy! They had even left working front and rear lights on the Tourer.

While my daughter wants the Townsend for herself, I was going to sell the Raleigh, 'Made in Ireland', Tourer and was wondering what it should go for, as it maybe a collectors item.

I attach a few photos of the 'cleaned up' Tourer for info, (I have since wire wooled the rusty pannier carrier, so it is clean and shiny!).

Thanks

 

[retrobikeguy]

Never seen a Raleigh tourer, looks a bit like a Magnum, If I remember right the magnum had alloy wheels and those mudguards as standard, does it look like a respray/re-decaled bike or original?

 

[denbo]

Thanks retrobikeguy for your reply. No, it certainly looks original and has not been resprayed. The rims are metal and original stamped Raleigh with '26 x 175HB' on it.
I attach a few more pics. What would one of these sell for?
Thanks