Hi all. I was under the impression most Devoucoux saddles were sold on through devoucoux, is there anyway of knowing if one offered for sale privately is stolen?
The second hand ones through Devoucoux tend to be ones that have been chopped in I think, when I approached them to sell one of mine they were not interested and told me to try ebay.
The unique numbers on each saddle are kept on a register and I was logged as the owner of the saddle, Devoucoux were happy to verify to any potential ebay purchaser the authenticity of the saddle. Might be worth getting the numbers stamped on the saddle from the seller and giving Devoucoux a call, they are normally quite helpful.
I have just sold one privately, went for £1200. They do have numbers on so you can check with Devoucoux regarding age and ownership. Devoucoux will take them as part exchanges too.