Experience selling 'older' bikes

Anyone got any experience of trying to sell older road bikes? My dad would like to sell his race bike from the mid 80's as it's not been used for about 10 years, and wondered if anyone on here would know of where I could get a good price for it?
The trouble is (in my eyes anyway) it's a bit of a mish mash of bits as it got updated over the ages, but a rough spec is as follows:-
Vitus 979 Duralinox f+f with Peugeot livery
Strongllight head set and BB
Cinelli stem and bars
Early Shimano 600 52/42 chainset
Later Shimano 600 downtube levers and front and rear mech - 7 speed
Shimano 600/Ultegra hubs with Mavic clinchers (Hand built by Swinnertons if I remember correctly)
Campag Delta calipers and levers - only done a couple of hundred dry miles over their entire life, they are immaculate
Realistically he's after the best price he can get to get a new bike to potter around on - I think the question is whether it's better to try and shift it as one thing or break it up
The trouble is (in my eyes anyway) it's a bit of a mish mash of bits as it got updated over the ages, but a rough spec is as follows:-
Vitus 979 Duralinox f+f with Peugeot livery
Strongllight head set and BB
Cinelli stem and bars
Early Shimano 600 52/42 chainset
Later Shimano 600 downtube levers and front and rear mech - 7 speed
Shimano 600/Ultegra hubs with Mavic clinchers (Hand built by Swinnertons if I remember correctly)
Campag Delta calipers and levers - only done a couple of hundred dry miles over their entire life, they are immaculate
Realistically he's after the best price he can get to get a new bike to potter around on - I think the question is whether it's better to try and shift it as one thing or break it up
Has the head wind picked up or the tail wind dropped off???
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Speedily Singular Thingy
Good luck with the sale.
05 Spesh Enduro Expert
05 Trek 1000 Custom build
Speedily Singular Thingy
I'd certainly split the brakes from the bike - but the rest of the parts don't have any intrinsic value on their own.
With Delta brakes, value depends a lot on model and finish - Croce d'Aune go for a lot less that Record in Century finish even through they're similar in design
I built it up myself (therefore no labour costs)
Its a shame but it cost me in1989 just over £2200.
What a nice bike I could get for that now - although it was a nice bike then.