Spinning Reel Report - August 2006
HEY MITCHELL FAN'S----- IN CASE YOU DIDN'T
NOTICE--------
Featured Reel:
Was the
Super Rare Garcia Mitchell 300 1976 Bicentennial RED, WHITE & BLUE in
exc+ condition shown to the right. Funny thing was that after
receiving phone calls and e-mails from Mitchell collectors asking if I
thought if this reel was the REEL DEAL I found out that I must have
been one of the few collectors that had ever seen a pic. of one of
these super rare reels B/4. In my personal opinion it was the REEL
DEAL but apparently some Mitchell collectors did not think so----
after only 10 bids the reel sold @$1781.99
More Mitchell:
Dennis Roberts new book- Mitchell Collectors
Value Guide 1937-2002 Published 2006 Limited First Edition. the book
was # 022 of 100 and sold @$175.88. my question is this--why would
someone pay that price when they could order the book from Dennis for
$60.00?? Note that the first 100 books printed have a pic of a
Mitchell tournament reel on the front cover. the second printing of
the same book has a pic of the first version Mitchell on the front
cover, but I wonder if the bidders knew that?
A Mitchell Tournament wedding cake exc+ sold @
561.00. A BHV model exc sold @ 94.11 and a Garcia model 508 minty
sold @ 195.19
Abu Cardinals:
A new model 3-X NIB sold @ 325.50. another 3-x
NIB sold @ 278.89 while another 3-x NIB sold @ 248.50. a model 44
repro NIB sold @ 208.00 and a Record model 1000 exc sold @ 350.00.
Listed as an Abu Zebco 3 MIB was a model 3 Garcia repro that sold @
264.50.
Dam-Quick:
A kinda rare Auto-matic model 290 NIB sold @
177.47. a model 110 exc+ sold @ 106.27 a Microlite NIB sold @ 183.99
and a Junior model 240 FB Maroon NIB sold @ 556.65 WOW and while on
Dam Quick--- please note the following correction from last months
report: the featured reels was listed as a model 240 but the reel was
a QUICK model 230. Thanks to Roland Lindenbergh for pointing this
out.
Italian Reels:
A CarGem 55 mariner exc sold @ 304.99 an Orvis
50-A FB NIB sold @ 189.58. An Alcedo Jupiter exc- sold @ 144.58 a
kinda rare early Agal 56 exc sold @ 218.17and a Zangi Delfino first
version exc sold @ 96.00
Penn:
A model 712 e-wb sold @ 139.50 a model 704
second version ewb sold @ 105.38 and a model 716-Z NIB sold @ 130.07
Zebco Cardinals:
A 7-X minty sold @ 300.00 but the buyer was not a
registered e-bay user??? a model 6 4th version NIB sold @ 170.50 a 3
second version EWB sold @ 255.00
other reels of interest:
An Illingworth #3 w/gold rim and exposed gears
exc- sold @ 589.18 another #3 with cover plate and box exc- sold @
522.86 a Centaure Carbie exc sold @ 104.50 a Luxor Sauman-mer exc-
sold @ 209.51 a Fin-nor #3 e+wb sold @ 460.00 and another Fin-Nor #3
ewb sold @ 305.00.
check out these prices:
An Airex BB Mastereel #2 e-wb had a high bid of
71.90 but did not meet the reserve!!! a Daiwa model 8300 nib sold @
152.51 a Shakespeare Pres 11 model 2910 nib sold @ 260.00 a
Shakespeare Sigma model 040 nib sold @ 100.00 a Compac continental
exc- sold @ 153.50 and an Airex Vic green e+wb had a high bid of
295.00 but did not meet the reserve!!!!!
reel Deals:
a Langley Lynx model 995 kinda rare CF exc sold @ 26.99. a Benora
two speed brownish gray color (not Green) exc- sold @ 32.22 and a car
gem 11 early version exc+ sold @ 38.00.
Thanks to Randy Heller and Jean-Paul Ceulemans somebody has to keep
me in line!!!!
Ben
