Spinning Reel Report - July 2008
JULY 2008 STARTS WITH A BANG AND ENDS WITH A BANG
!!!!!
WHO SAID MID SUMMER IS THE WORST TIME TO SELL ON
THE BAY ??? !!!
And a whole bunch of "HOLY COW'S" this month !!!!
Featured reels: a 4" Malloch Multiplier
exc- sold @ 2,790.20; a Dingley and Son exc- sold @ 1,031.23; a
Sagarra Junior-Aimsa exc sold @ 881.17; and two Italian reels a
Crebbia
and a Crebbia Super both NIB sold @ 2,358.00 - see photo to the right.
Abu: a 6 version? nib sold @ 335.34; a 33
re-pro second issue nib sold @175.73; a 506 e-wb sold @ 148.75; and
two abu-matic's a 41 and a 141 both nib sold @ 242.50
Dam-Quick---- now
for a bunch of HOLY COW'S---- an early 1/2 bail with an
arrow on side of body exc- sold @ 1,248.23; a microlite ewb sold @
459.00; another microlite nib sold @ 500.00; a Junior maroon egg
shaped body e+wb sold @ 226.50; a 110-N nib sold @ 107.50; a 110 exc+
sold @ 72.00; a 4000 nib sold @ 219.39; a 4000 cut-a way like new sold
@ 314.88; a 1400 nib sold @ 275.04; a 330 nib sold @ 200.00; another
330ewb sold @ 9.99 hummmm; a 331 nib sold @ 154.50; a 220 ewb sold @
81.00; another 220 nib sold @ 167.50; a 330-n e+wb sold @ 67.00; a
spinfix ewb sold @ 22.50; a 440 nib sold @137.50; a 440-n nib sold @
234.02; a 441-n e+wb sold @ 11.41. say what?? and last but not least
was a super 2S-275 e+wb that sold @ 1,137.00 !!!???
didn't one of these sell last month e+wb
@241.68???
English: a J. W. Young Ambidex mk9 exc+
sold @ 204.20; an Ambidex Match e+wb sold @ 279.53; an Ambidex no. 4
nib sold @310.93; an Allocks Duco e+wb sold @242.72; and a Hardy Altex
no 2 mk V exc- sold @ 247.50.
French: a Chip Tout exc- sold @ 556.51 a
Luxor mer Saumon nib sold @ 256.00 and a Mepps super Meca e-wb sold @
158.05.
German: an Emte Alligator exc sold @
280.30; A Stabil-DDR exc sold @ 395.30 -
another HOLY COW!!! a Regina exc- w/paint wear sold @
157.78; and a Forelle-Germina exc sold @ only 9.99 say what!!
Italian: Alcedo--- a micron bent leg nib
sold @194.50; another bent leg ewb sold @172.50; and a curved leg e+wb
sold @ 202.06; a 2C/S e+wb sold @ 142.50; another 2C/S nib sold @
133.50; and a L-Alcedo 2C/S e+wb sold @ 86.00.
Other Italian reels: a Holliday 30 nib
sold @ 212.50; a Holliday 40 nib sold @ 182.50; a rare Orvis 50-A
w/MPU exc sold @ 101.00; an Orvis 150-A nib sold @ 51.00; another
150-A exc+ sold @ 103.50; and an Ofmer Mini exc+ sold @ 116.27.
Mitchell: a 499 nib sold @ 422.75; a 308
ewb sold @ 199.85; a 498X Pro Africa exc+ sold @ 654.81; a 302
FB cut-a way exc sold @ 141.74; a 408 cut-a-way exc sold @ 160.62; a
300FB cut-a-way exc sold @ 104.93; a 487 e+wb sold @ 100.00; a 909 exc
sold @ 150.00; a 3rd version e-wb sold @ 685.00; a 300-A nib sold @
177.50; and a neat mitchell kit w/a 300 reel 12 lures, and spare parts
all nib sold @ 358.33.
Penn: a 706 nib sold @ 222.50; a 712 cut-a
way exc- sold @ 77.00; a 714 nib sold @ 150.00; a 716 nib sold @
150.00 also; a nice Penn collection with two 700's - one first version
the other a third version - both exc-, a black 710 ewb, a 712 ewb, a
716 nib, a 704 second version nib and a 706 nib all with a display
stand sold @ 1,175.00
Zebco Cardinals: a 3 version ? nib sold
@232.50; a 3 first version exc+ sold @ 237.50; a 4 second version
listed as a first exc+ sold @ 222.50; a 4 sixth version nib sold @
202.50; a 4 5th version nib sold @ 189.50; and a 6 first version e-wb
sold @ 152.50.
Other reels: a Ranger Line Tamer nib sold
@ 67.99; another line Tamer exc+ sold @ 142.50; a Preciosa-DGMA exc-
sold @ 266.33; a Swiss Thommen record fifth version exc+ sold @
105.00; an Olympic 85 nib sold @ 223.50 -
another HOLY COW!! another 85 exc- sold @ 187.50; A
Fin-Nor no3 nib sold @ 430.00; and a no4 exc+ sold @ 179.05; a Great
Lakes Whirlaway Imperial nib no rod sold @ 125.00; a Whirlaway 75 nib
w/rod sold @ 133.00; an ocean city 300 nib sold @ 81.00 - WOW
A special thanks to Kim Johnson, Roland
Lindenbergh, Randy Heller and Jean-Paul Ceulemans.
I sure wish we knew what's up with the Dam Quick
Reels???!!!
Ben
Ben Wright is the author of The
Wright Price Guide for the Reel Man, a book on spinning reels and
their prices. His new book, an updated Supplement & Value Guide
is now out. You can read the review of this book
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