Ben Wright's
Spinning Reel Report - May 2007
SUMMER IS ALMOST HERE, BASS ARE JUMPING AND SO
WAS EBAY !!!
Featured Reels: A LaSoie Mystery reel
exc- sold @542.11. A Rare J. Huillet type B exc- paint wear was bid to
824.16 but did not meet the reserve.
Talk about the YO-YO affect - check out
some of these prices:
ABU Cardinals: A 33 repro nmwb sold @
158.50; another 33 repro NIB sold @ 236.51 and a model 4-X NIB sold @
260.55
ALCEDO: A common Micron later version,
curved leg nib sold @ 650.00 holy cow !!! Another micron later version
curved leg ewb sold @ 120.30. Another micron later version, curved
leg exc sold @ 73.70. another micron w/bent leg e-wb sold @ 255.10
and another micron early version w/bent leg ewb but wrong box sold @
108.50. A 2 C/S bent leg exc sold @ 154.00 another 2 C/S same e-wb
sold @ 152.50 and a model 2-C bent leg exc sold @ 67.60.
Mitchell/Garcia Mitchell: A garcia 300DL
early version e+wb wood box sold @ 810.00; another 300DL NIB w/ wood
box and outer cardboard box sold @ 1500.00; a 330 automatic Albatros
nib sold @ 250.00; a 300 cut-a-way SS exc+ sold @ 202.50 and a 510
w/rod ewb sold @ 144.06.
PENN: A model 430 special CF nib sold @
104.07; a model 700 3rd version e-wb sold @ 134.39; a model 706 nib
sold @ 375.00; a model 720 second version nib sold @ 152.00; another
720 first version ewb sold @ 145.00. A model 716 nib wrong box sold @
173.00 and a BLACK 710 exc- sold @ 178.49.
ZEBCO Cardinals: a 3 first version exc+
sold @ 177.50; another 3 second version e+wb sold @ 217.50; another 3
second version exc sold @ 135.27 and another 3 3rd version nib sold @
340.00; a 4 4th version ewb sold @ 81.00; another 4 early version ?
nib sold @ 182.50 and another 4 6th version nib sold @ 152.00.
Other Reels: A Steph No 1 exc- sold @
163.74; an A. Allen spinet size? exc- sold @ 260.87; a Cargem silver
fish 402 nib sold @ 102.50 a French Filo minty sold @ 85.35; a
Pflueger sea-star nib sold @ 47.50 a Topper Japan exc- sold @ 61.45
and a Wright & Mcgill ecs nib sold 60.00.
Books and Catalogs: Mitchell Collectors
Reference Guide book # 168 sold @ 225.00; a 1926 Millward catalog sold
@ 152.50 and a Hardy big game sea anglers catalog sold @ 255.00. A set
of two books Wright Price Guide 3rd edition 2002 and a Supplement
Volume 1 2006 sold @ 16.50. The 3rd edition has been sold out for a
while and there are people looking for one-- where was everybody on
this one??? ebay ya just gotta love it!!!
Reel Deals: a kinda rare Berna vg+ sold @
85.08; A sportex ocean exc- sold @ 53.52 a sagarra exc- sold @ 39.61;
a Herters by Zangi exc sold @ 16.49; an early Swiss Record exc sold @
33.00 and a spin-champ jr. 500 cf nib sold @ 12.00.
Special thanks to Randy Heller, Jean-Paul
Ceulemans and Kim Johnson.
BEN
