![]() Vintage recurves don't go for much, unless it's a mint-condition high-end target bow (except for Bear hunting recurves, which sell great) with all the bells and whistles intact and the original finish and string, and even then only a few models would really fetch more than $250 - Hoyt Pro Medalist, browning challenge or olympian, Bear Kodiak, Ben Pearson Lord Sovereign, some of the Damon Howatt models like Monterey or Palomar, and something more niche like a Wilson Brothers Black Widow pre 1970. You might get 180 at the most from this bow. The bow you have won't fetch the kind of money that a Wing Presentation 2 would but probably fairly close. Bob Lee eventually left the company and started Bob Lee bows, which is still around and makes high-end custom recurves. Wing Archery was a very popular brand back in the 70's that made target and hunting bows. In 1937 George took his fathers dry goods business and turned it into his own mail order outdoor goods store. and green rather than the mustard colored fiberglass that was common to Herters bows. bow was a 75' Perfection Sitka model with 68' string length made in. ![]() If I were you I'd put this on Ebay for about 150 tops. And George couldn't have just made the bow a normal 64 long. Jim talks about the famous Herter's bow with a finishing nail as the. ![]() You have a target model and you can probably dig up the model manuals for and match your serial number to a specific year. ![]() You'll occasionally see their bows on vintage websites but they don't sell for very much. Herter's is a now-defunct archery company that used to be a small player in the recurve market. Sold that old sambar, like a dumba, then spent months trying to track it back down but never could:nono: Bow was 47.50 back then as I recall Found one, at 54, on Ebay and cost me 150 to get it Hard shooting bow with real nice, solid rosewood riser. ![]()
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