I don't believe it is the "value" of the bow that is being bid, but rather the size of the contribution to the Aids Foundation, if I read it the way I think I am. (?)
My girlfriend has one similar to that--she got it for free. Looks to be Purpleheart, and although its at least 40 years old, still looks new.
As for cost, I was talking to a guy last night that had recently talked to a bowyer that will make a bow that runs $3,000+. That sonofagun would have to come equiped with tires and a steering wheel if I gave that kind of money for it!
Chad
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My girlfriend has one similar to that--she got it for free. Looks to be Purpleheart, and although its at least 40 years old, still looks new.
As for cost, I was talking to a guy last night that had recently talked to a bowyer that will make a bow that runs $3,000+. That sonofagun would have to come equiped with tires and a steering wheel if I gave that kind of money for it!
lamb,
you're right about the proceeds going to a useful charity- and that's a good thing. But I suspect that the bids would be just as high if the money was going into someone's pocket. As a side note, I checked the ebay site agin just to see how high things were going and most of the high end stuff had dropped dramatically in bid price. Looked at the bid history and it seems a lot of these "generous" bids couldn't be verified so they were dropped. Perhaps a bit of phantom inflation going on? But that's just my cynical side showing...<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
That's nothin! I have a $349 longbow that has cost me over $10,000 in the last three years!!(Elk in Colorado, Hog in Tennessee, Javalina in Texas, ect.)....
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only bad thing is when you take it in for string repair and they tell ya you need a complete over hall <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>!
and you thought your bow was a lot of $
