The Black Bear is fairly common, reasonably priced, and a good shooter. I think the one's I have seen/shot were late 60's/early 70's models. I also liked the Tigercat. A Tigercat was my first recurve. Normally not a very collectable bow, but I found out (after I had traded it off) that the one I had was pretty rare due to the woods used in it. Kicked myself many times over for not keeping it--mainly because it was my first. I was young and dumb and needed the money for a longbow. At least I'm older now.......

Chad