BlackWidow charges $910 for there PTF one peice recurves.
$890 for there PSR(morelike a 50's style curve)series one piece recurve
and $940 for their PL series longbows.

Chek-mate charges $360 base for a delux falcon recurve
they charge $525 base for therecrusader Longbow both are one peice.

Predator Bows charges $549.99 base for their one peice Pheonix longbow
and $499 for therehunter take downrecurve model

maybee not everyones charging more for there longbows
but i can find more examples of one peice longbows costing more than the one piece recurves.

your right about 450-500$ being the price for Howard Hill brand bows but i know ive seen some go for over $800 before maybee they were collectable custom somehow and maybee they werent howard hill brand...but they were definately a hill style bow. and they didnt have gold or silver or precious stone or gemsinlayed into them 100% wood and glass with nothing fancy... i could understand the price better if they had some intricate inlay work or carving on them it makesit a peice offunctional art worthy of being a museum peice,but they dont have that. and they werent collectable because they werevinatage, they were maderecently.

iunderstand paying money for things...

i shoot alot of pool. i play pool with a SCHON stl5 that books for $765 new. markdown from book new is usually 15% so the cue cost $650 new at a shop that isnt scammingyou.i gave 475$(wich is about 100$ less thannormal. i new the seller well.)for itslightly used with no flaws(its a basic model schon without all the fancy inlays and it was worth the price i paid to me. i plan on using it for the rest of my life if im fortunate enuff
some fancy Schon cues go for 3000-4000-5000 $dollars depending on how much ivory/precious materials are usedand how manypeices of inlay are in it. basically all good american made cues that arent mass produced and hold value wellhave a starting price point of around $450....some makers charge alotmore for a baisic model because of reputation/demand/availability or whatever, which isnt worth it to me.

i Have a Martin acoustic guitar and it cost mealot as well but it was worth it to me...i havent picked up a guitar that cost the same or 3 times more that plays or sounds better to me...ill get a lifetime out of it too because it doesnt go on gigs...it will hold its value well too...

is the price point thing with these bows about holding value over time.
it seams to me that used bows are 90% of the time huge bargains for shoppers.

i dont kno i guess i feel connected to my guitar and my poolcue.
i havent really experienced that with any bow ever even tho i like my bow very much and ill have it as long as it will last...i can gofrom my bow to my buddies bows to jo scmoes bow and once i figure outhow thething points its all good and i dont find myself thinking that i wish i had my bow in my hands like i do when i pick up a differnt pool cue orguitar maybee its not a fair comparison shooting pool and playing guitar are pretty intricate activities more so than shooting a bow in my opinion.

mabee some get really connected to there bows and thats why they pay the prices they do for them???