Investment or wasteful indulgence

[mick b]

An unused Richard Carter B Venables Centrepin reel has just sold on eBay for £1,180.50

I think this reel sold originally for around £400 in the mid 1990's.
Quite a good profit if the seller has owned the reel from new.

Do you think these reels are a good investment for the future or just an opportunity for some to indulge themselves?




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[Peter Jacobs]

Do you think these reels are a good investment for the future or just an opportunity for some to indulge themselves?

A bit of both really mick.

I buy vintage rods and reels and top of the range fly rods and reels because they are just nice to have and use.

I personally wouldn't consider selling them though . . . . .

 

[S-Kippy]

I'm with PJ on this one. A little bit of indulgence tacklewise is fine if you can afford it and it makes you happy then why the hell not ? Investment ? Not really....you might get your money back or turn a little profit on something rare and desireable but you're hardly going to retire to the Bahamas on the profits from a few centrepins. Use and enjoy and the hell with what anybody else thinks.

As I regularly tell the ever patient Mrs S......if not now,when ?