The same camp that is in much of his hunting books. The year Fred Bear decided to make a special bow, befor he left us I was invited to hunt with him at Grousehaven hunting camp. It is still in the shipping box, never put togther. Also, if those other take-down handles are wood (insted of magnesium) and unused they are quite a find also, and multiply their value a bunch if they are signed by Fred! What else do you have in that closet? You should buy a lottery ticket while you at at it, too! You know what else would be fun? - Mention these bows over on the Leatherwall and see how many new servers Pat has to buy to handle the feeding frenzy. It will make a big difference if you ever decide to put it up for sale. I'd suggest keeping that original shipping box and any shipping documents and all literature with the bow - in other words, keep everything. I'd be sure to let them know, though, it is a valuable heirloom and strongly encourage just looking and admiring it and not using it or unwrapping any packaging, etc. Passing it on to your children is a wonderful gesture and I'd do the same. I was just a kid when they were made, but I remember seeing the advertisements and wanting one worse than anything I ever wanted, but not being able to come up with $10, much less the $1,000 price tag at the time. Richard, You probably have one of the most sought after and valuable traditional bows ever made.

There was one on E-Bay last week.I never went back to see what it finally sold for. I was shocked when 2 guys kept bidding and it finally quit at $10,000. Upon his death his wife and/or family came across this bow and they donated it to The Pope & Young Club for their auction! I wanted this bow.#6 or so (I think) and I stopped bidding at $3,500. It (the bow) sat in this mans closet for years and years.

A friend of his.that wasn't a bow hunter.offered to give him the money he needed and the man gave him the bow for this money then as a collectors item.

The story on the 1 in Alberta P&Y Auction was that a man was given this bow by Fred! Later this mans son was in a BAD car accident and need exstensive dental work and he did not have the money. The were given to Friends and Business Associates and maybe a few sold! But was only planned on the 200 being built! At a Pope & Young Convention.I think the one in Edmondton, Alberta back around 1997 or so.1 sold at their auction there for $10,000! Supposedly.Fred only had 200 of these bows built! He inspected each and everyone of them personally and IF there was a flaw he threw them in the trash and told them to build another!

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