Idadon
01-03-2016, 05:30 PM
Looking for some info about this reel. I've had it since I was a kid, at least 60 years or so and was wondering if this reel is worth anything as a collectors item?
It has a metal center medallion on the spool not the plastic. It is stamped as a 1494 which according to what I can find out was the "Medium" size reel originally produced. It has the ring line guide. It is a right hand reel and can not be reversed. Again, according to what I can find out, it was produced sometime between the original introduction in the early 30's and 1938 when they added a drag.
As to condition; it's fully functional but seen lots of play. It has some "road rash" on the back plate that is the result of a spill I took on my bike while riding home from a local pond where I fished poppers for Bass and Bream. I got a new Medalist in my teens and this one was retired until my son found it and used it for a little while in the 80's.
Was just wondering if these have any real value now as collectors items?
It has a metal center medallion on the spool not the plastic. It is stamped as a 1494 which according to what I can find out was the "Medium" size reel originally produced. It has the ring line guide. It is a right hand reel and can not be reversed. Again, according to what I can find out, it was produced sometime between the original introduction in the early 30's and 1938 when they added a drag.
As to condition; it's fully functional but seen lots of play. It has some "road rash" on the back plate that is the result of a spill I took on my bike while riding home from a local pond where I fished poppers for Bass and Bream. I got a new Medalist in my teens and this one was retired until my son found it and used it for a little while in the 80's.
Was just wondering if these have any real value now as collectors items?