307% above what sold
"The asking prices are all over the place."
Sellers ask a median $285.00 for a Abu Garcia Ambassadeur 5001C right now. Buyers paid a median $70.00.
Price from listings and you price too high.
Penn and Abu Garcia reels · prices from real eBay sales
What is your vintage Penn or Abu Garcia reel actually worth?
Look it up by model: the median price buyers actually paid on eBay in the last 90 days, updated every day.
Or browse every Penn and Abu Garcia model.
149reels listed for sale right now
227models tracked, 166 with a value
3792sales recorded in the last 90 days
Why a vintage reel is hard to price
$35–$175 for the same reel
"One sale doesn't tell me much."
The last 5 Abu Garcia Ambassadeur 5000 sales: $35.00 · $69.99 · $175.00 · $49.95 · $59.99.
Any single sale can be luck. The median of 264 is $41.00.
6.1x for a few letters
"Does the model letter matter?"
A Abu Garcia Ambassadeur 6500S sold for a median $52.18; a Abu Garcia Ambassadeur 6500CS, $317.55.
Same line, same number, 6.1x the price. Read the whole model number before you price it.
The most-sold reels, sale by sale
Each dot is a sale in the last 90 days; the line is the median paid. Open a reel for the full chart, every sale and today's listings.
How the prices are made
- 01
Every listing, every 15 minutes
We read every Penn and Abu Garcia reel listed on eBay US as it appears.
- 02
Only completed sales count
When a listing ends, we check whether it sold and record the price paid.
- 03
A median, not a guess
A value is the median of the last 90 days of sales, shown once a model has 5.
Browse by line
Find the line name on your reel, then its model number.
Penn 131 models
- Beachmaster2 models
- Delmar1 model
- Greenie2 models
- GTi6 models
- International31 models
- Jigmaster6 models
- Leveline2 models
- Levelmatic4 models
- Long Beach5 models
- Mag Power1 model
- Mariner4 models
- Monofil3 models
- Peer5 models
- Peerless1 model
- Sailfisher1 model
- Sea Boy1 model
- Senator26 models
- Spinfisher23 models
- Squidder3 models
- Surfmaster4 models
Not sure of the model? Guides: Penn model numbers: Senator sizes and letters · Dating an Abu Garcia Ambassadeur · Look-alike reels and what tells them apart.
Questions
Where do the prices come from?
From completed eBay sales of vintage Penn and Abu Garcia reels. We read every listing as it appears and check it after it ends; a sale counts at the item price paid, without shipping, which depends on where the buyer lives. Lots, reels sold with a rod, parts and reels sold for repair are left out of the value. How it works
Why a median and not an average?
Half the sales went for less than the median and half for more, so one unusual sale, a bidding war or a mislabelled listing, cannot drag the value up or down the way it would an average.
Why don't you use asking prices?
Asking is not selling. Right now the listings for a Abu Garcia Ambassadeur 5001C ask a median $285.00; buyers paid a median $70.00. Every reel page shows both, labelled, and the value is always what buyers paid.
Why does my reel say "collecting"?
A value needs at least 5 sales in the last 90 days; until then the page shows the sales recorded so far. A model that had a value keeps it, marked "last known" with its date, until it has 5 sales again, for up to a year.
How do I find my reel's model?
Find the line name and the model number on the reel, letters included: a Senator 113 and a Senator 113H are different reels with different values. The guides explain Penn model numbers, Ambassadeur date codes and look-alike reels.
How do you know which reel a listing is?
Each listing title is read into brand, line, model number and colour, and matched to the catalog. On a hand-checked sample of real listings, 96.1% of the models it named were correct. A title that does not say enough is left out rather than guessed.
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Are you connected to eBay, Penn or Abu Garcia?
No. This is an independent price guide; it reads public eBay listings and is not affiliated with eBay, Penn or Abu Garcia.