Do you guys think that any of the current made in USA EBI stuff will be worth anything in the future, say 3-5 years ? I know the purple hammer is going crazy on ebay right now and I still have 2 NIB plus a bunch of others NIB like widows,baller, red paradox,plus some international stuff like red wolf and a few of The ones. Just wondering if I should hold on to them or just start drilling them for myself.

Quote from: milorafferty on January 21, 2020, 02:59:57 PM

Quote from: Skip H on January 21, 2020, 02:27:35 PM

I have a couple of the old Legends Black Pearl balls that I thought would be great. Doubt I could get what I paid for them now.

There are still fans of the Original Black Pearl out there. Of course, you may have paid too much. 


I would guess demand would set the price at $175 to $200 for them.

That would cover what I paid but shipping would eat into that.  I have one each of the original Black Pearl and Black Pearl Reactive NIB.

Not to deliver more bad news, but the Reactive probably won't even bring that much. Maybe $125 to $150 I would guess.

Bowlers are hard to predict. Some of the Hopkinsville EBI stuff may become valuable, but it's too early to tell at this time. Good examples are the original Gamebreaker. It didn't seem to sell very well when it was being produced, then a year or so after it was discontinued, it was something everyone seemed to be looking for. Same with some of the Vibes.

Motiv saw the same thing with the Sigma Sting.

This would be because of the USBC changing the limits on what the RG and differential should be on a ball, and while these balls were made and over the limit from when those new limits took effect, they were grandfathered in. so they made a huge jump in price let alone availability because of their specs being so high.

I got a collectable Ebonite ball.

14lb, NIB, Ebonite NITRO/R. Made in 1993.

Started to drill it once. Changed my mind, and put it away.

that ball was hot. Brenda Norman made that ball look so hot in collegiates that she made everyone seeing her throw it rush to the closest pro shop to pick one up. I still have mine at 16, but haven't used it since the Nitro/R2 came out the first time in 1994/1995. I've since dropped to 15, so it's staying in the closet.

Though, I did pick up a 15lb NIB Ebonite Optyx Formula 1. Thought about punching that one up to replace the one I have that was SD just for me, but I'm thinking otherwise now, especially since I've been watching another one on Ebay that someone is trying to sell for $300, and no-one has went for it for the past 5 times it's been relisted.

BL.