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in the box. Instruction manual, 66" longbow, tab, target, arrows and arrows with broadheads. Made for Sears and Roebuck. Leather grip.  Cream, black and brown laminations. WSNL66 50 28".

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[Blackhawk]

I think all of the Sears archery equipment was made by established companies such as Ben Pearson, Bear and others.  If you look closely at the items, you may find a clue as to mfg.

Your J.C. setup looks great, but tough to determine a value, but most likely would be valued about $150-200.

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Thanks Lon. What kind of clues would I look for?

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thats a good lookin rig right there
for 80 ish years old

[Blackhawk]

Trivia question:

Was there a real "J.C. Higgins" that Sears used to name their line of sporting goods?

[raghorn]

The broadheads are American Sabre from the early 50s. The backing, tips, and shelf on the bow and the tab. I would say the set is from the 1950s.

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Thanks Ron. Are those heads good enough quality to hunt with? Thanks for the date also. Lon, I read that maybe it was a bookkeeper/accountant that worked for Sears that they named that "Division" after. Is that right?

[raghorn]

The heads are not real collectable( read, common) unless a collector doesn't have one!
A huntable head although some guys would call them cheap, and not able to hold an edge because of the two  pieces of metal meeting at the edge. They will sharpen just fine and shoot straight and kill a deer dead. Better heads out there......yes. Worse heads......hundreds!

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Thanks for sharing your expertise. I saw this American Sabre come up on a search I did. Was it made by American Archery? I may get this from my brother and try to hunt with it myself this year if he doesn't want to sell it!

[Blackhawk]

Was there a "real" J.C. Higgins?

Actually NO, since this was a trick question.

But Mike, you're close.  There was a Sears book keeper named John Higgins, so they just used his first initial, made up the second initial, and used the last name and came up with J.C. Higgins.

That name was used until the early 60's when they began using another name on their sporting goods.  It was some obscure baseball player from Boston, and I think his name was Ted Williams.

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I try to do some research before I bring my questions here!  :D  Thanks for all the info guys.

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Looks like I'm going to be the owner of this set. If it is in as good shape as it looks I may hunt with it this fall! Once again, thanks for your help.