Not long ago I was in a pawn shop with a friend and saw a recurve for sale labeled "Vintage Bear Bow." I was (and still am) very new to trad archery. The bow had a $125 price tag on it, so I worked a little bit of overtime to justify it then went down and picked it up for $100. My wife and I were about two months off from our first child arriving, and she was pretty upset with me for going out and spending $100 on an old stickbow. I started doing some research, and determined it to be a '69 Bear Takedown (A riser). Once I saw how much they sold for I began to get pretty excited! I traded it just a few days later for a '73 Kodiak 45# (for the wife) and a 52# longbow, plus a little cash to boot. Needless to say, she is no longer upset with me about the "investment!"