QuestionHi,
My father was an avid bowler and collected somewhere between 40 and 60 bowling balls, as well as a large number of bowling ball cases.
A friend said that my father had some collectible bowling balls. Do you know how I can find this out?
AnswerRebecca,
There is no market for bowling balls and bags, outside the bowling industry. Your dad was more likely a ball'aholic than a ball collector. An avid ball buyer fuels their personal performance using the latest tools. You don't collect bowling balls, you use bowling balls.
Except if the 40-60 balls are all undrilled. Are they undrilled?
Modern equipment sells for upwards of $200, but not everything sells well everywhere, so DON'T get your hopes yet. And like a car, a bowling ball is dramatically less valuable once drilled and used.
If they have been used (have holes in them# what do they weigh? The most popular #thereby most highly valued and biggest potential market product# weight is #15.
The personally effective ball is sometimes highly prized by an individual. The value of any particular ball is often connected to how well the cover and core work together for a particular player.
That being said, you clearly want to sell off some of your dad's bowling balls. Search E-bay or other Internet sellers for the balls you have and see what they are being sold for. The measure of the value is what someone will pay or is paying. The Internet is not always a good measure of the value of something, but rather the measure of its value today #like an auction#. Getting a product in front of people that might pay optimum price for something is what you need. I may be able to get a list in front of hundreds of my peers #pro shop operators and bowling coaches#.
Is the friend asking to buy the "collection?" Do you have a list? Send me a copy of the list to
[email protected] including: Manufacturer, Model, Weight, color(s), surface texture (shiny or dull). I can comment further with a better understanding of what you are looking to sell. Thanks for the question.
