Help with pricing a canoe

[Sweetfancymoses]

I have a C1 Solo Racing Canoe that I would like to sell and need help pricing. It's 15' long, 28" wide (18" inside tumblehome) and weighs 26#.
It's wood/fiberglass construction, has a sliding bucket seat and foot brace, and is in good condition. I'm unsure about the maker/model/age. What would you think a fair asking price would be?
Here is a link to some pics: https://www.flickr.com/photos/133956285@N05/shares/Zv4105
Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[Greg Nolan]

For a discussion of determining the value of a canoe, see the post at:

http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.ph...en-canoe-worth

It is especially hard to determine the value of a very specialized canoe such as yours -- the market for such canoes tends to be very limited -- and with a racing canoe, specialized information would affect the value -- the builder, the designer, the record of this canoe in races, and so on. What you paid for it may be a reasonable starting point -- then adding for improvements, and deduction for wear, tear, age, etc.

Given your uncertainty about maker/model/age, it seems likely that this is a home-built canoe -- not necessarily a sign of a poor design, but something that well might give pause to a potential buyer.