DaleC
Contributor
Debby, we get that you don't want to keep it 
but you have to forgive us old guys lovin the good stuff.
As far as pricing goes what has been said here on the board mirrors my personal experience as well. Though they are great regs I wouldn't pay more than $25 for the Mk5/109 simply because you can find them in secondhand shops quite easily. I bought mine for $5. A freind has a bin of old regs and will sell me 108's or 109's for $25 a pop.
Same with the Stab jacket. I bought a campac (similar) for $10 and currently know of 3 more, on old 72's at that, for $20 each. Very few people really want to trust an old BC of unknown origin so the only value the BC has would be if it were one of the first stabs made, and even then they are not hot collectables.
Unfortunately, the rockets are not a desired item by most collectors. Unlike the Jet fin, which is a supurb performer, the rocket did not do as well as a fin and it's rare to hear someone say something good about them.
The problem is that out of 100 divers only 1 or 2 want older stuff, and usually those 1 or 2 are fairly confident in buying bargain sale items and we generally know the relative value of them. We also know that anything we buy we will probably have to service so the price paid is pretty low. The items you have come from the tail end of the vintage era (if that) and as such, fall outside the era of really collectable stuff.
You never know though, someone on E bay might just be looking for one of those things and bid a good price.
but you have to forgive us old guys lovin the good stuff.As far as pricing goes what has been said here on the board mirrors my personal experience as well. Though they are great regs I wouldn't pay more than $25 for the Mk5/109 simply because you can find them in secondhand shops quite easily. I bought mine for $5. A freind has a bin of old regs and will sell me 108's or 109's for $25 a pop.
Same with the Stab jacket. I bought a campac (similar) for $10 and currently know of 3 more, on old 72's at that, for $20 each. Very few people really want to trust an old BC of unknown origin so the only value the BC has would be if it were one of the first stabs made, and even then they are not hot collectables.
Unfortunately, the rockets are not a desired item by most collectors. Unlike the Jet fin, which is a supurb performer, the rocket did not do as well as a fin and it's rare to hear someone say something good about them.
The problem is that out of 100 divers only 1 or 2 want older stuff, and usually those 1 or 2 are fairly confident in buying bargain sale items and we generally know the relative value of them. We also know that anything we buy we will probably have to service so the price paid is pretty low. The items you have come from the tail end of the vintage era (if that) and as such, fall outside the era of really collectable stuff.
You never know though, someone on E bay might just be looking for one of those things and bid a good price.
