Redo Market Surf Auction Makes Rare And Vintage Surfing Collectables Available
Launching this summer, the Redo Market Surf Auction is bringing vintage surf history and collectables to life with its first-ever auction. Featuring 100 of the most interesting and collectable objects in the surf universe, including fine art, ultra-rare photography and publications, vintage tees, boardshorts, jackets, trophies and more, for the first time ever, it’s all things surf in one place.
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There are two pristine Brewer-shaped guns in the Spring 2023 California Gold Surf Auction. The first board is a masterfully crafted balsa five-stringer Hanalei gun that was shaped in 1996. The other board, a three-stringer balsa pintail, was shaped the following year in 1997. Read on for more on the oversized role Brewer played in the evolution of the modern surfboard.
The Legend of Pat Curren
Pat Curren is famously a man of few words, but the surfboards he built speaks volumes. At the 2023 California Gold Surf Auction there is a “holy grail” of Curren-shaped guns. Made of balsa with a redwood tailblock, this hand-shaped marvel is simply stunning. In 2022 a Pat Curren balsa sold for $47K, what’s this one going to go for? For a telling tale about Curren read on.