I was kind of taken aback by how much those two Morgans went for too, That 453A is a semi rare whip but still for $5,100 someone wanted it pretty badly. Thats probably the most I've seen any non-film used whip sell for. The same for the 12ft whip and it didn't even have the divot in the handle or a white hide fall!
They are really nice looking Morgans but I think part of why they went so high though was the sales pitch. The seller really knew how to hype them, almost to the point of it getting into a gray area of the information being accurate. Then you get a few collectors with deep pockets in a bidding war for something they think is ultra rare and the sky is the limit.
It makes me wonder though if this is going to cause a sudden overall price inflation or an influx of people tying to sell their David Morgan whips to try to make a few bucks and cash in on this "jump in value". Someone else just put a 10ft Morgan up on e-bay today and it's pretty clear by the description that they are playing off the sale of these other two. I'd seen a few more of these older 450 series bullwhips sell in the last year though that didn't even break past the price of the new ones so who knows.
Still it makes you wonder, I have a few Morgan's too including a gorgeous model 455. So, Not only is it the 10 ft length Indy carried! It was made in the same style as the LC film whips by David Morgan!! AND not only that, its been photographed next to one of the bullwhips Harrison Ford owned and used Raiders of the Lost Ark!!! Now come on... you just can't get much more almost authentic screen used then that!
thats gotta be worth something!
Dan
What, it could happen. 
Is it the indentation older Morgans had? 
