Circa 1902-1960 ANTIQUE FISHING LURES
& LURE BOXES
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AntiqueLures1902 - 1960 The Pre-1920 Heddon & Shakespeare Lure and Box Site Advanced Knowledge About Collecting Antique Fishing Lures
Brought to you by: Phillip "Gabby" Talkington Life Member: National Fishing Lure Collectors Club "Lures Wanted: single pieces or whole collections bought" I I BUY ANTIQUE FISHING LURES and will pay up to $8,000 for quality items. Sell me your antique fishing tackle or we both may lose. Pre-1960 Fishing Lure Appraisals provided at no charge. Please text/email photos at Contact information. Gabby's Antique Fishing Lure PricesLast update: 03/15/2022 05:17 PM |
AntiqueLures Website is about:
Early (pre-1960) antique fishing lures and lure boxes made by: Heddon, Shakespeare, Pflueger, South Bend, as well as early miscellaneous lure companies. This is where you can sell your lures or find information about:
- Educational material on early fishing lure collecting and identification
- How to grade antique lures and lure boxes
- Pricing of wood lures and lure boxes and where to find books on old fishing lures
- A toll free phone number to call if you want to sell your collection or individual lures
- Early fishing lure history, manufacturer's catalogs, and lure box brochures
- Referral services for people who want to sell their lures to a collector
- How to collect and what you need to know to survive this hobby
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A FULL TOPICAL INDEX FOR ANTIQUELURES
IST OF ALL EARLY FISHING LURES IN THIS COLLECTIONThis extensive educational site presents the quality antique lure collection of Dr. Michael Echols and has both art and history from the early part of 1900's. If you would like to collect or sell your antique lures, this is the place to learn how, however there is nothing on the site made after 1960. AntiqueLures Website was the first antique lure and tackle site on the web. It was created by Dr. Echols and copyrighted Feb. 1, 1997. The entire site has been totally renovated as of Jan. 15, 2020.
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Pflueger, Shakespeare, Early Miscellaneous, South Bend
Pre-1920 Heddon Lure Site Index
Antique Lure Photos, and Advanced Collector Articles on Heddon Lures
James Heddon & Son - James Heddon's Sons
Dowagiac, Michigan
1903 - 1920
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Articles on Early Heddon Lures and Boxes
Heddon Dowagiac
1913 Heddon Catalog
Lure collecting addiction: a serious problem, an article about buying too many lures
Pre-1920 Heddon lure identification, a point by point method to identify a lure
Heddon lure identification by type of hardware. Photos and text explanations
Heddon 100 and 150 statistics to help match correct lure and box
Heddon 250 notes and the color Welbourne Special
1905 to 1908 comparative nose anatomy to identify Heddon lures
Lure construction details for identification
Heddon wood boxes: identification and dating. Photos of wood boxes
Heddon 150 color chart from the early catalogs
Heddon 1908 color chart contract lures from Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Co.
Colors by rarity for selected early Heddon lures, two pages
Old yellow and old rainbow Heddon colors
Early and later sienna colors of Heddon lures
Color chart for identification of Heddon box numbers
1904-1912 model 100 body shapes and boxes. Photos of minor variations
1904-5 body style with cut off nose and tail
1905 model 100 body styles, colors, and shapes. More photos
1906 vs 1908 100 and 150 body and cups
1906 vs 1908 175 lure, box, and paper
Manufacture date sequences for early Heddon lures
Four hook Heddon Slopenose Expert Dowagiac with gold wash cups
Heddon 'Florida Special' lure and Artistic box
Heddon Lure Boxes:
Lure box identification: 1904-1930. Photos of early and rare Heddon boxes
Lure box identification: examples of early pre-1920 boxes, box side data
Lure Hardware & Lure Box Identification 1904 to 1930. Photos of lure details
Wood lure boxes by Heddon, identification and discussion
NEW-DOWAGIAC lure wood box, identification and markings
Heddon white lure box vs Pine Tree lure box 100 body shape comparison
Lure box early brochure paper and which Heddon box is correct
1910 Heddon Catalog
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All photos and articles on this website are the intellectual and digital property of Dr. Michael Echols. None of the photos, digital content, or intellectual property may be used on another website or in print without the expressed written consent of Dr. Michael Echols or his heirs. Copyright 1997. All offers to buy or purchase antique tackle via this site is the prerogative of Phillip 'Gabby' Talkington and is not associated with or the responsibility of Dr. Michael Echols in any way.