eBay Report Archives - April 2003

There seemed to be quite a few bargains this month, but as always there were lots of mouse clickings for rare items.

Reels:

There seemed to be quite a few unusual salt water reels this month. Included were an H.O. Lenz reel from Seattle, with plastic side plates in VG condition which drew $305.00. Also a British Columbia Peetz Y strap wooden reel - 6.5" with recorder and an extended handle reached $322.99. It had been refinished to VG. A Meisselbach Imbrie Surf Reel, with the dial free spool in VG was bid to $510. A George Garey Big Game Sailfish reel, made of aluminum and in VG condition reached $2275. It is shown in the photo to the right. An Abercrombie & Fitch Tuna & Tarpon reel, made of hard rubber and German silver, 500 yards, and in VG condition reached $450. And a Hendryx Tarpon and Tuna reel with Blackburn drag and also VG sold for $457.50.

Spinning reels of interest included a pair of Penn green Spinfishers that were new in the box with papers, etc. A #710 sold for $239.40, and a #716 reached $510. With the sale of Penn, this is probably just a start. An early Dam Quick #SW68 surprised the seller when it topped out at $632. It was in Good condition. And shown to the left is a British Bartleets wood and brass sidecast spinning reel. This reel is similar to the Malloch reel. It sold for $210.05.

Some interesting casting reels sold in March included a Shakespeare Vom Hofe Patent reel. This 1910 reel was made of Hard rubber and nickel plated brass. It was in VG condition and sold for $396. An E.E. Eaton Kentucky style reel in Good condition and #3 size reached $500. A Talbot Star in VG sold for $346, a Blue Langley Streamlight #310A in VG got 18 bids before selling for $69.60, and a Heddon #40 that was listed as brass (it was tarnished German silver) and broken because it had no level wind (it never did) sold for $528.88.

A classic Edward vom Hofe #4 Trout Reel in VG was snatched up at a Buy It Now price of $2100. It is shown here. A Conroy German silver wide spool in VG reached $1053.78. A Loomis & Plumb brass automatic fly reel in G-VG sold for $1161. A Meisselbach Expert with Pin Drag in VG-EX reached $282.77, and a rare Meisselbach Amateur #12 in VG sold for $455.77. A Julius vom Hofe 4/0 salmon size fly reel of hard rubber and nickel plated brass sold for $610.

Miscellaneous:

Some paper items brought emails from several eBay readers. Among them was a single sheet broadside for a Fowler Gem fly reel, dated 1878 that sold for $375 on Buy It Now, and a Chapman lure mailing label with a 2 cent stamp on it. This VG piece of ephemera reached $843 after 15 bids. It is pictured to the left.

An 1897 Reuben Woods Sons catalog with 136 pages and in VG condition sold for $113.50, and seemed a bargain. A Heddon 1931 catalog with dealer supplement and in VG condition sold for $504.

UMCO tackle boxes were back with a vengeance. An Orange 20" one with 84 compartments and in Mint sold for $395; a blue 2080U one with 28 compartments reached $202.50, and a brown 4500U topped out at $252.50. A Fuji toy outboard motor that was NIB sold for $800 - now that's a Wowser! A Falls City Minnow bucket with VG+ exterior, and an EX interior reached $238.82 proving the value of condition. And finally a Horrocks-Ibbotson standup counter display in EX condition sold for only $67.00. What a steal.

Rods:

A Master Kaster pump rod and reel combination that was missing the rod received 8 bids but reached $351.99. Action Rods are still hot as a 5' version in the canvas bag with White/Red handle sold for $182.50. However that was dwarfed by a Phillipson Swamp Fox fiberglass rod that was assembled from a blank by some rod maker and was in mint condition - it reached new heights when it sold for $1650. a Scott Fiberglass fly rod, #F703/3, 7', 3/1, for a 3 weight line and EX reached $301.

Bamboo rods of interest were a Hoagie Carmichael 8 footer, #C-8-2, in mint condition that topped out at $5322.69, and a Winston 8.5', 2/2 from the 1980 California era and in EX which sold for $1280.

Lures:

There were lots of nice Creek Chub baits in boxes offered this month. Heading the list was a Husky Musky #639 in Bumble Bee. The lure was mint and the box VG. It sold for $3125.86, and is shown to the right. Also sold was a NIB #2719 Jointed Pikie in Frog which sold for $620; A Baby Jigger in Frog that was VG-EX in box with papers for $461.99; A Goldfish Injured Minnow #1506 that was EX/B & papers for $1294; A Husky Pikie #2335L EX/B at $598; and a Pop N Dunk in Bumble Bee EX/B for $600. A CCBC Underwater Minnow in Red Scale and EX brought $2851, and a TE 700 Pikie in a weird white/reverse black stripes and pink sides sold for $999.

Heddon lures of interest were two Heddon Big Hedd spooks - one Chartreuse and one brown, which brought $1009.99 in EX. Another plastic, a Punkinseed in Chartreuse coachdog and EX sold for $560. A Crazy Crawler in luminous color and EX in the box with papers sold for $1326.01 (and is shown to the left), and a Heddon 150, EX in a down leaping bass box and green crackleback sold for $800. A Walton Feathertail #42 that was EX in box only sold for $344. It was W/Red back. A nice Heddon fly rod bait sold was a Wilder Dilg feathered minnow that was mint in box with papers for $760.

A Sambo Lure, new in the box, received 36 bids and sold for $127.50. A rare Pfeiffer Glass Minnow Tube in the box with papers in the rare trout size and in EX condition topped out at $2739.98. A K&K Animated Minnow in VG+ sold for $539.99; a blue Rhodes 2 belly weight minnow in EX reached $638; a Charmer Minnow, gold with green stripe and VG condition brought $522.22. A Couple of Christensen wooden frogs in VG condition sold for $610 and $530. A Pflueger 4 Brothers Neverfail Minnow in the box, all in VG condition reached $391. It was white with a black back. A Shakespeare wooden Revolution that was only in fair condition sold for $462.57. And finally, a Chapman #1 Mascot Bait in VG sold for $314.99, and a Chapman that I don't know the name of but in Good condition sold for $2025.

A couple of interesting lure boxes only sold. A Hungry Jack box with papers and VG sold for $460.55, and a Paw Paw with no lure number and VG brought $178.30.

Again, many thanks and my gratitude to Tom Maxon, Bill Wiedemann, Frank Knapp, Chris Labuz, Doug Jobe, Ben Wright, Dan Basore, Carl Schultz, Scott Schwindt, and John Kolbeck for sending auctions of interest to this web site.