Heddon Fakes and Fantasies

It appears that the people who have been faking the Winchester stuff, have now changed to Heddon. Either that, or some new counterfeiters have moved into our hobby. The Heddon items seen so far all seem to be of the same type - take some obscure unlabeled item, and put either a pasted Heddon label on it, or add a decal. The labels have all been the same, only varying in size. Anyone can scan this label from a Heddon ad or box sheet, and run it through a color copier or ink jet printer. After thinking a bit about this, I figured out a way you don't even need to make a copy. I just went to the Pradco (current owner of the Heddon name) web site, and stole a logo off their page. Here it is. Of course, using this label on products is illegal, and hopefully if it continues, Pradco will investigate and send the counterfeiters to prison where they belong. The label seen on most of the fake and fantasy items is a bit older than this one, but the same type.

So far we have seen fake Heddon postcards (I could have done better), a fake Heddon landing net, and a few other misc. items. If the past repeats itself, be prepared for bait cans, worm cartons, clocks (at least 2 have come up since this was written), and anything else to which you can attach a paper label or decal.

All I can say is "Buyer Beware". You shouldn't get faked out by this stuff, but many seem to be. The landing net sold for $96.50.

If you find any items posted that qualify for this page, I'll be happy to post them for all to see. Just click on the photos for a full view.

	This was a new one that seemed to fool some people, as it sold for $267.96. It was labeled a "hard to find and desirable Heddon advertising boat." It was 6" long, and you can thank those fine Chinese workmen for producing the boat, but the Heddon name was undoubtedly applied here in the good old USA. The Chinese probably thought it was a Heeeeden boat.
	The fishing knife shown to the left is common one, but when you stick a Heddon decal on the plastic handle, it suddenly becomes a "rare collectible." This fake didn't convince a single astute Heddon collector to bite, however.
	Those Chinese canoes are pretty neat decoration items. However, when you place a few Heddon reproduction pieces in the bottom you can suddenly claim it is a Heddon display piece. Then you claim that you got it in an estate sale and "The lady I bought it from said it was her husband's and he had had it for at least 20 years" and it's not your fault if it's a fake. Poor me! Stupid buyer!
	Take an old drill bit box and glue a Heddon box label that you scanned and printed on your computer. Then you salt them in estate auctions, and someone buys them to put on eBay. This one sold for $170.20
	Here's one submitted by a reader: I purchased an item on eBay about six months ago that is a fake or homemade item. It is a Heddon coin holder. I only paid 12 dollars for it but I saw one go for 80.00 a year before this one surfaced. (could be the same one), Jon.
	Why would anyone want a package of marbles that have a printed label stuck on them that says Heddon? I don't understand how you can take a 25¢ package of marbles, put a paper label on them that has no relationship to the marbles, and sell them for $10 to $15 on eBay. There are plenty of genuine Heddon collectibles in that price range that are certainly more decorative, and won't provoke a snicker when other collectors see your collection. Oh well!
	How many of these phoney's are we going to have to put up with. Of course they will keep coming as long as people are willing to bid. This fake clock brought $395. Certainly none of our readers would think that a class company like Heddon would use a fish logo like this.
	Just look two images down and you'll see that this isn't the first time these counterfeiters have faked a Heddon Clock. Someone please email the bidders and let them know what's going on the next time you see one of these on eBay. (9-2000)
	Now we've got Heddon glass paperweights. It's interesting that those glass paperweights were an item of the 1920s, but that logo and lettering is much later. It's been bid up over $70 (4/13) and the auction is only half over. Go to a craft shop and buy a blank glass one, glue in a Heddon ad and make your own for only a few bucks.
	I love this one. You take an old electric mantle clock, write "compliments of", glue on the Heddon logo, then print "Dowagiac Michigan" and then stick on that horrible fish that came from some of those old postcards that they are faking as Heddons, and then put it up on eBay. And eeeeegads, someone bids on it.
	Hi Phil I bought a Heddon calendar about a month and a half ago that you could see the copy marks where the other one was taken apart and copied.. The seller didn't know and gave me a full refund.. A couple days after I bought mine another one came on and it sold for $135.. I paid $125 for the one i returned.. Both were 1958 Heddon calendars.. I'm sending a picture for your page.. Thanks C.J., NFLCC Creekchub Editor's Note: Those were not Heddon calendars that were copied. They are counterfeits, where the counterfeiter took a calendar and glued the Heddon logo on to the calendar and then copied it. Heddon did not make the calendar that was copied.
	I sure hope that any of you guys that are smart enough to be reading this page aren't dumb enough to fall for this one. There have been several of these "postcards" sold on Ebay, but thank goodness collectors seem to be realizing that "Compliments of ..." (You fill in the company) are almost always counterfeit. Someone should pursue the seller, and they should be arrested.