eBay Report - March 2003

March seemed to be a good month for the buyers.

Miscellaneous Items:

Tackle boxes seemed to be popular this month. We had a Meek Tackle box with some tackle in it in G-VG condition that brought $266. An Abercrombie and Fitch mahogany box in EX received 25 bids and sold for $676.66. And a Sears Ted Williams tackle box #3465 from 1964, full of decent tackle reached $306.

A triangular shaped green glass minnow trap that was in EX condition brought $392.77. It is shown here. Then you could keep your minnows in a c1900 Novelty Minnow Float, submarine style minnow bucket in faded condition reached $172.50.

A Philip R. Goodwin calendar complete in VG-EX condition, with a nice fishing scene reached $112.50. A c1920-31 casting medal from the San Francisco Fly Casting Club came up. It was neat - with a medallion on top and bars for each club event won, and 14K gold. This item had a starting bid of $850, and that's where it started and finished with one bid. Another award pin that received lots of attention was a Field and Stream Honor Badge for a 152 pound Tarpon. It was bid to $182.49.

A Shakespeare reel repair kit in a metal box, and with lots of parts still in it brought $238.00. It was in VG condition.

Rods:

Top quality bamboo rods are still either not selling, or are in the $1000-2000 range, so we'll bottom feed this month. Those Action Rods are still doing OK, with one with a grey & pink handle in EX shape bringing $162.50. Another similar rod only reached $102.50, and I couldn't help but wonder if it was due to the fact that the seller's photos took so long to load that I grew tired of waiting. Another one with a red and white grip, with a color coordinated Ocean City LW reel reached $202.50.

A Jim Heddon Favorite bamboo casting rod, 6' long, and in unfished condition reached $333. A 2 piece 6.5' Fenwick Feralite fiberglass casting rod with a white Champion handle brought $452. It was VG+ condition. A pair of Fenwick Lunkerstik's 5.5' and unused condition sold a week apart. The first brought $302, and the second $303, so I guess you could say that was probably what they were worth. A Phillipson 2 piece fiberglass casting rod, light action and VG+ brought $390.50.

Lures:

There weren't a lot of high dollar lures this month, but there were plenty of neat unusual miscellaneous items. Some of them follow.

A neat Pflueger Ball Spinner that was 5" long and in VG condition reached $1338.00. It is shown here. 

An EX black plastic Musky Cisco Kid in a VG box brought $125.38. A Saleman's sample board for Glen Evans Burpers and Undertakers came up. It was in G condition, and had 9 lures still in it. This rare piece reached $350.

A Creek Chub Pikie #709, that was EX in box with papers brought $2125 after 21 bids. A CCBC Skipper in Strawberry color and with glass eyes, and unused condition reached $405. A Triple jointed CCBC plastic Pikie Minnow which was yellow/glitter and EX, reached $102.51. A mint in Box Jointed Pike, yellow/R&B spots and GE, sold for $361. A couple of dealer boxes came up. One of the common old style boxes in VG-EX condition brought $255, but a newer but rarer box that was only G-VG reached $379.99.

A Heddon Salmon River Runt in the scarce 1st issue and in EX condition in a VG box reached $2200.75. A Heddon Musky (5") SOS, in pike scale and VG-EX sold for $737.27. A Heddon Hi-Tail with a black & white checkerboard paint job and EX sold for $325.

An unusual Frog lure that was in EX condition, and had glass eyes sold for $1125.00 it is shown here.  Another folk art lure that was sort of minnow shaped and in G-VG condition reached $500.

A Zink Screwtail that was Black and White color and mint in the box reached $205.50. A Floyd Roman Little Nike striper lure, EX in box, reached $250.

A couple of rare color Bug N Bass lures sold, a pearl white "Albino" colored one brought $865.55, and a solid black one reached $224.72.

Reels:

The big news in reels this month was the first model Pflueger Akron which brought $2994.43. This is a German silver Kentucky style reel, not the common level wind baitcaster that we are all familiar with. It was in VG-EX condition, and is shown here. A German silver Pflueger Worth, 60 yd, EX with leather case reached $362.50. A Pflueger Hawkeye fly reel, GS and Hard rubber in the 80 yd size and EX reached $471. A little 40 yd Pflueger Capitol baitcaster in VG-EX reached $231.36.

Some other casting reels included a German silver Meisselbach Tripart 780 in VG at $483.10; A Talbot 33 by Richardson at $1200, and the same reel only generic brought $800. Both were VG-EX. A Talbot Niangua from KC and VG sold for $455. A B.C. Milam #3 that had been awarded as a prize in an Australian fishing contest brought $1026. It was VG condition, except for a replaced crank knob. a Brass Meek & Milam #3 from the 1850's reached $1802. A Wards Hawthorne (Bronson) casting reel probably set a record for Ward's reels when it reached $416. It was VG-EX. An Ocean City #2000 casting reel, mint in box, brought $94.60. A Heddon 3-24 casting reel in EX reached $1325.00. 

A neat Julius vom Hofe fly reel in a G-VG box received 16 bids before selling for $1025. It had Wm Read Co. & Son markings. It received 16 bids and is shown here. A Julius vom Hofe patent Jan 23, 1883 wire spool reel in G-VG condition brought $208.01.

A hard rubber version of the Yawman & Erbe automatic fly reel in VG condition brought $270.99. A Leonard Mills 1927 Trout size Dry Fly reel in hard rubber, aluminum, and German silver and in VG+ condition received 22 bids before selling for $1375.

Unusual Target spinning reel from Michigan that was Mint in box with instructions sold for $205.50. A french Doperr Spinning reel in VG-EX, with art deco design, brought $565. And an experimental Schulz pop up spinning reel in EX reached $159.15. A production Schulz spincaster reached $122.

Salt Water reels seemed scarce, but an unusual reel, The Wolf, German silver and hard rubber, called a vom Hofe style reached $1080 after 16 bids.

Thanks to the following for help with this report. Chris Labuz, Tom Maxon, Jim Schottenham, Carl Schultz, Scott Schwindt, John Savu, Ben Wright, Dan Basore, Emil Polanski, Kirk Ewart, and Bill Muth. Now it's time to go fishing.