Fall Auction

eBay Report - November 2004

Lures:

Holy Moley! Two Flying Helgramites in one month. The first one to come up was from an eastern estate and as shown here was in EX condition. It was a Comstock version and sold for $8757.50. Then a couple of weeks later we had a second one. Almost the exact same description... this one was also EX and brought $6800.

Another great miscellaneous old bait was a Harris Floating Minnow. This 5 hooker was near Mint in an EX box and sold for $3207.50. A Pfeiffer's Glass Minnow Tube in bass size and EX topped out at $905. An EX Horrocks-Ibbotson Success Surface Minnow in an EX box, yellow with gold spots, brought $535. An Arbogast Sunfish in VG brought $202.50. A Winchester Multi Wobbler in Rainbow and EX sold for $354. A Clinton Wilt Champion, VG and orange/green stripe topped out at $1103.88. An EX Bite-Em-Bate in a VG box/papers reached $651.11. It was gold with a white head. A Moonlight Pollywog, yellow/black, that was EX in an EX box sold for $1152.99. A six pack of Glen Evans Burpers with the lures mint, but only a fair carton brought back memories as it reached $485. Glen Evans was only a short distance from where I sit and I once found a six pack like this in a yard sale across the lake. I paid $10 for the lot. I later sold it for $200 to a local collector. An unidentified 3 hook underwater minnow that was EX in a VG unmarked wooden box brought $2800. I'm sure the winner knew what he bought. It is shown to the left.

A Shakespeare 5 hook minnow in green crackleback and EX brought $405. A Shakespeare Rhodes Mechanical Frog in VG reached $271. A Shakespeare Punkinseed in yellow and VG-EX brought $472.67. A Kazoo Minnow BOX ONLY in G-VG sold for $2125, and a Punkin-Seed Minow BOX ONLY in G reached $4607.50.

Creek Chub Bait Company was represented by a Baby Jigger, yellow with spots, in Mint condition that sold for $600. A Pike scale Dingbat, Mint in an EX box, received 33 bids before selling for $338.98. A 200 Wiggler in yellow with spots and EX brought $437. A Pikie #710, white with a blue head and mint in an EX box sold for $760. A Surfster #7437 in Yellow and EX in a VG Box reached $480.

Pflueger baits included a Neverfail 5 hook minnow #3169 that was EX in an EX box. It was strawberry spot and sold for $511.

A Heddon 1902 3rd version of the Underwater Casting Bait that was EX sold for $4938.88. It is shown to the right. A Multiple Metal Minnow c1909 in EX condition sold for $709. A 200 in Frog, c1912 that was EX in a VG white box reached $910. A plastic Chugger in a wild blue photo finish and EX sold for $522.

A South Bend Surf Oreno that was EX in a VG box with papers sold for $305. It was gold with a black back. A Babe Oreno in Mullet Scale that was EX in a VG old style SB box sold for $535.00.

Rods:

An impregnated bamboo Orvis combination spinning and fly pack rod, 7', 4 pieces/2 tips, and in EX condition brought $585. An Orvis Rocky Mountain 6'6", 3/2, fly rod that was Mint sold for $561.01. A W. E. Edwards Quadrate #35, 8'6", 3/2 for a #6 line that had been refinished to mint sold for $665. A Uslan 7', 2/1, 5 sided, impregnated bamboo spinning rod reached $203.14. A Heddon #14, 8', 3/2, 6 wt in EX brought $249.59. A Heddon Expert #125, 8'6", 3/2 and EX sold for $382. A Hardy Palakona 8'9", 3/1, 7 wt. in Mint sold for $415. A Bristol Model FB7 9' bamboo fly rod 3/2 and EX brought $177.50.

Fiberglass rods included a Phillipson #105 casting rod, 6' light action in VG, which reached $305.10. A Johnson-Phillipson #8.C 60 2 piece mint casting rod sold for an astronomical $1135. Wow! Those pistol grip Champion handles are still in demand - and EX purple one brought $394.99 this month, and a mint white one sold for $640.

Salmon rods included a Heddon #36 9'6", 3/2 fly rod with an extension butt in VG that sold for $261.08.

Proving that the name is everything was a "Winchester" #6101 9' fly rod, 3/2, with all sections different lengths, refinished and amateurishly rewrapped which sold for $325.

Reels:

There seemed to be some bargains in Kentucky style casting reels this month. Perhaps the market is saturated. However, there was one dandy. A B. C. Milam and Son #8 salt water size reel that might have been EX except for a filed foot, topped out at $6356.13. It is shown to the right. A Meek & Milam #3 with the foot shortened, o/w VG brought $711. A Horton Meek #3 free spool tournament model, jeweled and EX reached $560.55.    

Other casting reels included a Jack Welch LW model made of Aluminum and German silver and EX condition that sold for $1000. A Langley 500A Reelcast that was EX in an EX box sold for $182.50. A Wards Hawthorne #60 (same as the Bronson Invader) in bronze color and EX sold for $455. An early Meisselbach rod pillar 1903 model Take-Apart in EX reached $310. A Wheeler & McGregor nickel plated reel that looked VG seemed a bargain at $621.

Fly reels included an Edward Vom Hofe Model 800, #2 size in VG that sold for $856.13. An EVH Restigouche Griswold salmon reel #496 in VG brought $2330.An uncommon Saguenay/Zwarg salmon fly reel, 3-3/4" x 2-1/2" wide in EX brought $1009. A Julius Vom Hofe German silver and hard rubber 1/0 trout reel with S handle and squared off raised pillars in EX sold for $3156.87. A 60 yard Pflueger Gold West in EX condition reached $481.09. A Valentine 350 Planetary gear fly reel that was mint/extra spool and bag sold for $200. A Fin Nor #2 anti reverse fly reel/extra spool and EX sold for $432.50.

New York style reels were led by a small 2-3/8" brass ball handle marked "Alfred Woodham - Broadway, NY". This reel was listed as "probably by Conroy" and was VG and sold for $431.88. An Onion Haig & Cornwall brass ball handle in VG sold for $475. It was reportedly 1-7/8" in diameter.

The Brits were represented by a scarce Hardy 7" Fortuna single action SW reel that was in VG condition. It brought $1749, and is shown here. A Hardy Silex Major, 3-1/4" with ivory knobs and VG sold for $339. A Hardy Jock Scott casting reel reached $1101.00.

Salt Water reels included an old Pflueger Par with Bulldog trademark and Williams drag handle. It was VG and sold for $146.50. Another nice Pflueger, a 9/0 Atlapac in VG, brought $467.99. One seller offered a pair of ABU Garcia reels, a 1000C 2 speed, as new in a VG box and a 7000 in the same condition in separate sales. They brought $333.54 each. A Mitchell labeled 1060 6/0 reel that was EX in a wooden box with accessories sold for $430.27. A Fin-Nor Gold Regal trolling reel Model 30 that was EX in a VG box/papers sold for $250. A Bronson Coxe No 4, 500 yd, that was VG in a G box topped out at $304.36. a Julius Vom Hofe B Ocean in 6/0 size with Thomas Conroy markings and VG sold for $479.99

Miscellaneous Fishing Stuff:

A George Lawrence creel in EX with a matching harness, as shown here topped out at $1604. An LL Bean canvas creel bag with leather trim in VG brought $122.49. A Hardy telescoping gaff with wood handle and VG sold for $313. And a Hardy Bros. folding line dryer in EX reached $294.67.

An Abercrombie & Fitch 1906 catalog in VG brought $118.07. An Edward Vom Hofe catalog from 1923 in EX condition sold for $270, and a 1933 version in EX received 25 bids and reached $343. A 1937 Heddon catalog in VG reached $167.50. A scarce A. L. Walker 4 page reel catalog in EX sold for $127.50. Those Brits are crazy about their carp fishing - the 1950 book by BB, Confessions of a Carp Fisher, 1st Ed in VG sold for $368. A lot of 135 fishing postcards in Average to EX condition reached $275.

An interesting listing was an ACA 10k gold creel pin from 1962 in EX. This tournament casting award brought $127.50, despite being listed as an award for the American Crappie Association. A lot of 14 casting medals from Texas State Fairs 1936-41 sold for $1745. They were listed by the Texas Unclaimed Property Department and had been found in a safe deposit box. A Michigan 1929 non resident fishing license pinback in VG sold for $315, and a paper Delaware Non-Resident fishing license in VG sold for $127.50. A Murta Appleton celo top BB shot tin in VG sold for $77.99. A B.F. Meek & Sons screwdriver/oiler in VG- reached $325 on the second try.

A 1930 Heddon die cut cardboard sign for the Lone Eagle reel, 8" x 15" and EX reached $400. A Pflueger 18 x 17 inch counter display "Aristocrats" in VG+ brought $455.

The 3 volume set of books, The Fish Decoy by the Kimballs in hardback editions brought a nifty $660. The 6" Muskellunge (?) Oscar Peterson fish decoy shown to the left reached $1925. A Bud Stewart "papa duck" spearing decoy, spotted and EX sold for $414.99. A Heddon spearing decoy in white/red eye patches and VG topped out at $935.99.