Fishing Lure Collectibles : An Identification and Value Guide to the Most Collectible Antique Fishing Lures

by Dudley Murphy and Rick Edmisten

• ISBN13: 9781574321968
• ISBN10: 157432196X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Collector Books

Summary

Progressing from simple implements of bone, stone, and wood to metals to the elaborately feathered flies of the Victorian era, antique fishing lures are now sought as highly prized collectibles. This edition has hundreds of new photographs and much new information not included in the first edition. Chapters include the 'big ten' companies, miscellaneous lure companies, metal lures, handmade lures, and finally the seldom seen experimental lures. Concerned primarily with the most collectible antique fishing lures made before 1940, this deluxe hardbound book contains well over 1,300 lures beautifully reproduced in full color. Research and identification will be simple yet effective with these descriptions, sizes, dates, 2001 values, and quick comparisons of similar features of lures..

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	4	(1)
Introduction	5	(6)
Creek Chub Bait Co. Garrett, Indiana	11	(14)
James Heddon and Sons Dowagiac, Michigan	25	(30)
William J. Jamison Co. Chicago, Illinois	55	(8)
Fred C. Keeling and Co. Rockford, Illinois	63	(12)
Moonlight/Paw Paw Bait Co. Paw Paw, Michigan	75	(18)
Pflueger (Enterprise Mfg. Co.) Akron, Ohio	93	(18)
J. K. Rush (Union Specialty Co.) Syracuse, New York	111	(4)
William Shakespeare Co. Kalamazoo, Michigan	115	(22)
South Bend Bait Co. South Bend, Indiana	137	(20)
Wilson (Hastings Sporting Goods Co.) Hastings, Michigan	157	(4)
Miscellaneous Lures	161	(104)
Metal Lures	265	(32)
Folk Art Lures	297	(26)
Experimental Lures	323	(26)
Show and Tell	349	(34)
Index by Company	383	(10)
Index by Lure	393	(7)
About the Authors	400