Antique Fishing Collectibles Table of Contents

• Early Miscellaneous and smaller companies index

• Heddon index

• Heddon lure colors and rarity charts

• Shakespeare index

• Pflueger  index

• South Bend index

• Flyrod Lures index

• Collecting High-End Antique Lures

• Edward vom Hofe, Heddon, & Zwarg reels

• The "Full" Shakespeare Box Sequence Article

• See the Wanted to Buy/Price list

• Box brochures and inserts...early material

• What, Why, and How I collect lures

• Lure insurance

• How to tell the difference in various minnows

• Heddon lures

• Pflueger lures

• Shakespeare lures

• South Bend lures

• Early miscellaneous

• How to: Grading lures

• Heddon boxes

• Pflueger boxes

• Shakespeare boxes

• Creek Chub boxes

• How to: Grading boxes

• A Tribute to the families and individuals who preserved our heritage

• Collector books and references

• A field guide to grading lures and grading boxes.

• Also see Factors in grading lures and boxes.

• A flow chart: How to determine if you have pre-1940 lures and boxes,

• A list of factors which effect the plus or minus in grading lures and boxes.

• A generalized list of things that are rare and things that are not rare.

• The future of antique lure collecting and baby boomer demographics

• Also see... Why collect fishing lures.

• How to find old fishing lures.  .

• Lure prices and Box prices for specific high-end collector level underwater minnows and their boxes.

• Heddon wood boxes

• Pflueger contract wood boxes

• Pflueger Monarch and Neverfail wood boxes

• Shakespeare wood boxes

• RARE MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION: photos from a collection that defies description if you understand collecting early miscellaneous lures.

• Identify Heddon lures by the hardware

• Identify the type of eyes your lure has

• Identify Shakespeare by hardware type

• Identify Heddon lure boxes

• Identify Pflueger lure boxes

• Identify Pflueger Monarch lures

• Identify obscure contract wood boxes

• Identify Shakespeare lure boxes

• Identify Creek Chub lure boxes

• Knowledge 101: determine if you are a collector or an accumulator and why collect lures

• Rarity and quality: why some prefer to collect the best possible

• Mental games: a list of helpful ideas on making a decision to buy or not, and why

• Rejection: why we need a lure fix from time to time

• Pricing lures: thoughts on how to price a lure if it's yours or mine

• Ethics: what to watch out for and who you can trust in the NFLCC

• Global thinking: maintaining your reputation in a smaller world

• Trading: some of the dynamics of trading tackle and how to avoid problems

• Books & References: a complete list of information to help you do research

• Price tricks: unscrupulous price rigging at tackle shows

• Auction tricks: caution at the auction and at eBay

• Fakes and repaints: a sorry state of affairs and a plague on our hobby

• Protection: a few hints on how to avoid buying a fake (maybe)

• Cleaning lures: some hints and ideas

• Hunting lures: 55 great ideas and techniques on where and how to find old lures 

• Grading lures: an introduction to grading lures with links to the advanced course

• Grading lure boxes: a simple system to help figure it out

• Factors in grading: things that change a grade from a plus to a minus

• Grading factors which effect the plus or minus in grading lures and boxes

• See the Wanted to Buy list and Price Lists

• Click here for Heddon lure hardware identification

• Click here for figuring out type of eyes found on Heddon's lures

• Click here to figure out the grading on your lures

• Click here to get a list of colors and the numbers on boxes

• Click here for a list of Heddon model numbers

• Click here for Heddon lure boxes

• Heddon early catalogs: lure color plates and actual examples of box paper brochures

• Heddon lure box examples:  a key to dating the type of lure that you have and linking them to the hardware.

• Heddon boxes and hardware: Lure Hardware Identification and how to identify and date a Heddon lure and what box is correct for what hardware. 

• Heddon details: body styles, gill marks, etc.

• Heddon Dates of Manufacture for lures in this collection to help you figure out approximately when a Heddon lure was made based on appearance in the catalogs.

• Heddon's wood box model underwater minnows

• Chart-1: Heddon 150 colors and numbers: when a given color was introduced and existed

• Chart-2: Heddon lure colors and numbers: for early and later 100's & 150's, 700, 20

• Chart-3: Heddon lure colors and numbers: for Spindiver, Artistic minnow, 260, 350, 40, 50

• Heddon friends of the frog photos: examples of frog finish color and style in 150's, Spindiver, 200, 1600, Near Surface Wiggler

• Heddon early 150's : various early underwater Heddon 150 lures, 159A in wood box, 151 in down leaping Bass box, variations on crackleback colors and designs in 150's, blackish, green, seinna, and blue-green crackleback

• Heddon 900 series minnows: see photos and info on the 900 series with the intro and later white boxes

• Heddon c.1908 wood box model 100's and 150's identification, nomenclature and data.

• Heddon wood box100's: various styles, shapes, and six boxes and lures of the early models

• Heddon earliest: 1904 Dowagiac Underwater, 2 hook Slopenose with box,  Mulitple Minnow and rare box, No. 11 with rare white box

• Heddon divers, Crab Wigglers, Gamefishers, and SOS: Deep-O-Diver, baby Crab Wigglers in red/white/red, frog scale, and natural crab finish, three Gamefishers, versions of the Swims on Side

• Heddon lures on steroids: Coast Minnow,  700's in green and sienna crackleback and a black sucker with the correct down leaping Bass box, Giant Musky Vamp

• Heddon lures in fancy sienna and scale patterns: examples of early 150's, 100's and other types in some of the more unusual colors

• Heddon red eyed killers: 100, 150, 20, and the 450 "killer" in red and white variations

• Heddon 300's, Spindivers & 175's: various hook configurations and styles

• Heddon trouted or spotted series 0's and 00's: examples of spotted coloration

• Heddon minnys 'n muskys & feathers and bucks: 260, 350, 402, 40 and 20

• Heddon Torpedo alley and Flippers: variations on the 120 and 130 Torpedo  and 140 Flippers

• Heddon Zaragossa, Darter, River Runt, Punkinseed, and a rare Rotary Head

• Heddon 1926 catalog: color pages of early lures and descriptions

• Early Heddon box paper: c.1910 brochures for wood boxes, "The Why of it", Artistic minnow, and Dummy Double paper

• Miscellaneous companies page one

• Miscellaneous companies page two

• Pflueger: Neverfail and Monarch color chart from a 1916 catalog

• Pflueger vs Shakespeare gem clip minnows: a comparison of 1910 minnows and hardware so you can tell the difference.

• How to identify a Pflueger Monarch minnow

• Pflueger early contract lures: gem clip hardware and wood boxes

• Pflueger Neverfails: 3 and 5 hook underwater minnows and early boxes.  Contains a chart of various types of maroon boxes and colors used for early Neverfail and Monarch minnows

• Pflueger Monarchs: early 3 and 5 hook underwater minnows, also shown is a color chart of early Monarch minnows

• Pflueger unusual minnows: baby and regular Surprise minnows , the illusive 6 'n 1, a Magnet, and Catalinas

• Pflueger cracklebacks: variations in the crackleback color

• Shakespeare gem clip vs flat plate hardware.  A comparison of the pre-1910 and post-1910 hardware.

• Shakespeare body shapes: early Musky, 3 and 5 hook high forehead Rhodes as well as Shakespeare underwater early minnows, as good as it gets!

• Pflueger vs Shakespeare gem clip minnows: a comparison of 1910 minnows and hardware so you can tell the difference.

• Shakespeare cardboard and wood box sequences and identification. Information on when a given box was used. A way to determine what lure goes in what box.

• Shakespeare early "tough" intro boxes and lures from the 1902 to 1910 era.

• Shakespeare rare early intro boxes and c. 1902 to 1910 lures

• Shakespeare lures : examples of various underwater minnows, Tantalizer, saltwater special, surface spinner, Whirlwind, Kazoo, Fishylure

• Shakespeare Revolutions: musky, standard, and baby Revolutions with boxes

• Shakespeare minnows: wood box 33, saltwater, 00's, and metalized minnows

• Shakespeare Slim Jim and Mr. Rhodes:  four various early Slim Jim minnows and a five hook Rhodes

• Shakespeare hydro and poon: five hook, hydro, & Tarpalunge

• South Bend 1926 catalog: color plate for underwater minnows

• South Bend collection: examples of underwater minnows