You May Own Some Antique Fishing Lures

By: Mumby

Collecting old fishing tackle and lures is an interesting and
natural extension to the sport of fishing. It has been one of
the most untouched and under exploited areas of collecting in
America. Collectors willing to pay money for artificial bait
tend to be sport fishermen themselves, attracted to antique
lures by their construction and seemingly endless variety of
shapes, colors and ingenious designs. The earliest metal lures
-- known as spoons or spinners, depending upon how they were
designed to wiggle through the water when reeled in -- were made
before the Civil War and represented one of the first American
innovations in sport fishing. You can collect these antique
lures only in their mint to near mint condition for best value.

Antique Fishing Lures, as a collecting hobby, has continued
growing over the years until now it is becoming very popular.
When you come across an old lure, either in your attic or from a
family collection, or even something you found at a flea market,
keep in mind some important points. The first thing you may wish
to do is get out the harsh cleaning liquids and make that old
lure look new again. That would be a mistake. In fact,
collectors recommend resisting the urge to clean or restore a
vintage lure you located at the local flea market, pawn shop or
wherever. A great vintage lure that has been touched up can
forever lose its value.

Collectors have been waiting for the newest book from Dudley and
Deanie Murphy have written a book, "Fishing Lure Collectibles,"
that details some of the more important points of antique lures.
The book features more than 3,500 lures shown in full color. The
authors discuss the most collectible fishing lures made since
1940. Fishermen will enjoy this history of America's earliest
fishing lure manufacturers prior to 1901. This book is done in
color and contains a list of current values.

Interestingly decorated wooden boxes are of interest to
collectors because these were used to hold the lures originally.
If you have an old tackle box out in the garage or down in the
basement, get it out now and check for some of these extremely
rare antique fishing lures.

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