Heddon Saltwater Basser

Lot of 4 Heddon Bassers including: 1) near mint "Deluxe" Salt Water Basser, no diving lip, glass eyes, 99.9 % original bright clean paint and hardware, 4", c. 1935-36, overall excellent+++. 2) 4" w/cl

In Allen Stripey, a tough finish to find on the 8500. With good glass eyes, heavy duty L-rig hardware and a marked lip, shiny Ex-/Ex. The VG+ Brush box comes with a red border fold out catalog and is

Rare uncataloged red head pearl finish, rigged with bar hardware, good glass eyes, marked lip, other than lower lip edge wear (under the plate), this very tough bait would grade Ex-/Ex, most likely un

Vivid frog spot with good glass eyes, L-rig hardware and marked lip, about VG+, with wear, a few chips, corrosion started and age lines. The VG+ box is stamped C8500S Basser (sea, strawberry), and com

Nice lure in box.

Each in red head white with flitter, good glass eyes and just over 3", VG+ and VG/VG- condition with common chipping, wear and age lines.

Sea Runt and Laguna Runt, both finished in red head white with flitter, good glass eyes and 2 piece hardware. Both grade about VG+ due to paint off the belly weight, wear and age lines.

A few lures contained in this lot are: an Arbo-Caster, Cisco Kid, a Mepps Aglia Long spinner, a Fred Arbogast Jitterbug, a Heddon Basser, red jigheads, Lindy rigs, a Schlitz beer bottle lure, one from

Including a Heddon Basser

Finished in shiny blue scale, L-rig hardware, good glass eyes and marked Head-on lip plate. Other than the hardware screws missing (all 3), this bait would grade VG+/Ex-. Coming in an incorrect "210 B

Beautiful shiner scale finish, bright and shiny, Ex condition with a Head-on marked lip and cup hardware. The folded style down bass box is correctly stamped 8509P on both ends and comes with a red-bo

Tough frog scale Basser, L-rig hardware, good glass eyes and marked lip, about VG+ due to wear, a few flakes/chips, old yellowed varnish overcoat and age lines. The correct early 8509J stamped box gra

From the Pflueger archive room, finished in Allen Stripey with good glass eyes, belly stencil and clean complete wire rig. Fished little if at all, Ex- due mostly to a ring around the chin weight, lig

Bright red head white body, good teddy bear eyes, complete string rig and chin stencil, Ex-/Ex, in a VG+ up bass box stamped 8550YS, with a fold out "Salmon and Striped Bass Baits" paper.

A rare variation, factory rigged with zinc eyes. Finished in rainbow with toilet seat hardware, a marked lip and grading shiny Ex-.

Bright yellow with silver shore ribs and bold red gill, string rigged and pork rind pin, if not for an old thin varnish overcoat and no tail pin this bait would grade near Ex-. The up bass box is stam

In beautiful herring finish, good glass eyes and belly stencil, other than missing the belly pin the condition is shiny Ex-/Ex, unfished, with the string and hooks still in the cellophane. The box is

In tough blue pearl shore, string rig, marked lip and belly stencil, VG+/Ex-. The Brush box is about VG+, end stamped 8542M King-Basser.

Shiny herring scale finish, 4 1/2", good glass eyes, string rig, belly stenciled, about Ex-. Coming with a rough No-Snag Brush box, stamped N9119M.

Finished in rarely seen “White, Silver Flitter, Red Head”, rigged with 2pc belly and tail hardware, unmarked plate, belly stencil and good glass eyes. Definitely unfished, brite and shiny,

5", silver scale/yellow belly with red gill, unmarked lip, teddy bear glass eyes, unfished Ex-/Ex, the string rigging and pork rind nearly like new. The Brush box grades Ex-, end stamped 8550YS King-B

Heddon Head-On Basser

Finished in bright Allen Stripey, marked lip, good glass eyes, chin stencil, if not for missing the string rigging the condition would be VG+/Ex-. Still a decent example of a tough color on the 8550.

Finished in seldom seen goldfish scale, Head-on marked lip, L-rig and good glass eyes, shiny Ex-/Ex, with light wear, factory imperfection and age lines, possibly unfished. The correct down leaping ba