Fishing Lure Collection 2024-12-09 Auction - 622 Price Results - Dan Morphy Auctions in PA - Page 2
HEDDON SPECIAL ORDER 1309 FIVE-HOOK BLACK SUCKERBEYOND RARE HEDDON 747 IN BLENDED RED & PURPLEONE OF THE 8 JAMES HEDDON HAND-CARVED FROGS
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Denver, PA, United States
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HEDDON 700 SWAYBELLY MUSKY MINNOW IN GREEN CRACKLEBACK: 5” Length. A nice example with three sets of hand-painted gill marks (they were also sometimes painted with red blush instead). The bait has some typical age lines and varnish flaking with a
1025: HEDDON 700 SWAYBELLY MUSKY MINNOW IN GREEN CRACKLEBACKEst. $2,000-$4,000
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HEDDON 3009B SPINDIVER IN FROG SPOT: 4 - 1/4” length. A cataloged color from 1918 - 1923, this one shows varnish age lines but the paint is remarkably intact - better than most you find. Good glass eyes and relatively clean
1026: HEDDON 3009B SPINDIVER IN FROG SPOTEst. $2,000-$3,000
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HEDDON 6509K ZARAGOSSA IN GOLDFISH SCALE: 4 - 1/4” Length. A visual knockout, this bait combines top tier condition with a striking, super desirable color to make for a stunner of a bait. Clearly, this one didn’t do too much
1027: HEDDON 6509K ZARAGOSSA IN GOLDFISH SCALEEst. $1,500-$3,000
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HEDDON BATWING ICE DECOY IN GREEN CRACKLEBACK: 5 - 1/4” Length. Heddon’s first production decoy dating to 1913. This is the curved-tail variety with a single-line tie and the iconic bat-like side wings. This example grades Good, and
1029: HEDDON BATWING ICE DECOY IN GREEN CRACKLEBACKEst. $1,000-$1,500
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HEDDON 302 SURFACE DOWAGIAC MINNOW IN SLATE: 3 - 3/4” length. Amazing condition grading fully Excellent. Full paint on the belly weight, clean hardware, clear glass eyes, and in an uncatalogued color. A very high-end example of a 1910 era
1030: HEDDON 302 SURFACE DOWAGIAC MINNOW IN SLATEEst. $1,000-$1,500
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HEDDON 210S SURFACE DOWAGIAC IN STRAWBERRY SPOT: 3 - 1/4" Length. Very rare and very nice special-order color on this 1920s-era bait. Highly collectible “S” color on this earlier L-Rig bait. Three screw marked collar, two spotless
1032: HEDDON 210S SURFACE DOWAGIAC IN STRAWBERRY SPOTEst. $1,000-$1,250
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HEDDON 1300 BLACK SUCKER LURE: 5 - 3/4” length. A nice example with most of the paint still on all five of its belly weights. At least Good Plus, it has scattered pointers and small chips, and there is some soiling that
1033: HEDDON 1300 BLACK SUCKER LUREEst. $800-$1,200
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HEDDON WOOD BOX FOR 106 DOWAGIAC UNDERWATER MINNOW: Box: 6" Length. Type IV box only (no lure included) has very strong graphics, is solid, and marked for a 100 minnow in Gold. Clearly stamped on both ends, if you can match a minnow to this box, it
1034: HEDDON WOOD BOX FOR 106 DOWAGIAC UNDERWATER MINNOWEst. $800-$1,200
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HEDDON 7309Z JOINTED VAMP IN RAINBOW SCALE: 4 - 3/4” Length. Great-looking uncatalogued color bait grading Excellent. Flap rig hardware, green belly stencil, and solid glass eyes. Clean hardware and dating to around WWII.
1035: HEDDON 7309Z JOINTED VAMP IN RAINBOW SCALEEst. $750-$1,000
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3 HEDDON GREEN SCALE 7500 VAMPS: Each 4 - 1/2” Length. Top lure is a 7509D Vampire with a “long drop variation” rear hanger circa 1922. This beautiful bait is very clean, has the paint off the belly weight, and has
1036: 3 HEDDON GREEN SCALE 7500 VAMPSEst. $800-$1,200
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HEDDON BIG MARY IN GOLD: Measuring 3 - 7/8", this is the No. 800 model made from 1927 to 1933 (1926 model is 3 - 1/2”). Finished in extremely attractive special-order color “Gold” is not often seen on
1037: HEDDON BIG MARY IN GOLDEst. $600-$800
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FACTORY ARCHIVES HEDDON 139N PAINTED EYE TORPEDO: 4 - 1/8” length. Finished in Heddon’s eye catching Dace color, this unique bait was never drilled for eyes, having simply gold painted circles instead. This very lure appears in Heddon
1039: FACTORY ARCHIVES HEDDON 139N PAINTED EYE TORPEDOEst. $500-$1,500
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HEDDON FACTORY BOARD EXPERIMENTAL ROTARY LURE: 3 - 1/2" Length. Varnished natural cedar body with a white stripe running down its back, it has a single forward-oriented, unmarked Heddon prop at the rear, while the front prop is an amalgamation of
1040: HEDDON FACTORY BOARD EXPERIMENTAL ROTARY LUREEst. $750-$1,500
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TWO HEDDON “THE WHY OF IT” BOX INSERTS: 5 - 1/4" X 3 - 3/4". The one on the left is believed to be circa 1904, which would accompany a minnow packaged in a wooden, one-way slide -top box with “The New Dowagiac Minnow” printed
1041: TWO HEDDON “THE WHY OF IT” BOX INSERTSEst. $500-$800
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3 HEDDON 7400 BABY VAMPS: Each: 3 - 1/2” length. Top example is a 7409M Pike Scale with Toilet Seat Rig hangers and missing the right eye (left is solid). Middle lure is a 7400 in Green Crackleback, Red Eyes, a color
1043: 3 HEDDON 7400 BABY VAMPSEst. $400-$800
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HEDDON 8509N BASSER IN CORRECT BOX: 4" Length. 8500 Bassers were never catalogued in Red Dace Scale, and this is an exceptionally nice example with its correct box. Excellent-/Excellent condition with light age lines and a small flake
1044: HEDDON 8509N BASSER IN CORRECT BOXEst. $300-$600
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HEDDON 8560 KING BASSER: 6” Length. Salmon-specific color Shiner Scale with Red Gill and oversized teddy bear glass eyes, the left one having a hairline. String rig and original trailer thumbtack still intact, and
1045: HEDDON 8560 KING BASSEREst. $300-$600
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ABBEY & IMBRIE GLOWBODY MINNOW WITH PICTURE BOX: 3” version in outstanding Excellent Plus condition that comes with its correct picture box. End flaps are mostly missing, but box is still quite presentable. An example of a sought-after but
1046: ABBEY & IMBRIE GLOWBODY MINNOW WITH PICTURE BOXEst. $250-$500
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ABBEY & IMBRIE SALTWATER BIG JOE LURE IN BOX: Marked 60R&W. In the 1920s & 30s, Heddon produced a number of lures for Abbey & Imbrie to retail under their “Go Getters” line of baits. Here we have an unfished example with the cleanest
1047: ABBEY & IMBRIE SALTWATER BIG JOE LURE IN BOXEst. $150-$300
3 ROBERT M BAIRD LURES IN BOXES: Largest: 3" Length. Bob operated The Diamond Baird Lure Co. of Salt Lake City, UT up until his death in 2011. To quote Dean A. Smith’s article from Tackle Treasures, “Bob was one of the
1048: 3 ROBERT M BAIRD LURES IN BOXESEst. $2,000-$4,000Lot Passed