Early South Bend 5hk Underwater Minnow

Very early bait, having the slender body style with tapered tail, shallow cups and unmarked pointed props. Finished in sienna crackleback yellow belly with 2 fine hand painted gill marks and good glas

Finished in solid white, with red hand painted gill marks, marked pointed props, good glass eyes, about VG+ with wear, hook marks, partial ring around the belly weight and age lines. A very tough colo

Nice condition on this teen's 3hk minnow in seldom seen yellow hex finish. With good white iris glass eyes, and unmarked pointed props, condition is shiny Ex-/Ex, with only light box wear, a few point

Finished in frog spot, bright and shiny, marked blunt spinners, 3hk, about Ex-. Housed in a seldom seen introductory Troll-Oreno box that's VG+/Ex- with the Sheridan R. Jones collection stamp on the i

Finished in bright yellow perch with marked blunt props, shiny Ex-, with light wear, hairlines in one eye, a few small hook marks and age lines, most likely unfished. Coming in its correct seldom seen

3hk minnow in red hex finish with black hand painted gill marks, good glass eyes, blunt marked props, shiny Ex-. Housed in a tough target box that's also about Ex-, stamped 968 MS (for a Midge-Oreno i

In bright rainbow finish, with blemish free white iris glass eyes and red hand painted gill marks, shiny VG+ due to tiny flakes along age lines, small nose chip, pointers and age lines. Rigged with un

One of South Bend's rarest underwater minnows, only produced in 1914, rigged with marked pointed props, finished in white with a blended slate back and hand painted gill marks. Outfitted with 3 heavy

American, 20th century. Featuring South Bend "Bass-Oreno", "Underwater Minnow" and "Spin-Oreno", Creek Chub "Darter" and more. Some glass eyes. Varying wear and paint loss. Includes two tackle boxes.

No. 3149, tough early chub finish with red hand painted gills, Neverfail hardware, bulldog marked front prop, about VG+ condition. This large scale pattern is hard to find on the 5hk.

Early version with unmarked pointed spinner, thin hand painted gill marks, and blemish free white iris glass eyes. Finished in rarely seen yellow hex, with light wear/soiling, tiny factory imperfectio

Dating from the early 20's, 2 1/2" minnow in tough red head aluminum body, with marked blunt front prop and good glass eyes, shiny Ex-. Introductory Midget Minnow box is crisp with only light wear and

5hk, with fine green crackleback finish and red hand painted gill marks, white iris glass eyes, unmarked props and see through gem clip hardware. Condition is shiny VG+/Ex-.

Lot misc. early fishing lures and reels including rare Joe Pepper Jersey Minnow on card, Rome N.Y., Bomber Water dog, Supreme Plueger Cub reel, Heddon River Runt, South Bend #550 casting reel.

Coming in its Surf-Oreno Nite-Luming No. 963 intro box, with good glass eyes and appearing unfished, Ex-/Ex. The tough introductory grades about Ex- and retains a color fold out box insert. A combinat

Finished in rare blue back blended to aluminum with red hand painted gill marks, unmarked props and Neverfail hardware. Condition is VG-/VG due to wear/rubs, hook marks, hairline, flakes/bubbles, and

Includes an Excellent Red Side Finish (RSF) Bass Oreno, a Very Good plus Rainbow finish Combination minnow with tail hair loss and a couple of tiny paint chips and an Excellent minus Green Scale three

Finished in tough frog scale, Neverfail hardware, pressed eyes, floppy bulldog marked prop, possibly unfished but VG+/Ex- due to heavy age lines.

Rare early underwater minnow, 2 3/4”, clearly stamped "THE HARKAUF" along the left side. With good yellow glass eyes, unmarked bow tie style prop, blended green to aluminum finish and red hand p

Each finished in red/white, including a Midget Surf-Oreno (Ex-), and a Pike-Oreno, marked lip (VG+). Coming in introductory boxes: South Bend Minnow stamped 976 RH (crisp Ex-) and Surf-Oreno stamped 9

Rarely seen solid aluminum finish and red hand painted gill marks on this 5hk underwater minnow with unmarked props, Neverfail hardware and good glass eyes. Shiny VG+/Ex-, with light wear, a couple sm

Short production bait made for only three years (1929-1931), with good glass eyes, stenciled back, and finished in a beautiful dark green crackleback, gold belly and pink sides. Condition of this rare

Finished in white with black back stripe and red hand painted gill marks. Rigged with marked pointed props and good white iris glass eyes, appearing unfished, condition is about Ex- with light wear, s

Shiny red hex finish with hand painted black gill marks, white bucktail, good white iris glass eyes, and marked pointed spinners. Condition is much better than most, at least Ex-, with light wear, a f