The "Dowagiac" Casting Bait Picture Box

Circa 1906-07 white pasteboard box features the wrap around label with twin straight line border, clear lure illustration and lettering, including "Dowagiac Expert" No. 200 printed on both end flaps,

Extremely rare, with "Patent applied for by Jim Donaly Newark, N. J." appearing on the top label and a crisp illustration of the No. 57 Redfin Floating Bait. Perhaps the rarest of the early Donaly box

From the Immell Bait Co. box, c1912, clear lure illustration, bold “Chippewa” logo and crisp text, this very rare box is solid, with only light wear, age discoloration and faint bleed, the

Dating from 1921, this unfished lure comes in its very rare picture box. At 3" in length this is the largest and rarest size produced, finished in red and white, rigged with a large brass cup, shiny E

With a clear illustration on the brown top label, this early 2pc box grades about VG+/Ex-, and comes with a seldom seen red spotted yellow lure marked DECKER on one aluminum wing, VG/VG+ with general

Dating to approximately 1903 is this James Heddon and Son No. 1 Dowagiac Casting Bait, better known as the Slopenose. This early model measures 4" and is rigged with the deep gold washed belly cup and

Finished in solid yellow and measuring 3 1/4" in length is this No. 2 size Manhattan Top Water Casting bait in its correctly marked two piece cardboard box. Bait has unmarked blades, surface mounted a

The rarest of the Bait-Em-Bait Co. picture boxes, this c1920 box retains its "Patent Pending" top label with a clear illustration of the Water Mole. The lure is finished in red arrowhead white body, g

Decker surface casting bait, red head white, with rough condition box.

Small size Biff Bait in No. 203 picture box, both about VG+, and a Moonlight-Paw Paw 300 series, green with gold dot (Ex-/Ex) in a Paw Paw 301 stamped box (VG+/Ex-).

Tin Liz minnow in a picture box with paper, Twin Liz in plastic top box, and a Hawaiian Wiggler picture box with bait (separated skirt). The boxes are VG+/Ex-, Ex- and VG+ respectively.

Third quarter 20th century. Kennedy metal tackle box with lures, bait casting reel, fly reel and more. Featuring South Bend casting reel, Shakespeare "Swimming Mouse", Creek Chub jointed "Pikie", Shur

2 piece picture box for the “Semi-Surface Bait” (VG/VG+), with a 4” white/red Wobbler (Ex-).

Est. $ 35 - 45 Ashaway Line Spool. An Ashaway Thick-N-Thin bait casting line spool with original box spool is self contained in 3 parts and of Bakelite and brass construction circa 1932 as per pat. in

Split bamboo fishing rod in original case, fly rod marked Emperor Japan and has 3 tips, inside of box says "Spinning, Fly, and Bait Casting Rod" with all 3 tips included in box, cork handle, rod is 90

An extraordinary package of a "Pat. applied for" box, pre-patent bait, and an extremely rare "introductory offer" paper insert, all believed to date from 1909-10. Exceptionally rare and in Ex-/Ex cond

Measuring 4 7/8" by 1 3/4" this very rare black picture box features a crisp illustration of the bait as well as the "Pat Applied For" marking. With all printing legible and the box bottom factory pri

Short production lure advertised as the The "Two-In-One" Bait, 4 1/4", with washer hardware and finished in vivid yellow with a red head, shiny Ex, definitely unfished. Coming in its extraordinary pic

Extraordinary combination - the maroon papered 2pc box with a crisp illustration of the Union Springs Specialty Co. lure, clearly marked "WHITE" on the top label, and its early NY bait, finished in re

Measuring 4 7/8" by 1 3/4" this very rare black picture box features a crisp illustration of the bait as well as the "Pat applied for" marking. With all printing legible and the box bottom factory pri

Very rare early black box, end marked "Shakespeare Revolution Bait No. 2 1-12 Doz.", with the original shipping label on the underside of the box bottom and silver printing, solid and grading about VG

Coming in its super rare and correct 2pc picture box, vivid yellow, with clear green and red printing, the Alger's Getsem illustration and "The High Sign" logo, near Ex, and including the Sheridan R.

Seldom seen 3 1/4" early bait with marked "Detroit Glass Minnow Tube Co." aluminum sliding cap and German silver hardware, is in solid Ex condition with just a bit of interior residue that will clean.

Made by the American Display Co., Dayton, Ohio, this lure illustrated introductory box is correctly stamped "Red Head White Body" (partial fold out paper included), with the scarce bait featuring a sp