Howe's Vacuum Bass Bait

From the Vacuum Bait Co., finished in white with hand painted red accents and patented hook hangers, about VG+ due to wear, a couple of edge chips and age lines. Correct black japanned tin grades VG/V

C.1909 Howes Vacuum Bait Lure, Boxes - Howes Lure + (3) Fishing Lure Boxes

Super condition box for this vg+ condition, bass size, green crackleback Chippewa minnow. Minnow shows wear, chipping at belly hook and interior of right side….but the box is great! Box is clean, cr

Pike size model measuring just over 4", with good glass eyes and finished in fancy sienna crackleback over yellow, grading about VG+ with light wear, couple truss chips, nose touchup, common flaking t

Rarely seen marked "Vacuum Bait No. 3" box and its correct lure, finished in "red, spotted with yellow and black". The 2pc cardboard box, only made from 1921-23, grades at least VG+/Ex-, the 2 1/4" no

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

Size No.1, stamped "Chapman & Son Theresa. N.Y." and "BASS", other than wear/loss to the treble hook feathers the condition is about VG+, mostly due to plating wear. Cleaned, removing most of the pati

1 5/8" blade is stamped "Chapman, Son & Co. Rochester, N.Y." with "Bass" stamped on the opposing wing, in near Ex- uncleaned condition with trailing feathered treble hook and age darkened patina.

Round head glass eyed version of this earliest style bait, legs (most likely rubber) are missing as is very common. Belly paint is clean with hand painted gill marks, back is missing some paint, hardw

STRIPED BASS BAIT by Russ Allen, Cape Charles, VA. Excellent original paint and condition. Inserted metal fins and detailed paint pattern and carved scales. Tail turned slightly left. Glass eyes. Over

South Bend Vacuum Bait See photo

c. 1940's -50's composition bucket with excellent and vibrant Fish graphic. Displays very nicley. Measures roughly 10"

Offered exactly as it was purchased from the Fred Young family auction in 2011, including a notice of authenticity signed by Glenna Z. White, the daughter of Fred Young. Included in the "Hall Of Fame

Ans. B. Decker’s rotaryhead surface lures, with a marked aluminum prop, including a seldom seen gray mouse and a Jersey rigged model in solid yellow, both about Ex-/Ex.

Baby Roman Bass Bait measuring only 1 7/8" in length, this seldom seen spinnered lure is finished in yellow with a green back and features 3 small treble hooks, good yellow glass eyes, and the origina

Beautifully finished is this excellent condition (uncleaned) great unknown wood body musky or striped bass bait, finished in a black back with beautiful emerald green stripes, silver scales, blending

All are clearly stamped "Earl Gresh", including two "Blockhead" bass baits in red/white and frog (both about Ex-), and a one-piece box marked "Blockhead Top Water", stamped "Frog" on one flap, and a 3

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.

STRIPED BASS JIGGING BAIT by Manfred Scheel, Bethlehem, PA. Excellent original paint and condition. Carved gill plates and partially open mouth. Yellow glass eyes. Overall length approximately 6 ¼

Sealed & Unfired Zippo Lighter in Original Tin.

All bass size baits. Up leaping bass box stamped 5 (VG), with the insert holder and Ex- lure. 2 down leaping bass boxes (both about VG+) stamped 7 and an illegible number, the lures Ex- and VG-.

Super condition on these two unfished bass size baits, perch and pikie scale. Both grade shiny Ex.

Bass size baits, solid white (VG/VG+) and black with yellow wings (about VG+), both with common chips over the belly fill line.