The Dowagiac Expert Casting Bait In Rare 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,

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

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

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

Extremely rare introductory picture box, complete with the Cock-Tail Kicker card and unfished bait. Still sewn to its early "PATENT APPLIED FOR" marked card (printed on both sides), the lure is in Ex

Rare white pasteboard picture box "Made Under Patent by The Moonlight Bait Co. Paw Paw, Mich." with crisp label illustration of The Bug, and containing the correct 2 7/8" white lure with red face and

Extremely rare 6 pack picture box of “The Ideal Fly Rod Bait”, from the U.S. Specialty Company (NY), 2 1/8” x 5 1/2”, complete with all six lures, each in a different finish, E

Rare counter display box, complete with all 12 unfished Busy Baits (includes two marked 6-lure holders as well), each bait in its own cardstock Florida Casting Bait Co. holder, with the pork rind tail

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

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.

Rare Heavy Casting Minnow box, printed on all four sides, most likely dating to 1907, marked very clearly on both ends "Heddon's "Dowagiac" Minnow, Rainbow No. 176". All but the lid would grade Ex-/Ex

In its correct rare "The W. J. Jamison Co." marked picture box, this hand painted frog has expected crazing, wear/rubs and age discoloration, all common issues on these c1890's rubber baits. The very

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

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

Possibly the most versatile bay casting, trolling, bait fishing reel produced up to its time. This is a rare reel size from this triton series. This item has its original papers, lube, and box which m

Pre-dating several changes to Hastings' boxes in the teens, this rare 2pc pasteboard box is believed to be the first to picture what would become Wilson's Fluted Wobbler, with both lure illustrations

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

Exceptional condition on this extremely rare introductory picture box, having a very crisp silver illustration of the Bucktail Spinner, "Patent Applied For" marked, the box bottom retaining its origin

Super rare black picture box, marked "Pat. applied for" with a clear illustration of the earliest Evolution Minnow - the scales, fins and hardware detail being quite crisp, and the underside of the bo

Very rare 2pc picture box, 4 7/8" x 2", printed with both the Feb 5, 1901 and April 9, 1901 patent dates on the top of the box and the original mailing label on the box bottom. The box, clearly stampe

Coming in its very rare 2pc picture box, with a lure illustration, bold "Good Luck", four-leaf clover logo and "Winged-Deep Water Wobbler Formally known as Wilson's Wobbler" printed on the top, stampe