From intricate metalwork to hand-painted wood, here are 13 antique fishing lures that collectors are willing to pay top dollar for.
Antique lures of extraordinary rarity ... In 1977, Clyde A Harbin Sr, an outdoorsman, author and fishing lure archivist known as "The Bassman™," was invited by Heddon to visit the company's ...
Extremely rare lures, many of them boxed, included one of eight legendary frogs hand-carved in 1898 by James Heddon and displayed at Heddon factory, plus many other seldom-seen examples An ...
Anglerfish earned the name for their unique evolutionary hunting adaptation—a front dorsal fin known as an illicium that functions as a lure. To humans, an illicium may resemble a fishing rod ...