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• Articles on Lures and Boxes: research

• Articles on Collecting Lures and Boxes

• Advice on Collecting

• Photos of the Antique Lure Collection 

• A list of individual lures in this collection 

 Articles on Lures and Boxes 

• Detecting Fakes and Repainted lures.  How to determine if you bought a fake.
• Grading antique fishing lure boxes.  A method to explain the condition of a box.
• Grading antique fishing lures.  A method to explain the condition of a lure.
• Grading factors for antique fishing lures and boxes.   Problems and effects.
• Heddon lure identification by type of hardware.  Photos and text explanations.
• Heddon box identification 1904-1930.  Photos of early and rare boxes.
• Heddon wood boxes: identification and dating.  Photos of wood boxes.
• Heddon early color chart for contract 150's.  Full color chart of 150's.
• Heddon 150 colors from the early catalogs. 
• Heddon color chart for identification of box numbers .  How to figure out what you have.
• Heddon 1904-1912 model 100 body shapes and boxes.  Photos of minor variations.
• Heddon  1905 model 100 body styles, colors, and shapes.  More photos.
• Heddon manufacture date sequences for early lures.  When was it made with numbers.
• Shakespeare box sequences and identification.  Extensive photos and details.
• Shakespeare lure identification by props and hardware.  How to tell the difference.

Articles on Collecting Lures and Boxes 

• Digital photography techniques for lures using a digital camera.
• Cardboard lure box restoration and conservation techniques for valuable boxes.
• Cleaning lures and detection of fakes.  Methods and techniques.
• Storage suggestions to protect your lure collection.  Prevent damage during storage.
• Demographics of antique fishing  lure collecting.  Who collects and why?
• Collecting high grade (expensive) fishing lures.  Methods and ideas on hot collectibles.
• Books and references on early lures.  How and where to find information.

Advice on Collecting

• Knowledge 101: about collecting lures and why collect lures

  • Grading lures in general, a discussion of grading.
  • Books and references for early lures and boxes.  How to find information.
  • Price considerations: how to set them for your lures. 

  • Fakes:  how to identify them. 

  • Detecting Fakes and use of a UV light.

  • Ethics and the NFLCC: what collectors do to one another.  People and problems.

  • Mental Games when trying to make a buy decision.  Should you make the buy?

  • Rejection and the 'fix' of collecting antique lures, the psychology of collecting.

  • Auction-Action: buying at auctions and on eBay.

  • Trading with other collectors and other agonies 

  • Rarity: what is and what isn't.  Some people think it's all rare.  It's not.

  • Cleaning lures and boxes in general.   Techniques you can use.

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