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Antique
Lure Collectibles
Heddon Paper
Sequences
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Copyright
2000, by
Joe Stagnitti
Collectors as
well as fishermen often switch the paperwork and lure in a given box.
Knowing the correct paperwork and the time frame of its use can help date a box
and lure. The pieces of the puzzle are: dating the lure by the hardware,
getting the correct box with the correct marking for the given lure, and then
placing the correct paperwork in the right box. Not an easy task and few
collectors can do it correctly.
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photo to enlarge
| "The Why Of It!". The
first Heddon of the wood box papers. The company name is James Heddon
and Son. Left: Found in the one way slide top box that says
"The New Dowagiac Minnow" on the lid, containing the c.1904, 3
belly weight baits. Has the word "Because" listed seven times,
no printing on the back. Right: came with the two way wood
slide top box that says "The New Dowagiac Minnow" on the lid,
and the c. 1905-1907 boxes that have an exclamation point after the word
"hung". It shows the 150, slopenose, and 300 on the back and
has the word "Because" 6 times on the left margin. |
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| The Last two 100 papers. Left:
Company name is James Heddon and Son. Shows the 150, slopenose,
and two of the following...300, surface bucktail, or artistic
minnow. Right: James Heddon and Sons (1911). The white
pasteboard box paper. Shows the 150, slope, bucktail, and the artistic.
All of the prices have been reduced to make way for the new stock |
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| Company name is James Heddon and Son
(1902-1908). Left: Paperwork for the 175. c. 1906-1909. Found in wood
boxes only. Right: Paperwork for the 400. c1909 (possibly 1908) found in
white box for the surface bucktail minnow. |
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| Company name is James Heddon and
Sons (1909 - 1911). Left: Paperwork found in the last of the wood
boxes (1909/10), the white pasteboard boxes (1909-11), the "Bass
Logo" box (1909-11?), and the "swimming minnow" intro
boxes. Right: Paperwork found in the last of the white pasteboard
boxes and the very first red, white, or blue border boxes (c1911-12).
Note the phrase "Heddon's Dowagiac" stamped on the spinners.
This phrase was introduced in the late 1911 season for the new marked
spinners - 1912. |
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| Left: c1914 Dummy Double
papers. Football rig, long version. Top Right: c.1914-15? Dummy
Double papers. Football rig, short version. Bottom Right:
c.1915-18 Dummy Double papers. L-rig, short version (only version) |
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| Found
in the folded type boxes. Note the "Vampire". This dates to
1919/1920, and may go through 1922-ish. |
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| Found with the "Head-On-Basser"
and Deep O Diver in old perch scale lures featured. This dates to before
1923. |
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| This paperwork shows the "New
Gamefisher", c1923-ish. |
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| This paperwork shows the "New
Gamefisher" and the Pork Rind Minnow. 1923-ish. |
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| Makes reference to 'six first choice
baits' appeared in in the 1923 catalog and later. |
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| The last fold out style paperwork
from the 1920s. It is usually found in boxes after 1926 or so. |
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