Lot 383:
Vintage Three Tray ABS Plastic Tackle Box with Assortment of Lures Including Heddon, Cordell, and Bill Lewis
Description
An assortment of vintage fishing tackle housed in a two-tone cream and light tan cantilever-style tackle box with a front-opening panel. The tackle box features a yellow adhesive caution label on the top tray reading CAUTION Top drawer must be pulled out approximately 1/2 inch to open cover. NEW TRAYS MADE OF ABS MATERIAL … impervious to plastic baits of all kinds. The interior of the front door has molded instructional text titled INSTRUCTIONS with sections for TO OPEN COVER and TO REMOVE TRAYS.
The collection includes more than 30 vintage lures constructed from wood and early plastics. Identifiable pieces include a black topwater lure with a metal lip marked JITTERBUG, a white and yellow jointed lure with metal hardware marked HEDDON, and a blue scale-patterned lure marked CORDELL. One lure features the name DEVIL’S HORSE printed on the side. Included ephemera consists of a paper insert from Bill Lewis Bass Lures, Box 567, Boyce, Louisiana 71409. The lot further contains several red and white plastic clip-on bobbers and a small yellow plastic box with a blue and white adhesive label reading MUSTAD.
Condition report:
The tackle box exhibits significant surface dirt, grime, and staining to both the interior trays and exterior housing (photo 1). Metal hinges show surface oxidation and rust (photo 17). The lures demonstrate varying degrees of wear consistent with age and field use, including paint loss, finish cracking, and surface oxidation on the metal treble hooks and propellers (photos 2, 4, 10). Several lures show significant degradation to their outer coatings (photo 8).
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