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Lang's Auction, Inc.: Fishing Tackle and Related Ephemera

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Auction Name Fishing Tackle and Related Ephemera Total Sales (USD) 48,787.20
Auction Date April 24, 2021 - April 25, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 11,975.00
Sale Number #42421 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 16,605.00
Total Lots 207
Sold Lots 207 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 11,975.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 16,605.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 293.81%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
998

Very Rare Creek Chub Die Cut Store Display

1924 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,082.00
669 Edward Vom Hofe

Important & Rare Edward Vom Hofe Business Card

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,541.00
1004

1926 Creek Chub Catalog/Circular

1926 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 1,936.00
673

Rare Charles F. Orvis Business Card

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,815.00
1000

1916 Creek Chub Catalog

1916 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,452.00
999

Original Creek Chub Multi-Lure Patent

1925 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 1,149.50
703

Scarce Creel Shaped Book

Printed by L. Prang & Co. - Boston USD 50.00 - 75.00 USD 1,089.00
1402

Rare Early Shakespeare Catalog

1902 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,089.00
1799

1929 Creek Chub Catalog

1929 USD 50.00 - 75.00 USD 1,028.50
674

Early Pflueger Die-Cut Advertising Card

late 1800's USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 907.50
693

Dr. James Henshall Hand-Written Letter

1880 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 786.50
809

Schmookler - The Salmon Flies of Major Traherne

1993 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 786.50
1003

1924 Creek Chub Catalog

1924 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 786.50
1404

Early Shakespeare "Contest" Booklet

1902 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 786.50
1002

1922 Creek Chub Catalog

USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 726.00
1797

1924-25 Creek Chub Insert Catalog

1924-1925 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 665.50
702

Rare Woodland Waters by Edwin Ellis Griffin

late 1800's USD 40.00 - 50.00 USD 605.00
708

Rare Akron Reel Company Printers Proof

late 1800's USD 50.00 - 75.00 USD 605.00
713

Rare Henry Hall Line Co. Copy Book

circa 1877--1883 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 605.00
1001

1918 Creek Chub Catalog

1918 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 605.00
1796

1918 Creek Chub Catalog

1918 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 574.75
706

2 Early McHarg Paper Items

USD 40.00 - 50.00 USD 514.25
829 Russell Chatham

2 Russell Chatham Original Lithographs

1994 USD 40.00 - 50.00 USD 514.25
822 Russell Chatham

Original Russell Chatham Sketches

c1984 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 484.00
824 Russell Chatham

Original Russell Chatham Sketches

c1984 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 484.00
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
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