Pre-1920 Heddon Lures and Lure Box Collection

1903 - 1920

A private collection of extremely rare Heddon fishing lures and historical Dowagiac minnows with the original boxes and paper brochures from 1903 until the 1930's.  Multiple articles on Heddon lure identification and a catalog of variations and factory colors are presented.  There are displays of the various collections of Dr. Michael Echols from 1995 to 2007, with values, which are documented on three different web sites and multiple issues of Luckey's Old Fishing Lures book, as well as in back issues of the NFLCC Gazette magazine since 1997.  Values from 2000 and 2007 are listed for a selection of early Heddon fishing lures to illustrate the historical value of James Heddon's art and craftsmanship.  The majority of the lures shown on this site were 'field' finds via the web site and as such were never on the show circuit or even in the hands of a dealer.  They represent 'factory' configurations with no substitutions or danger of repaints.

 

The Antique Heddon Fishing Lure Collections of Dr. Michael Echols

Past Contributor to Luckey's Old Fishing Lures Book and the NFLCC Gazette

Pre-1920 Heddon Lure Site Index Antique Lure Photos, Values, and Advanced Collector Articles on Heddon Lures                   Topics discussed or shown: Heddon lures and boxes.  Research on Heddon Dowagiac fishing lures and boxes.  Heddon wood boxes with underwater minnows.  Articles on collecting cup-rig lures, High forehead lures and Heddon white boxes, Photos and information on the Slope nose picture box, down leaping bass box, Heddon Pine Tree box, blue border box, white border box, Artistic box, multiple minnow box, Heddon 'It Swims' box, Killer box, grading lures, lure collecting     2007 Heddon Lures and Boxes  With Prices Realized When Sold Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 ___________________________   1999 Heddon Lures and Boxes  With Prices Realized When Sold Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |10   Index showing 2000 prices realized when sold 1997-1999 Echols Collections: Antiquelurecollectibles.com : Early Misc. Co's, Shakespeare, Pflueger 1995-1997 Echols Collections: Antiquelures.com : Heddon, Shakespeare, Pflueger, Early Misc. Co.'s Articles on Early Heddon Lures and Boxes Heddon Dowagiac    1913 Heddon Catalog Lure collecting addiction: a serious problem, an article about buying too many lures Pre-1920 Heddon lure identification, a point by point method to identify a lure Heddon lure identification by type of hardware.  Photos and text explanations Heddon 100 and 150 statistics to help match correct lure and box Heddon 250 notes and the color Welbourne Special 1905 to 1908 comparative nose anatomy to identify Heddon lures Lure construction details for identification Heddon wood boxes: identification and dating.  Photos of wood boxes Heddon 150 color chart from the early catalogs           Heddon 1908 color chart  contract lures from Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Co. Colors by rarity for selected early Heddon lures, two pages Old yellow and old rainbow Heddon colors Early and later sienna colors of Heddon lures Color chart for identification of Heddon box numbers 1904-1912 model 100 body shapes and boxes.  Photos of minor variations of Heddon lures 1904-5 body style with cut off nose and tail 1905 model 100 body styles, colors, and shapes.  More photos 1906 vs 1908 100 and 150 body and cups 1906 vs 1908 175 lure, box, and paper Manufacture date sequences for early Heddon lures Four hook Heddon Slopenose Expert Dowagiac with gold wash cups Heddon 'Florida Special' lure and Artistic box Heddon Lure Boxes: Lure box identification: 1904-1930.  Photos of early and rare Heddon boxes Lure box identification: examples of early pre-1920 boxes, box side data Lure Hardware & Lure Box Identification 1904 to 1930.  Photos of lure details Wood lure boxes by Heddon, identification and discussion NEW-DOWAGIAC lure wood box, identification and markings  Heddon white lure box vs Pine Tree lure box 100 body shape comparison  Lure box early brochure paper and which Heddon box is correct                 1910 Heddon Catalog Details & Photos of Dr. Echols' 1999 Heddon collection   Heddon Page One   2000 Value when sold Slopenose in picture box Killer in picture box 901 in 'It Swims' box 900 in white box Black Sucker in Musky box 700 sienna in Musky box Heddon Page Two   2000 Value when sold 150J frogscale 3000 green crackleback Spindiver 300 green crackle back Underwater Dowagiac Minnow 154 early solid red 104 early solid red  707 sienna fancy back Heddon Page  Three   2000 Value when sold 1904 100, three belly wts. in wood box 1905 150, two belly wts. in  wood box 1907 100, two belly wt. 1908 100, one belly wt. in wood box 1908 150, one belly wt. in wood box 1909 100, one belly wt. in white box 1913 100, one belly wt. in Bass box Heddon Page Four   2000 Value when sold '00' yellow, green, red, in PineTree box '0' red and black in Bass box 3000D greenscale Spindiver in Bass box 107 sienna, L-rig, in Bass box   Heddon Page Five   2000 Value when sold 109A, bar perch, L-rig, in Bass box 102, red eye blush fat body, cup rig, in Bass box 151, rainbow,  cup rig, in Bass box 101, rain bow,  cup rig 700, green crackleback, L-rig, in Bass box Dummy Double in Bass box 300 perch, flat plate, six hook, in Bass box Heddon Page Six   2000 Value when sold 109, silver flitter, blunt nose, in wood box 159, silver flitter, blunt nose, in wood box 158, gold flitter, fat body 108, gold flitter, fat body 108, gold flitter, fat body, in white box Heddon Page Seven   2000 Value when sold Bucktail Surface Minnow, in intro white box 157 fat body cup rig in white box 300 transitional high forehead in old rainbow Heddon Page Eight   2000 Value when sold 150 yellow, fat body, L-rig, in Bass box 150 green crackle back, fat body, L-rig 152 red eye, fat body, L-rig, in Bass box 109B frog, L-rig, in Bass box 3009B frog, L-rig, Spindiver in Bass box Heddon Page  Nine   2000 Value when sold Crag Wiggler, frogscale, in Bass box Zaragossa, green back with flitter Torpedo, green scale, side hooked   Heddon Page Ten   2000 Value when sold 159A yellow perch in wood box 107 sienna fancy back in wood box 152 slate back in wood box 151 old rainbow in wood box 176 old rainbow in tall wood box 300 green crackleback in wood box 105 old yellow in wood box   Dr. Michael Echols created the first antique fishing lure collectables web site on the internet in 1997.  In the process he assembled a large high-grade antique lure collection, some of which is shown on this or other web sites.  Dr. Echols no longer collects lures as he has moved on to working on his Civil War medical and surgical antiques collection.  This Heddon site is maintained and updated to share the knowledge with new collectors.

All photos and written content on this site is copyrighted © 1997- 2010 by Dr. Michael Echols. 

 Nothing on this site may be used on another web site or reprinted without the express written Permission.  

 

Nothing on this lure site is for sale at this time.  All prices represent previous sales!

 

Last updated: 1-13-2010