Heddon Lures and Boxes Values

The pre-1920 Heddon lure and box Collection of Dr. Michael Echols

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Heddon 402 Bucktail Surface Minnow, yellow with sienna skullcap.  c. 1908, cup rig hardware.  Lure is in excellent plus condition.   Look at the photos of this mint lure.  It's factory fresh.

This intro white box with double blue line border is extremely rare.  In excellent minus condition.  End is marked 402.  It's all about the box because of the rarity.  Very few of these still exist.

$ 5,880

Heddon 27, Sienna crackleback, cup rig, marked prop, excellent plus condition.  Box marked and the later version as shown by the "James Heddon's Son, which would date it to 1912 with the marked prop.  Box is in excellent condition.

$2,800

Heddon 51,  Artistic Minnow, gold prop and hardware, original hackle, aluminum color, excellent condition. 

Intro box is marked 51, excellent condition, contains a mint buoy, and excellent paperwork, a complete perfect package just like it left the factory. 

$2,800

Heddon '0', cup rig, name on prop, yellow with red and green decorations, excellent condition.  Cup rigging is more rare in this small lure and to find one in this condition is very difficult because most you see have varnish or paint loss on the edges.  This one does not.

Box is the early down leaping bass version and consistent with this lure, correctly marked '0'., excellent minus condition.  With correct paper.

$1,350

Heddon 3009D, 'Spindiver', deluxe finish greenscale, L-rig, excellent condition.  Color and pattern wraps all the way around...the deluxe version.   Look at the tail edges, no varnish loss, excellent condition and a rare color....what's not to like?

$3,250

Heddon 3009K, Spindiver', goldfish, L-rig, excellent condition.  Rare color in this condition.

$3,500

Heddon Artistic box only marked for a 19S, which is a Florida Special minnow in silver flitter. 

$790