Spring-Loaded Fish Hooks, Traps & Lures
- Author(s): William Blauser, Timothy Mierzwa
- Category: Sports
- Publisher: Collector Books
- Publish year: 2006
- ISBN: 9781604609875
- Number of Pages: 288
This is an exciting new guide to a never-before-documented field of antique fishing collectibles. It includes hundreds of color photos (many items are shown actual size), patent drawings, and clear, precise computer scans of patented spring-loaded traps, hooks, and lures, most of which have never been pictured, discussed, or valued in any book. These ingenious American inventions span the time period from pre-Civil War until the 1970s, with values ranging from $10.00 to $10,000.00. The book provides a written and visual history of spring-loaded fishing devices along with descriptions and explanations of their mechanisms in concise, easy-to-understand language that the beginning, intermediate, and advanced collector has not had access to in any book. This long-awaited book on Americana collectibles sets a new standard in the field of collecting antique fishing memorabilia.
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Copyright
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Foreword
About This Book
Historical Perspective
Condition
Values
Spring-loaded Fishhooks and Metal Killer Fish Traps
Swedish Spring Hooks
Unidentified Spring Hooks
Spring-loaded Fishing Lures
Glossary
Index