Meek, Horton Mfg. Co. Bristol, Conn, No. 4, sn. 11226

$450

Edward vom Hofe, 560, 1-0, later 1929 'Beach Haven', sn. X464

$950

Jack Welch, 'Hand Made', level wind reel, sn. 179

$900

Otto Zwarg, 400, No. 2, sn. 160, seven red dots with detent lever indicator, (missing screws)

$2,200

OTTO ZWARG COMPANY, (St. Petersburg, FL) 1899-1958 - A German dentist who immigrated to the U.S. in the 1920s. He took a temporary job as a machinist for the Edward vom Hofe Company in Brooklyn NY.  After the sale of the Edward vom Hofe Company in the 1940s, he purchased much of the vom Hofe machinery and tooling and started building reels with his own label in Brooklyn in 1946. At this time he also repaired Edward vom Hofe reels. In 1947 he moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, establishing the Otto Zwarg Co, where he continued in the machining business. The reels produced by Otto Zwarg are very similar to those of his old employer, Edward vom Hofe. They are very high quality, and due to the limited number produced, they are certainly rarer than those of Edward vom Hofe. (ORCA)

Peck & Snyder/ NY, click trout reel, GS,  2" diameter

  SOLD

PECK & SNYDER, "George Snyder was a watchmaker and silversmith in Paris, KY. It is thought that he made fishing reels between 1820 and 1840. His reels resemble in some ways the early British reels available at the time. George Snyder reels are the most desirable of reels for reel collectors. The only markings on the reel that identify them as Snyder's are the initials "GS". George Snyder has been credited with making the first American multiplying (geared) reel. (Mike Cacioppo)

Edward vom Hofe, 'Star', 550, 1-0, sn. V206, Pat. '96

$450

B.C. Milam, Frankfort, Ky., No. 2, GS

$1,700

Otto Zwarg, no numbers, no sn., detent with lever indicator for 7 red dots, marked 'J.M.O', (400, 2-0)

$2,200

Edward vom Hofe, Maker, GS, reel, 3 1/4" diameter

 SOLD

Otto Zwarg, 400, 2-0, sn. 430, detent lever for seven red dots

$2,100

Edward vom Hofe, 491, No. 1, GS bands, 1896 universal tension, Pat. '96, marked 'F.R.H.'

$450

A. Clerk & Co. / NY, No. 4, brass trout reel

  SOLD

Otto Zwarg, 200, no. 4-0, no name, sn. 116, lever on detent for seven red dots, marked 'D. E. P.'

  SOLD

Billinghurst, Rochester, NY, fixed handle, double patent dates: Pat. 1859/ Aug. 9, 1873, diameter 3" side-mount brass reel

  SOLD

William Billinghurst (1807-1880) produced reels of different sizes and materials, from small brass reels to giant sized nickel plated trolling reels. The most common, if any Billinghurst can be called that, is the nickel plated 2nd version, or dual patent marked reels circa 1873 to 1880. Some of the more difficult reels include any size of the first version in 3", 3 �" or 3 3/8" size and any fixed handle reel. (Side-mount reels)

Meek, Horton Mfg. Co. Bristol, Conn, No. 2, sn. 11465

  SOLD

Edward vom Hofe, Perfection, 360, No. 1, pointed indicator detent for red dots drag feature on front plate, sn. K 270, Pat. Jan. 25 '83

 SOLD

The first of these Edward vom Hofe trout reels, the #355, a reel with a two-tone clicker mechanism system, that can be activated as additional drag force, with a patent date of 1883, was joined around 1896 by the model  #360, equipped with an "adjustable, automatic silent tension drag" system. To distinguish the two different models, later versions of the #355 were designated as the "Peerless" and #360 became the "Perfection."  (Wikipedia)

A. Clerk & Co. / NY, No. 1, brass ball handle, thumb pad

$800

B. C. Milam & Son, Frankfort, Ky., The Frankfort Kentucky Reel, No. 2, sn. 8715

$1,100

Talbot, No. 35, sn. 8030, S handle

SOLD

Edward vom Hofe, custom 3-0, Pat. 96, marked B 107 on foot, engraved on back plate 'D. G. Smyth/ 1915  / A gift to J. G. Parsons, Jr. / 1924', leather thumb brake

P.O.R

Meek & Milam, Frankfort, Ky., No. 3, four dots on foot, half handle at 12:00

$1,800

Edward vom Hofe, Bass, Tarpon & Tuna Reel, 491, No. 1, sn. Z324, Pat. '96

$800

B. C. Milam & Son, Frankfort  Ky.  The Frankfort Kentucky Reel, No. 2, sn. 8715 / sn. 6123

$1,800 

Dame Stoddard Co., Boston, Julius vom Hofe/Maker, NY,  on foot #4 and #1, marked 'R.T.', small click fly reel

$300