Ambassador, 5000c, Deluxe, sn. 11563, orig. box with spare parts.  Box damaged upper right corner.

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Ambassador, 5000, Deluxe, sn. 2760, orig. wood box with spare parts.

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Pflueger Redifor, sn. 6679, in orig. box with papers, no oiler tip, and gold emblem on box

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Hardy Bros, Zane Grey, 7 in. diameter, Big Game reel, with huge orig. leather case (stitching broken), includes leader with hook marked 'Zane Grey' hook.  Two crests on handle side plate.  MIN CONDITION

$12,000

Seamaster, 'Salmon', fly reel, no numbers

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Seamaster, 'Salmon', fly reel, no numbers, in orig. box, Abercrombie & Finch price sticker

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Seamaster, S handle Tarpon fly reel, unmarked, orig. box

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Ambassador, 5000, Deluxe, sn. 8237, orig. wood box with spare parts.  100% unfished, all papers, including packing box (broken joints) 

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Hardy Bros, assorted original Hardy flies, orig. leather case, marked 'A.W.H.' , stickered as from A & F, NY, extensive photos of all flies in their wood trays. There is a list of all flies in the lid of the box, but it has gotten wet at some point and I decided to not open it to avoid damage.

 (Owner: A. W. (Alfred William) Hoyt, an engineer and investor in the Federal Union Mining Company and author of "Over the Plains to Colorado" written in 1867. Hoyt owned a large estate on Long Island "Red Maples" and was married to General William Tecumseh Sherman's niece.)

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Fin-Nor, two layer 'Wedding Cakes', No. 1, 2, 3, matched set all brand new in wood box, un-fished, sn. 594, sn. 94, sn. 832, with papers

$5,900

Ambassador, 4000D, copper colored, in orig. cardboard box and leather case, model code is 07820, sn. 731100

$250

Oscar Flasher's one-of-a-kind Big Game reel.  Flasher worked at Tycoon Corp, which made Fin-Nor reels.  Unmarked, no numbers. This is a one-only project by Flasher.  Front plate is 7 in., spool is 6 in. rim to rim.

$5,100

Edward vom Hofe, 621, size 9-0, Big Game reel. Pat. '02, pair of custom made harness lugs

$400

Edward vom Hofe, 722, size 10-0, Big Game reel 'Commander Ross', no sn.,  Pat. '02, bad handle knob, extra large star drag, wide spool, note the image shown to compare #403 to reel #381 for width, a #381 is a narrow spool

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The 722  'Commander Ross' has the rim mounted free spool with a Star drag and shoulder harness attachment, spring ball oiler.  The 721 was discontinued in 1934, and the 722 was made early in only 10/0 and 12/0, and later in 14/0, and 16/0. (M. Duma)

Edward vom Hofe, 722, size 12-0 'Commander Ross' Big Game reel, 3rd model, sn. 46,  Pat. '02

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B.F. Meek & Sons, Louisville, Ky., size 10, Big Game reel, 'Tarpon & Tuna' reel, sn. 1089, sold by J.R. Crook & Co., NY, paperwork, orig. leather case with logo 'B.F. Meek & Sons' / size 10 / Louisville, Ky.', sold by name of company that sold the reel.  Paperwork is four sided in color.

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Carter-Heddon, made by James Heddon's Son's, Dowagiac, Michigan, No. 30

Marked: Schmelrers, Kansas City

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Heddon hired William Carter and Jack Welch to develop a line of reels to compete with the Meek reels. In 1917, they introduced their first Carter-built reels. They were the No's 30, 35, 40 and 45. They were available for only a couple of years. The No. 30 was the most costly and is very rare. (R. Gast)

James Heddon's Sons, Dowagiac, Michigan, model: 4-18, 'windshield wiper', red ball, no sn., unused condition, orig. cardboard box

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Heddon hired William Carter and Jack Welch to develop a line of reels to compete with the Meek reels. In 1917, they introduced their first Carter-built reels. The great windshield wiper design reels were sold in 1922 as a No. 4-15 and in 1923 and 1924 as a No. 4-18.  (R. Gast)

Edward vom Hofe, 'Peerless' fly reel, 355, rare later size 1, sn. R359, sliding oil cap is marked EDWARD vom HOFE / Maker, N.Y. / Pat. July 14, 96

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The first of these 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)

B. C. Milam, No. 4, sn. 8012, half handle at 6:00

$2,350

Talbot Mfg. Co., K. C. Mo., 'Tomahawk'  Vim, Chicago, sn. 10999

$650

B. C. Milam, Frankfort, Ky.,  'horse shoe' logo, No. 3, half handle, silver drag and click button, sn. 8372

$1,450

James Heddon's Sons No. 4-15, 'windshield wiper', no red ball, sn. 388

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Talbot, 'Lotus 2', K.C. Mo., sold by 'Schmelzer Arms Co., Mo.', sn. 7525

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Leonard-Mills, raised pillar, midget size trout reel, alum. & GS

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