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Lang's Auction, Inc.: Fishing Tackle Auction

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Auction Name Fishing Tackle Auction Total Sales (USD) 7,350.75
Auction Date November 06, 2021 - November 06, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,715.00
Sale Number #110621 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,410.00
Total Lots 36
Sold Lots 36.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,715.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,410.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 305.01%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1136

Moonlight Bait Co. Catalog

c1924 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 907.50
605

Sage - The Restigouche and its Salmon Fishing

1973 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 786.50
1662

Rare Moonlight Catalog

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 544.50
609

Schwiebert - Salmon of the World

1970 USD 50.00 - 75.00 USD 332.75
1598

1940 Creek Chub Catalog

1940 USD 50.00 - 75.00 USD 302.50
588

Original Russell Chatham Lithographs

1985 USD 40.00 - 50.00 USD 302.50
902

1915 Hardy’s Catalog

1915 USD 40.00 - 50.00 USD 272.25
587

6 Original Russell Chatham Lithographs

1990’s and early 2000’s USD 40.00 - 50.00 USD 272.25
596

3 Early Fishing Reel Company Invoices

1902 and 1910 USD 50.00 - 75.00 USD 272.25
608

Schmookler - Forgotten Flies

1999 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 272.25
589

Original Russell Chatham Lithographs

1985 USD 40.00 - 50.00 USD 242.00
607

Schmookler - Rare and Unusual Fly Tying Materials

1997 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 242.00
2110

1932 Heddon Catalog

1932 USD 50.00 - 75.00 USD 217.80
1526

1931 Heddon Catalog

1931 USD 50.00 - 75.00 USD 193.60
1274

Winchester Pocket Fishing Catalog

early 1920’s USD 30.00 - 40.00 USD 193.60
606

Schmookler - Rare and Unusual Fly Tying Materials

The Complete Sportsman, Millis, Massachusetts USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 181.50
611

Sawada - 2 Fly Tying Books

1994 USD 50.00 - 75.00 USD 169.40
612

3 Fishing Reel Reference Books

USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 169.40
590

2 Russell Chatham Posters

1988 USD 30.00 - 40.00 USD 157.30
599

1906 Forest & Stream Magazines

1906 USD 30.00 - 40.00 USD 145.20
600

Early Bristol Rod and Meek Reel Catalog

1927 USD 30.00 - 40.00 USD 133.10
135

2 Hardy Catalogs

1929 and 1937 USD 20.00 - 30.00 USD 133.10
591

1898 Black Bass Calendar Chromolithograph

1898 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 133.10
1500

4 South Bend Catalogs

USD 40.00 - 50.00 USD 108.90
601

Vintage Catalogs

USD 20.00 - 30.00 USD 96.80
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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