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An Interview With Antique Fishing Lure and Tackle Collector Joe Yates

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

By Maribeth Keane, Collectors Weekly Staff (Copyright 2008)
In this interview, Joe Yates talks about collecting antique fishing lures and tackle, from the big five manufacturers (Heddon, Shakespeare, Creek Chub, Pflueger and South Bend) as well as smaller shops. Based in North Carolina, Joe can be reached via his website, Joes Old Lures, which is a [...]

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An Interview With Fishing Lure Collector Rob Pavey

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

By Marty Weil (Copyright 2008)
Interview courtesy of the Ephemera Blog, Marty Weil’s great information resource on ephemera collecting and collectors, and a member of our Hall of Fame. Rob Pavey’s site Mrlurebox.com is also a member of our Hall of Fame.

Rob Pavey, a full-time writer and outdoors columnist with the Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, lives in [...]

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An Interview With Baseball Card Collector Dave Campbell

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

By Marty Weil (Copyright 2008)
Interview courtesy of the Ephemera Blog, Marty Weil’s great information resource on ephemera collecting and collectors, and a member of our Hall of Fame.
Dave Campbell contacted me after reading a post on The Baseball Card blog. He’s been collecting baseball cards non-stop since 1981. He has recently created a collection of [...]

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Guest Column: Trends in Fishing Tackle Collecting

Friday, February 15th, 2008

By Jeff Savage (Copyright 2008)
Jeff Savage is proprietor of Drexel Grapevine Antiques in Valdese NC, and creator of the Fishing and Hunting Pins and Badges site featured in our Hall of Fame.
I’ve been a collector of antique fishing tackle for over 20 years, and have been selling antique tackle in my shop since 1990. I [...]

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