FISHING LURES OF THE PAST NEW PLAYING CARDS 1800s 1900s Closing : Aug-10-08 20:00:00 PDT CLICK HERE TO BID!

LURES OF THE PAST brand new playing cards - 54 illustrated cards of ANTIQUE FISHING LURES!

Just wonderful! The cards themselves are brand new and not antique, but the illustrated lures are.

If you're a fisherman (or -woman) or collector of fishing lures or tackle you will get a kick out of these. 52 normal suit cards plus two jokers. The set has three old lures (Michigan Life-Like Minnow, Moonlight Dreadnaught, and Charmer Minnow) as the back illustration design and the real gem is that the face of each card is a different fishing lure from the 1800s and early 1900s!

You will receive a BRAND NEW, SEALED deck. I opened mine to shoot all these photos. Take a look!

Bridge sized, 2.5 x 3.5 inches. Illustrations are by Jon Q. Wright and boy are they great.

The illustrations are very realistic. You'll recognize some of these lures from the current sporting goods store but many are very odd and no doubt short-lived. Amazing! Carved wood, some flies, spinners, swimmers, etc. They were trying ANYTHING they thought might work back then. I love the Dive Bomber which is from 1942 and has the ..._ V for victory Morse Code dots and dash on it. And check out the jokers - they are CARP - throw em back.

GREAT GIFT for the fishing person in your life, or yourself.

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