FEATURED AT LANG'S 2010 SPRING AUCTION...
VIRTUAL Catalogued Two Session Auction - Saturday & Sunday, April 17 & 18, 2010

LIVE AUDIENCE DISCOVERY AUCTION
Friday, April 16
Discovery Auction to be held at:
The Holiday Inn ~ Boxborough, Massachusetts
Phone (978) 263-8701 - Route 495 Exit 28

REELS: Largest and Most Extensive Seamaster Collection Known: Rare early "S" handle anti-reverse, Dozens of variations of Mark II, Mark III, Marlin I Dual Mode, Rare Direct Drive examples including Wide Spools and Baby Dolls, Masterpiece Limited Edition Sets, Rare Redbone Series, Seamaster Spinning Reels, etc., etc. Bogdan Collection: Baby Trout Reels including wide spool, Steelhead, several Salmon Multipliers, etc. Fin-Nor Wedding Cakes including 3 & 4 tier & Rare all black No.1, anti-reverse, direct drive, Fin-Nor #3 & #4 Spinning, etc. Emory Saltwater Fly Reels, Hardy: early 1905 check, St. George Multiplier, etc., Nickel Silver Meek & Milam No.2, Billinghurst, Talbot Ben-Hur, Meek No.44, Brass Meek & Milam No.2, B.C. Milam No.8, B.F. Meek No.4 with pearl handle, miniature Hadden Kentucky reel, etc.

Important BIG GAME REELS: Zane Grey's personal Hardy Special Order 8 1/2" Zane Grey model reel used to catch his world record 1,040 lb. Marlin, Rare 20/0 Kovalovsky, Only Known 14/0 Oscar Kovalovsky Tournament, Penn Senator 16/0, 14/0, 12/0, 12/0 JVH B-Ocean, etc.

RODS: Collection of Pristine Whitehead Rods, Wonderful Rare 2' Antique Salesman Sample, Gillum, Payne, Leonard, Orvis, Marchetti, Weiler "Garrison", Powell, Young, Antique Waring Rod, Thomas, Vom Hofe, Winston, Halstead, Edwards, Pezon, Rawson, Collection of Saltwater rods including Tycoon, Leonard Hunt, etc.

LURES: Trory Minnow, Creek Chub including collection of Fire finish & Special Order, Pflueger Maybug Spoon, Friend Kent Frog, Lane's Automatic, Hanson's Irresistible, Early Pflueger, Brighte-Eye Box, Wilcox Wiggler, Heddon, Experts, Shakespeare, South Bend, Flyrod Baits, Metal, etc.

DECOYS: Great Collection of Early Working Fish Decoys, Peterson, Howell, Confidence Decoys, Duck Decoys, etc.

BOOKS: Collection including Joe Brooks' Angling Library & angling books from the Enterprise (Pflueger) Factory Library, Zane Grey, Derrydale, Jennings, Reeves, Maclean, Walton, Berners, Hale, Kelson, Marston, Scrope, Hills, Williamson, Kerridge, Taverner, Halford & many more.

FLIES: Hewitt, Schwiebert, Croonenberghs, Early Irish, Hardy, Rosborough, Stearns, Doak, Ashley-Cooper, Boyd, Clegg, Dette, Zern, Wulff, Flick, etc.

ART: Original Paintings: Knowles, Gillette Watercolor, McDaniel, Schwiebert, Reece, Smoot, Early Kingfisher, Russell, Golden, Frak, Bressler, Pierce, etc.

MISCELLANEOUS: Important 1938 Arrow Collection, Native American including Moccasins, Rugs, Necklaces, etc., Rare Early Colt Firearms Tobacco Canister, Footer Brook Trout Mounts, Rare Meek Reel Advertising Sign, Early Fishing Trophies including Braddon, NASAC, Sterling, Rare Early English Creel, J.R. Fowler Bonefish Sculpture, Early Photos, Fish Carvings, Eskimo artifacts, Gates Bronze Fish Sculpture, Minnow Buckets, Early Catalogs, 5' Canoe, original Movie Ephemera from A River Runs Through It, and much more!

LATE ADDITION!
Ephemera collection from the grandson of Judge Ernest Windle, founder of The Catalina Islander, includes Zane Grey manuscript, Tuna Club related, early photographs, historic Avalon & Catalina letters, etc.

Changes at Lang's
Attached is a letter that was mailed to the 30,000+ collectors on our mailing list. The editor of Auction Central News has written a positive and supportive article which is now appearing on their site. This article will also be emailed to 350,000 Internet buyers and auction houses in their newsletter. We have given interviews to multiple antique trade papers, with many more to follow in the coming weeks. The amount of constructive exposure this has caused is the largest in Lang's or fishing tackle history and will not only benefit the spring auction consignors, but all those involved in this great collectible field. View Letter from John & Debbie Ganung...

Lang's Fall 2007 Auction Nears $2.8 Million World Price Records reached in multiple categories. A record total for the 5th consecutive auction

Extremely Strong Prices realized for Derrydale & Angling Books, American Tackle and Zane Grey owned items at Lang's Auction held in Boxborough, Mass. on Nov. 1, 2 & 3, 2007

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(Nov. 2007) Fall 2007 Auction Historically Significant with the Sale of The John Moores Angling Collection

Impressive in its own right, this collection includes the finest American sporting book collection ever to be assembled by the greatest sporting book publishing company of all time, Derrydale Press, but this unprecedented collection also includes the earliest fishing tackle to be offered at auction: 1760's Ustonson rod, Ustonson multiplying reel, 1871 Thomas Tout fly rod, 17th century Pirn reel, 1860 Norris fly rod, 1850's Fritz Vom Hofe NY reel, extraordinary 1890's pearl presentation reel, 1800 Clarke/Higginbotham split bamboo rod, etc. There are also numerous famous personality items, originally owned by past presidents such as FDR, Herbert Hoover and Grover Cleveland, as well as sports and fly fishing icons such as Joe Dimaggio, Ted Williams, Lee Wulff, Sparse Grey Hackle, Edward Hewitt, Ray Bergman, etc. Movie related personalities are also represented with items from Bing Crosby, Robert Montgomery and Norman Maclean of A River Runs Through It fame.

In addition to the extraordinary content, what will truly set this collection apart from all others is the notoriety of the owner and the benefit this collection will provide. John Moores is best known to the public as the owner of the San Diego Padres. He will generously donate all proceeds from the sale of his treasured collection to the Carter Center "to wage peace, fight disease and build hope". President Jimmy Carter, a fly fishing enthusiast, has personally endorsed this sale with a hand written letter which is included in the auction catalog. A collection for charity of this magnitude is a first in the field of fishing tackle collecting.

In addition to the aforementioned, another major collection will be offered during the two day auction of equal importance to a passionate group of collectors in a wholly different category: The largest collection of Zane Grey's personal possessions to ever come to auction, with provenance originating from the Grey family Altadena mansion.

These truly museum worthy artifacts are of great historic importance and provide a once in a lifetime opportunity for Zane Grey collectors from novice to advanced.

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(April, 2007) - Antique & Collectible Fishing Tackle Hits An All Time High Lang's Spring 2007 Auction Sets A $1.7 Million World Record

The trend towards the strongest prices paid for the rarest examples in outstanding condition continues in every category and at every price level. Two powerhouse collections were the highlights of the Spring 2007 Auction: The Dr. John Romero Heddon Collection started the cataloged auction and included an amazing array of rare lures, lure boxes and Heddon advertising, bringing world wide attention to American lure collecting. Starting the second session, The Kerry Chatham Collection, also creating world wide attention, for the most important gathering of the rarest American reels to ever come to auction. The prices for the remarkable early fly reels in this collection soared with the scarcest casting reels following closely.

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(November, 2006) - Lang's Fall 2006 Auction Tops The Spring Sale A New Tackle Auction Record $1,218,000.00

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(April, 2006) - Lang's Spring Auctions Set Another Highest Grossing Tackle Auction Record - Topping $1,181,000.00

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(November, 2005) - Another Record Shattered As Lang's Fall Auctions Set A New Highest Grossing Tackle Auction Record - Topping $1,130,000.00

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(April, 2005) - Highest Grossing Auction Of American Tackle On Record - Lang's Spring Auctions Top $770,000.00

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