FEATURED AT LANG'S SPRING AUCTION...

ERNEST SCHWIEBERT (1931-2005)
A true gentleman of the sport of fly fishing, acclaimed author, artist, founder of Trout Unlimited, and noted conservationist. Renowned for his unparalleled angling books: Matching the Hatch, Nymphs, Salmon of the World and his epic masterpiece Trout. Offered in this auction: Schwiebert's extraordinary original art from Trout and Salmon of the World, his angling library, personally tied flies, his personally owned fly rods, reels, etc. From Schwiebert's original art work to his fishing vest, these items are all of historic importance and a permanent tie to one of the most respected men in the fly fishing community world wide.

REELS: The largest amount of reels ever sold at Lang's! An amazing array from small collections of Vom Hofe, Meisselbach, ball handle, and side mounts, to reels by: Stuart, Fasoldt, Giroud, Bradley, Henshall, Chubb, Clerk, Crook, Shipley, Bradford, Shakespeare, Heddon, Meek, Billinghurst, Sellers, Conroy, Milam, Orvis, Pettengill, Follet, Terry, Bate, Pennell, Kiffe, Gayle, etc., to vintage: Bogdan, Saracione, Fin-Nor, etc., to larger lots of excellent condition collectible reels. An auction for every reel collector!

RODS: An important small collection of exceptional Sam Carlson rods, Also, Gillum, Garrison, Howells, Halstead, Edwards, Wheeler, Winston, T&T, F.E. Thomas, Payne, Leonard, Young, Peak, Farlow, Granger, Carpenter, Schoch, etc.,

LURES: McCagg Barney Salesman's Sample Case, collection of Tuttle, Creek Chub, including special order, Heddon, Killer Minnow in Box, Paw Paw, Pflueger, Maybug, South Bend, Shakespeare, Metal, Miller's Reversible, Donaly, collection of Flyrod Baits, Wilcox Wiggler, Pfeffer, North Channel, Wood's Expert, Bud Stewart, collection of Froglegs, Hootenanna, Chippewa, Pepper Roman Crown Minnow, Lane's Automatic Minnow, Jamison Nemo, Ol' Skipper, Detroit Glass Minnow Tube in Box, Winchester, Clinton Wilt's Champion, Michigan Lifelike, Dicken's, etc.

ZANE GREY: An extremely rare 10' Wild Horse Mesa movie banner, a collection of ZG movie lobby cards, books, ship blueprints, photos, letters, rods, advertising for Betty Zane, movie slides, films, and a lock of Zane Grey's hair!

CATALOGS: A nice collection of catalogs: Early Chubb, Heddon, Orvis, Devine, Bristol, Von Lengerke & Antoine, Mills, Leonard, Farlow, Savage, Marbles, Smith & Wesson, Remington, Marlin, Winchester, etc.

FLIES: Important framed flies - hundreds of exceptional flies, each large group the exact flies used in a Dick Stewart book: Flies For Atlantic Salmon, Flies for Steelhead, Flies For Trout, Flies for Bass & Panfish and Flies For Saltwater, all professionally mounted with identification. Also, flies from the most respected tyers: Stevens, Wulff, Cross, Dette, Jorgensen, Hewitt, Bergman, Steenrod, Flick, Leiser, Jennings, Vinciquerra, Kreh, Alcott, Orvis, Hardy, Shaw, Defeo, LaBranch, Knight, Fulsher, Martinez, and many more.

ORIGINAL ART: Lee Wulff painting used for the frontispiece of The Atlantic Salmon, Connett owned Brayshaw watercolor, Singer trout painting, Weiler brown trout watercolor, Early Dunham trout oil painting, Schwiebert original art from Trout and Salmon of the World.

BOOKS: From a Connecticut Library, hundreds of early angling books. Derrydale Press titles: Deluxe Jennings A Book of Trout Flies, Deluxe Roland Clark's Etchings, Deluxe Horse of the Desert, Trout and Angling, Atlantic Salmon Fishing, Charles Cotton and his River, etc., Also, Dry Fly Entomology, Trout Fishing from all Angles, The Fishes of North America, Trout Fly Fishing in America, The Complete Fly Fisherman, Prairie Wings, American Fishing Books, An Encyclopedic Guide, The Art of the Salmon Fly, etc., in addition to many sporting books.

FISH CARVINGS: 2 exceptional English plaques labeled: W.B. Griggs and E.Gerrard & Son.

FISH DECOYS & PLAQUES: Oscar Peterson, Mizra, Howell, Christiansen, Nelson, Hulbert, Bruning, Aho, Bethel, Allen, etc.

MISC: Gardner Marsh and Ray Holland

KNIVES: Set of exceptional ivory handled knives

DUCK DECOYS, TRAPS: Newhouse

BOBBERS, CREELS: Lawrence, Indian, Turtle, etc. and MUCH MORE!

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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