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Cool Old Flies -- Some made of cork
I've got some old fishing flies from a deceased family friend. I've never seen
anything like them, except in old antique collections now used as art. I'm e-baying them so, if you're interested, go to... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3664082730 Thanks, Ed |
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Cool Old Flies -- Some made of cork
"ENewcomer" wrote in message
... I've got some old fishing flies from a deceased family friend. I've never seen anything like them, except in old antique collections now used as art. I'm e-baying them so, if you're interested, go to... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3664082730 Thanks, Ed Taking a close look at the photo you posted there on E-bay, I can't tell if any of the materials are of modern synthetics. But if you look real close to the bottom right fly, to the right of it, you'll see what looks like some sort of bug. If that came from the package these flies were in, you may be in trouble real soon. Bugs like to eat flies. |
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Cool Old Flies -- Some made of cork
Your description contains exaggerations and misleading assumptions that may
not be true. No disrespect to your deceased family friend but the unpainted, wound-on, amateurish-looking, one-of-a-kind cork bugs look very similar to ones made by children. They are NOT antiques and have no financial value. The heavily fished look, faded dyed feathers and likely bug infestations do not suggest likely candidates for framing, except to family friends. In post WWII, Heddon, Peckinpaugh and others made some truly collectible cork popping bugs, which if still in good condition would make great mountings. Also in post WWII, the model airplane craze fueled by Testors and other suppliers allowed cork, balsa and other wood popping bugs to be made that progress well beyond the amateurish examples on your EBAY site. Old bugs and flies such as your pop up from time to time on EBAY and the unsuspecting bid/buy them thinking they got something of value. John "ENewcomer" wrote in message ... I've got some old fishing flies from a deceased family friend. I've never seen anything like them, except in old antique collections now used as art. I'm e-baying them so, if you're interested, go to... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3664082730 Thanks, Ed |
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