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Rare Fishing Lure Sets Auction Record - davetclown - 11-18-2003
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[#000000]BOXBOROUGH, MA—A South Carolina man paid more than $100,000 for a rare fishing lure during a recent auction, setting a world record for the highest price paid for a fishing collectible. [/#000000][/size][/font]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000][size 2]Tracey Shirey's $92,000 bid beat out seven others to take a 10-inch copper Haskell Minnow during a recent Boxborough Holiday Inn auction. With a 10 percent buyer's premium added, Shirey paid approximately $101,200 for the lure, which was made by Riley Haskell of Painesville, Ohio, during the 1850s.[/size][/#000000][/font]
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Re: [davetclown] Rare Fishing Lure Sets Auction Record - lonehunter - 11-26-2003
hmmm , i got a lot of old lures from the 60's and early 70's , i just mite have a small fortune there , but they work like magic still !
some things were ment to be used all the time !
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