Echols Antique Lures |
Monarch's and Neverfail minnows
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By Dr. Michael Echols
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5 hook rainbow Neverfail in maroon box 3 hook perch Neverfail in wood box 5 hook white Monarch in wood box 5 hook red Neverfail in maroon box 5 hook frog Monarch in maroon box 5 hook chub Monarch in maroon box 5 hook yellow perch Monarch in maroon box Triumph Champion minnow in maroon box |
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Early Pflueger Neverfail
in rainbow, with the correct marked maroon box.
Lure is in like-new excellent condition, (noting typical Pflueger spotting on back), box is excellent minus condition due to some minor scuffing on one side of the box. Lure still has the store hanging tag. No paper. |
 
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Pflueger Neverfail minnow in
perch, small cup, c. 1909
gem clip hardware,
with correct box. Lure is in excellent condition, (noting typical Pflueger spotting on back), box is good. No paper. |
 
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Pflueger Monarch in all
white, c. 1909, with
gem clip hardware
with a rare wood
Monarch box
which is marked 2171 (white with blended slate). Lure is in excellent plus condition, box is excellent. No paper. |
 
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Early Pflueger Neverfail
minnow in solid lipstick red, with correctly marked box maroon box.
Lure is in like-new excellent plus condition, box is excellent plus. No paper. |
 
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Rare Pflueger
Monarch
large body minnow, Bulldog prop marked Monarch, in frog, c.1914,
in the correctly marked maroon box.
Lure is in like-new excellent plus condition, box is exc. minus (noting stains on the label. ) Otherwise the box is in excellent condition. No paper. |
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Pflueger slim round body
minnow in rare chub
scale, c.1914, with
the correctly marked (2149) maroon box. The prop is not marked
Monarch, but has the bulldog logo. (Note: according to the Pflueger article in the NFLCC Magazine, chub color '146' was only available in Monarch and this lure was in the marked box which came unused from an old hardware store in Chicago, along with the other Monarch's on this page. Paperwork with the group dated it to 1914.) Lure is in like-new, excellent plus condition, box is excellent plus. No paper. |
 
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Rare Pflueger
Monarch large body
minnow, Bulldog prop marked Monarch, in yellow perch, with the correctly
marked maroon box. C. 1914. Lure is in like new excellent plus condition, box is excellent. Sales paper included. (An outstanding color and condition package.) |
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Champion minnow, brass
eye tacks, green back, by Pflueger for 'Triumph Manufacturing Co., St.
Louis", which is labeled on the end of the correct box.
Lure is in excellent condition, box is excellent. No paper. (An usual and rare miscellaneous piece.) 
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