hvarmit's Full Review: Dudley Murphy and Deanie Murphy - Fishing Lure Col...
It's practically impossible to find a guide that covers every fishing lure or every manufacturing company, so you may find you have a collection of these value and identification books as well. This is one that I bought for my shelf mostly because it has a good bit of present day lures, which is also hard to find in most lure ID books (that also include older models).
Fishing Lure Collectibles: An Encyclopedia of the Modern Era 1940 to Present (whew, what a title!) is written by Dudley Murphy and Deanie Murphy. Dudley is another impressive hobbyist, and knows this field well. (I find this is important, to learn from those who are fit to teach)
This book is really impressive. One thing this book has that many others lack is full color photos of lures throughout. This book has over 3.500 pictures alone! I appreciated that because who doesn't like to look at a nice glossy photo of a rare treasure (or even an affordable gem). But also, it was easier to notice and compare color schemes when you have a full color photo than if you are dealing with a black and white. So, I thought this was well done!
This book is laid out like most other value and ID guides. It introduces the lure, the manufacturer, the manufacturing year, the color schemes it comes in, the sizes, what type of rigging it has and in what variation, the weight of them, and an approximate market value. And then, of course, the photographs and a short history of the lure or company.
A couple of the listed companies are the most popular Heddon (of Dowagiac Michigan), Creek chub, Pawpaw Bait co., the later South Bend, among others. Some of those companies are better known for their pre-1940 lures, but they do have some lures dating after 1940 that are collected and so included in detail. Such as the Heddon Sonic or the Creek Chub Dingers. Among my favorite lures are Heddon Punkinseeds and they barely made the cut for this book, coming out in 1940, but the plastic punkinseed spooks are what you'd see more in this book.
It does cover all of the major manufacturing companies but it also covers a lot of the lesser known, or less popular (at the time), so you get a good balance of different styles. One thing to note however, is that it only (as the title suggests) covers lures manufactured after 1940. So, although a company like Heddon is within the pages, you won't see any of their early (and more popular) models.
But you do see a good mix of present day lures, like I said earlier. You practically have to purchase a book that specializes in ONLY present day lures to read about their details because it's so hard to find a book that mixes the old with the new. So, this book was refreshing, in that it mixes the eras.
Another great thing about this book is that you'll find spinning lures in it, as well as folk art lures, and some of the more contemporary models which are very collectible to some. (Because of all of this, I'd say this book would have something for every collector)
The value guide part of it, it is a good tool to go by, closer to auction value than market value like other books. You should take to heart that market value suggested is just that, a suggestion. So, I find this book is more valuable as an identification guide (rather than a value guide). But in and above all, I find this book is a must have.
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