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| With the boom in the "online flee markets" on social media. It's funny to me to see some bucktails getting over 100 bucks a pop, and most of them have never seen water, or look virtually brand new. This makes me believe there are groups more in to collecting baits than fishing with them.
So what makes a bait "collectable" and what makes a bait "fishable"?
Most of my lures are beat to heck because I fish with them.....
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| I do not buy any baits to collect them. Unfortunately, when you buy enough of them...you forget about them and they become more of a collectable. I almost never throw Double 10s...but I have roughly 10-12 of them sitting in a tackle box. Those are collectibles in my opinion now...
As for what makes a bait worth $100? Supply and demand? |
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Location: oswego, il | People want to use those 100 dollar bucktails. They are good baits and musky fisherman will pay even bigger I have heard 5-6 for one if the bait is bot and hard to get. Hot baits are like hot bites, musky guys will flock to them. Won't be long before you can go to a swap and some guy will have 30 of them for sale on his table.
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Location: MN | I just joined the two flee markets within the past week. I too have noticed the big money being spent. On collectibles I don't collect anything I'm still recovering from the late 80's early 90'sbaseball card collapse. And of coarse the beanie baby melt down of the early 2000's. Some of the lures painters and builders are putting in 10-30 hours making or painting them 10 bucks an hour gets you 150-300 fast. So price is relative. As for bucktails only Dadson's pull big money for most part. As for that he's a
Marketing genius. He has created demand let the market supply run down allowing the consumer to set prices at 50 for a flashabou and 100 dollars for Marabou. Show season hits and guess who has a great supply and a new price levels. I think there are great deals on other lures and it's fun to watch folks go nuts over something. I don't get the raffle participation for me that's not for me, but to each their own. |
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| I wasn't going to use the "D" word. But yes those are the baits I am referring to. For the amount of Dadson's that are for sale on flee markets vs how little are available through retail, and how little use most of these baits have on them when raffled or sold on secondary markets, tells me that these must have become somewhat of a collectors item rather than a fishing tool. |
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Location: MN | T.Carlson - 1/23/2016 5:00 PM
I wasn't going to use the "D" word. But yes those are the baits I am referring to. For the amount of Dadson's that are for sale on flee markets vs how little are available through retail, and how little use most of these baits have on them when raffled or sold on secondary markets, tells me that these must have become somewhat of a collectors item rather than a fishing tool.
I don't think those things are mutually exclusive. It's a great fishing tool that some prefer to collect. |
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| Agreed. |
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| Where are these "flee markets" you speak of?
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You can actually find some really good stuff on them. You just have to sift through all the Dadsons for sale! LOL |
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Location: The desert | You can find dadsons (non maribou) for normal prices, just have to know where to look. But, they're still just bucktails. I have two and don't plan on adding any more. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | Pointerpride102 - 1/23/2016 6:56 PM
You can find dadsons (non maribou) for normal prices, just have to know where to look. But, they're still just bucktails. I have two and don't plan on adding any more.
Of course. Those two dadsons will last longer than you will ! |
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| Wishmasters are starting at $1100, my friend got offered that by a collector at chi show two weeks ago,,,he's considering it because we were blown away using somebody's side imaging last year and he wants one. |
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Location: oswego, il | Pointerpride102 - 1/23/2016 6:56 PM
You can find dadsons (non maribou) for normal prices, just have to know where to look. But, they're still just bucktails. I have two and don't plan on adding any more.
Still puts your net worth in the top 10 of all meeneesodans. |
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| reality guys that buy for look,not function... . a new level. sorta like fly fishing. if you don't have 500 buck waders 2000 dollar fly rod, but fish 2x a year.. how about this. why do you go in your baitbox and pull out your chewed up bait first time every time.. we are becoming ART collecters not salt of the earth musky fishermen. |
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| Mine become "collectible" when they get a good story to go with them. |
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Location: Money, PA | I buy or make lures exactly for what they are meant for and hope those who buy from me do the same, but to each his own. I do have a small collection of "vintage" baits which I have plans to build a shadow box for... |
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Location: Madison, WI | If you look at it purely as an investment...
Since the Dadson market is what it is...
You can spend $100 on a Dadson and fish the crap out of it for a season.
and even used at the end of the season - that bucktail is still worth $100.
The only gambles are losing it, having it stolen, or the market value changing.
Considering how steady Dadson prices have been, just might be a safer investment than the stock market?
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Location: Oregon | There has been a group of folks out there interested in custom made lures for a long time. The HR gliders are a good example, nice paint jobs, wood, more time spent on each lure by the maker and something different than the mass produced plastic baits. Many others doing the same with musky lures but also with bass lures and saltwater lures. Some custom bass lures several hundred dollars each, buyers pay up front, then wait a year or longer for the lure to arrive. Lots of saltwater lures in the $200 each category and many hand made Japanese lures hundreds of dollars each. Do we really need a 2016 Ford F-350 and a 50k boat? lol
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| johnsonaaro2 - 2/3/2016 10:57 AM
If you look at it purely as an investment...
Since the Dadson market is what it is...
You can spend $100 on a Dadson and fish the crap out of it for a season.
and even used at the end of the season - that bucktail is still worth $100.
The only gambles are losing it, having it stolen, or the market value changing.
Those are relatively minor and manageable risks....the real danger awaits when the spouse finds out what you paid for them. |
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