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As always, a very enjoyable event. The National Vintage Tackle Fair held at the Abbey Stadium, Redditch, is just the place to go for some retail therapy. The opportunity to meet and chat with collector friends is worth the trip alone.
The stall holders plus a few dealers have access on the Saturday night for a couple of hours to set up stalls. It’s a manic rush to trying to balance setting out your stall to sell or display or rush around trying to grab a bargain. My wife Ali and I had a great time over the weekend.
Of course, everyone must buy a copy of “Rupe” Attwood’s new book “A century of the art of making fishing reels”. Informative, well written, with many surprises in the “who makes what “category plus signed by one author to another. The singing Billy Bass, mint in box, will reside in my tackle room encouraging people to leave when the time is right.
As the Redditch event progressed into Sunday the buying continued with many varied items. Two very different fishing creels were added to the total. One, a mint condition split reed creel with leather banding and the second, a rare alloy backed wooden creel with a pinned frame. Use or display, two great items.
A pre booked appointment at midday saw a client bring this fabulous Andrew Davis The Nottingham Style roach rod with special order close whippings. 11’6” long two-piece split cane rod designed for mono lines 2-5lb; this is rod No10. Click here to view on the website.
But the best and not the most expensive item bought is this Allcock’s Reflex 1926 Pattern casting reel in the makers box with French factory paperwork. Not seen a better example.
Stunning condition and fully working. It’s similar to the Hardy Silex and the later Allcock’s Easicast reels by J W Young (see Rupe’s book). This will be a great addition to any collectors cabinet or the occasional mad angler to fish with it. Now that’s a photograph we will publish, buy it and try it. This is currently for sale, view it here on our website.
We look forward to seeing you at the Redditch Fair in November, perhaps through Ray McLaren’s window of fame…..
Have a look through the ‘latest arrivals’ page on our website. Here you will find many exciting, pre-owned, high quality, vintage and antique fishing tackle items available to buy.
As always, if you have anything you are looking to sell or have valued then get in touch!
office@thomasturner.com
01782 698787 / 07535 5690617
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The stall holders plus a few dealers have access on the Saturday night for a couple of hours to set up stalls. It’s a manic rush to trying to balance setting out your stall to sell or display or rush around trying to grab a bargain. My wife Ali and I had a great time over the weekend.
Of course, everyone must buy a copy of “Rupe” Attwood’s new book “A century of the art of making fishing reels”. Informative, well written, with many surprises in the “who makes what “category plus signed by one author to another. The singing Billy Bass, mint in box, will reside in my tackle room encouraging people to leave when the time is right.
As the Redditch event progressed into Sunday the buying continued with many varied items. Two very different fishing creels were added to the total. One, a mint condition split reed creel with leather banding and the second, a rare alloy backed wooden creel with a pinned frame. Use or display, two great items.
A pre booked appointment at midday saw a client bring this fabulous Andrew Davis The Nottingham Style roach rod with special order close whippings. 11’6” long two-piece split cane rod designed for mono lines 2-5lb; this is rod No10. Click here to view on the website.
But the best and not the most expensive item bought is this Allcock’s Reflex 1926 Pattern casting reel in the makers box with French factory paperwork. Not seen a better example.
Stunning condition and fully working. It’s similar to the Hardy Silex and the later Allcock’s Easicast reels by J W Young (see Rupe’s book). This will be a great addition to any collectors cabinet or the occasional mad angler to fish with it. Now that’s a photograph we will publish, buy it and try it. This is currently for sale, view it here on our website.
We look forward to seeing you at the Redditch Fair in November, perhaps through Ray McLaren’s window of fame…..
Have a look through the ‘latest arrivals’ page on our website. Here you will find many exciting, pre-owned, high quality, vintage and antique fishing tackle items available to buy.
As always, if you have anything you are looking to sell or have valued then get in touch!
office@thomasturner.com
01782 698787 / 07535 5690617
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