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WHAT’S SELLING ON eBay
WHAT’S SELLING ON eBay

by Wayne Tuiskula

$8,000 (36 bids, 21 bidders) Chippewa Muskie Fishing Lure & Box Party. This has stayed in the family and passed down. No chips, cracks, or
(Large Green Vintage & Rare). Rare and in Excellent condition. Dated stains. A manufacturer ding on the inside bottom of the bowl. Warmer is
Nov. 1, 1910. The box is from Immell Bait Company, Blair, WI. The side original to the piece. (photos courtesy of eBay seller hotflashes)
of the box reads “M-66 Fancy Green Back.” This exact Lure was featured
in the centerfold of the Summer 2014 NFLCC magazine (magazine WT: Many of you who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s may remember
included). (photos courtesy of eBay seller ahetrick-zm). dinners prepared in Pyrex bowls, but Pyrex was invented over 100 years
ago. After physics professor Jesse Littleton moved to Corning, NY with his
wife Bessie in 1913, he started working as a consultant for Corning Glass
Works. Eugene Sullivan hired Littleton along with scientists from different
disciplines to create NONEX glass for Corning Glass Works. Thermal
shock-resistant glass was used in railroad lanterns and battery jars. Jesse
Littleton sawed off a NONEX battery jar in the lab and brought it home
to his wife. Bessie successfully baked a cake in the jar. Corning later
launched Pyrex glassware for baking in 1915.
In 1945, Corning began selling Pyrex in different styles and colors to
make the product more attractive to consumers. During the 1950s and
1960s, Pyrex was embellished with seasonal colors and patterns to further
increase its appeal.
Prices for rarer patterns in excellent condition may surprise you. A
Pyrex 2-quart casserole & warmer sold for $650 at Cordier Auctions &
Appraisals earlier this year. A Pyrex Starburst Space Saver casserole dish
with a stand sold for $950 at Bayside Auctions. Some Pyrex pieces have
even brought five figures. A vintage Pyrex pink tulip promotional
1.5-quart bowl went for $14,900 on eBay in November 2022. A “Lucky
in Love” bowl picturing four-leaf clovers and hearts was described as one
of the most sought-after Pyrex pieces. That description was clearly accurate
because it brought $22,100 on eBay in July 2022.
The Cinderella pattern described in the listing is a round bowl with
handles or pourers on each side. A rare “gypsy caravan” 1.5-quart
Cinderella bowl sold for $4,000 in 2022. I did not find any auction results
for Cinderella bowls higher than the $4,326 this one sold for. The seller
must have been pleased, but the buyer was also well-served to pick up this
WT: Omer Immell invented the Chippewa lure and first patented it in rare baking dish.
1910. He continued to develop the lure and was issued a second patent in
1911, which stated that it included a “pivotally mounted tail of novel and
improved construction.”
A 1913 Field and Stream ad further described the Chippewa bait as “a
combination of an artificial minnow with the most attractive of all lures,
the old SPOON HOOK.” That ad continued on to say that because the
spoon was placed horizontally in the body of the lure, “it casts a glitter to
each side and downward and will attract the fish from a greater distance
than a perpendicular spinner.” It also boasted multiple replaceable
hooks below the floating lure. The wooden lures were said to be nicely
enameled. They came in 3” size for bass, 4” for pike and pickerel, and
5” for muskellunge (muskies). Immell Bait Company ended operations
later that decade.
Immel’s Chippewa lures are highly sought after by collectors. Even
lures without boxes have brought strong prices at auction. Several
have previously sold for nearly $2,000 on eBay. In 2018, a Chippewa
Green Back Spotted Sides lure without a box sold for $3,500 CAD
(approximately $2,622 USD) at Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd. Of course,
boxed versions will command much more. Miller and Miller sold another
Chippewa lure in 2018 that brought $11,835.40 CAD ($9,082.23 USD
at the time of sale). The eBay lure wasn’t in as good condition as that
example, so the seller reeled in a great sale.
Wayne Tuiskula is the auctioneer/appraiser at Central Mass Auctions of Boston and
$4,326 (43 bids, 11 bidders) 2 QT Vintage Pink Pyrex Cinderella Worcester, MA. https://centralmassauctions.com/ He has GPPA credentials from
the National Auctioneers Association and has been a collectibles appraiser for
Bowl with Cover and Warmer, Duchess Pattern, PROMO. Pyrex
Ovenware, this was a give-away to the Hostess at a Stanley Home Products PBS’ Antiques Roadshow. He can be reached at info@centralmassauctions.com
or 508-612-6111.
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