South Bend "Snakebite Kit"

One of South Bend's rarest underwater minnows, only produced in 1914, rigged with marked pointed props, finished in white with a blended slate back and hand painted gill marks. Outfitted with 3 heavy

Truck - Oreno w/Front Spinner Butterfly Finish w/Yellow Spots

rate 8.9, 34" x 38", Single Sided Cardstock Display, very clean condition

Given to outdoor writer Sheridan Jones by the South Bend Bait Co. The large 9" x 3 3/4" invitation is extraordinary, printed by South Bend for their "Sixth Annual Sales Convention of the Oreno-Gang Ma

Short production bait made for only three years (1929-1931), with good glass eyes, stenciled back, and finished in a beautiful dark green crackleback, gold belly and pink sides. Condition of this rare

Exceptional condition on these tiny introductory boxes, each with crisp printing and vivid color. All housing Trout-Orenos, the boxes are marked with a printed 971 on the end flap and tiny stamp with

Finished in white with black back stripe and red hand painted gill marks. Rigged with marked pointed props and good white iris glass eyes, appearing unfished, condition is about Ex- with light wear, s

Slick green scale finish, rigged with a huge single Mustad hook, unfished Ex-/Ex, with a few small factory imperfections and faint age lines, bright and shiny. Coming in the correct crisp King-Oreno i

Novelty lure gifted to the outdoor writer Sheridan Jones by the South Bend Bait Co. Still retaining its original crisp hang tag "Guaranteed Intox-Oreno Warranted to exhilarate the appetite and arouse

40" l.

Early version with unmarked pointed spinner, thin hand painted gill marks, and blemish free white iris glass eyes. Finished in rarely seen yellow hex, with light wear/soiling, tiny factory imperfectio

1st item: South Bend Grade 227 pocket watch. The watch is openface, 21 jewels, and size 16s. The watch has a Studebaker face, gold-filled case, and the estimated year of production is 1925. Serial num

Rarely seen marked "Vacuum Bait No. 3" box and its correct lure, finished in "red, spotted with yellow and black". The 2pc cardboard box, only made from 1921-23, grades at least VG+/Ex-, the 2 1/4" no

Finished in frog spot, bright and shiny, marked blunt spinners, 3hk, about Ex-. Housed in a seldom seen introductory Troll-Oreno box that's VG+/Ex- with the Sheridan R. Jones collection stamp on the i

Coming in its correctly marked 953 F introductory box, this frog spot Fish-Oreno appears unfished, shiny Ex-/Ex. The crisp hang tag is still attached with braided line and the grades at least Ex-. It

Finished in bright yellow perch with marked blunt props, shiny Ex-, with light wear, hairlines in one eye, a few small hook marks and age lines, most likely unfished. Coming in its correct seldom seen

Exceptional condition on these tiny introductory boxes, each with crisp printing and vivid color. Three Trout-Orenos, the boxes marked with printed 971 on the end flap and tiny stamp with LUM, SF and

One of South Bend's rarest combinations, the impressive lure is finished in red and white, tack eye, rigged with wire through construction, about VG/VG+ condition. The correct oversized box is marked

Very rare 5 1/4" trolling minnow, c1920, rigged with 5 internal belly weights, unmarked pointed props, good glass eyes, and finished in red hex with black hand painted gill marks. With light wear, dra

Slick red head white body finish with a clear military back stencil, rigged with a huge single Mustad hook, unfished VG+/Ex- due only to a lip edge touchup and faint age lines, bright and shiny. Comin

Exceptional condition on these tiny introductory boxes, each with crisp printing and vivid color. Two boxes house Fly-Orenos, one has a Trout-Oreno. The boxes are marked with a printed 971 on the end

Exceptional early model (pre-tail cap), featuring a long, slender body, marked pointed props, shallow cups, large blemish free glass eyes (white iris), and a light green crackleback finish with red ha

Each finished in red/white, including a Midget Surf-Oreno (Ex-), and a Pike-Oreno, marked lip (VG+). Coming in introductory boxes: South Bend Minnow stamped 976 RH (crisp Ex-) and Surf-Oreno stamped 9

Exceptional condition on these tiny introductory boxes, each with crisp printing and vivid color. All housing Trout-Orenos, the boxes are marked with a printed 971 on the end flap and tiny stamp with