Talbot Eli Casting Reel

Serial 2277, Nevada, MO address, working drag and click switches, jeweler’s scripted owner’s name appearing to be “M.C. Taguet”, VG+/Ex- condition.

Serial 2109, working click, added foot solder, VG condition.

Rare, serial 8108, 2 1/8” diam, 1 5/8” spool, stamped "Talbot Reel & Mfg. Company, K.C. MO, U.S.A. No. 54", jeweled, working click switch, Ex condition, uncleaned.

Introduced in 1917, 2" diam, 1 5/8" wide spool, marked "Made by James Heddon's Sons Dowagiac, Mich. No. 35". Good sliding click switch, free-spool release, triple grasp tournament handle, thin band of

Top hat style, straight counterbalanced handle, brass spool arbor, working click switch, jeweler inscribed “Gayle to C. Klein Cin. O.”, Ex-/Ex condition.

1 3/4" diam, 1 5/8" spool, working click switch, dished tail plate, tiny number 5 stamped on the foot and inscribed in script to “A. G. Morgan”, VG/VG+ condition.

Clearly marked "Hawks & Ogilvy, NY" on the head plate is this incredibly rare and early Kentucky style reel with face mounted ebonite click & drag buttons and sideplates married with nicely contrastin

Serial number 13, 1 1/4" wide spool, marked "Jack Welch Dowagiac Mich. Hand Made", dual grasp, loud click, Ex condition.

Polished aluminum and German silver, marked "Jack Welch Dowagiac, Mich. Hand Made", serial 77, balsa arbor, sliding click switch and dual grasp handle, works well. Ex/Ex- condition, appearing unfished

Small 1 3/4” diam, 1 5/8” spool, serial 8710, working click and drag switches, 12 o’clock counterbalanced handle, knurling on the head cap rim, arched "Frankfort Kentucky Reel No. 2

Serial 403, windshield wiper level wind, working click, tiny sliding oil port cover, other than the red rubber ball over the spool arbor missing the condition is VG+/Ex-.

Scarce, 2 1/2” diam, 1 3/8” spool, stamped "Pat'd May 22, '83 & Sept. 27, '87", and "Julius vom Hofe Oct. 8, ‘89", spiral cut removable end caps, working click switch, hole in the fo

“B.F. Meek & Sons Louisville, KY No 2" marked German silver reel, 1 3/4” diam, 1 3/8” wide spool, jeweled end caps, dual click and drag switches, knurled rim edges. Ex-/Ex condition.

Limited Edition, serial 070007, red finish, rim release, good drag, counter balance handle, appears unused, Ex/Ex+ condition. Original display box is correctly marked with cardstock insert.

2” diam, 1 1/8” wide spool, serial 182, converted for tournament use, balsa arbor, fitted with a tiny three grasp handle. VG+/Ex- condition, with an unmarked leather case.

Serial 7109, narrow 1 3/16” spool, fixed journal, working click and drag switches, dog-leg style handle, Ex-/Ex condition.

Serial 802, working click and drag switches, counterbalanced handle, foot stamped with a number 2, jeweler inscribed “W. H. Jacobs Madison, Wis.”, Ex- condition.

Limited Edition, foot marked serial number: Ed 01 054/100, rim release, good drag, appears unused, Ex/Ex+ condition. Original box with paperwork and ABU oil.

Straight line mark, working plain click and drag switches, dog-leg style half handle, VG+/Ex- condition.

Serial 7197, straight line "B.C. Milam Frankfort, KY No 3", working click and drag switches, full length foot, Ex- condition.

Serial 11435, working drag switch, jeweled, tournament handle, balsa arbor, Ex- condition.

Limited Edition, 24kt gold plated, unused Ex condition, in its teak presentation box, with a spare spool, oil, wrench and unsigned name plate. In the original gold tone cardboard box.

2 1/8" diam, 3/4" wide spool, marked "The H.J.S. Reel" and "Brit. Pat. No 486135", ribbed alloy foot, free-spool lever, thumb rest and original grasp. Condition is VG+/Ex-.

Serial 6700, “Pat’s App’d For”, balsa arbor, working click, tournament handle, added thumb rest, VG/VG+ condition.