It's that time of the year again!

[Lang's Auction]

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We thought we'd never top the 2015 Discovery auction in the number of lots or the quality, but this August 12 & 13 auction most certainly does! 5,002 Lots!! And as you can see by the very partial list below, the desirability of the items in most categories is way up as well, especially lures and reels.

Friday & Saturday, August 12 & 13 - Bouckville, NY - Rt. 20, Cider House Showfield

Because of the size of the auction, we will be opening viewing for the Friday auction on Thursday night from 7:00pm-9:00pm, then again Friday morning from 9:00am-11:00am. Saturday's auction items can be viewed from 9:00am-11:00am Saturday morning. And viewing will be allowed throughout the two day sale.

Suggestions: Bring a comfortable lawn chair (chairs are available if you can't), bring packing materials and boxes, get lots of rest before you get there, and make reservations for overnight accommodations now!

And for those that are not familiar with the annual week-long buying event in Bouckville: It is a series of outdoor shows (big & small, garages, lawns and barns too) along a two mile stretch of Route 20 in central New York's antique row of Mom & Pop and group shops. 1,000+ (nobody really knows how many) antiques and collectibles dealers (and locals looking to clean out their attics and basements), set up in numerous hayfields, on professional show fields, and on residential lawns. This is definitely "farm country" for those who are not familiar with the area. These shows start setting up the day after the Discovery auction, and continue opening on a staggered schedule with a different show opening almost every day. The shows run until the following Sunday (when the collectors and dealers go home and the farmers get their fields back).

These are the very fields where rare lures, reels, and many other seldom seen tackle items, have routinely surfaced for the past 40+ years. Many of the sellers frequent yard sales/estate sales/auctions all year long just to sell their finds during this week. You honestly never know what you may find.

It's a scenic drive to this upstate NY location, no matter which direction you come from. The Discovery auction is held in a large permanent pavilion, so it's rain or shine. You'll get to meet lots of fellow collectors, hopefully many from this board. There will be food available, a large free parking area, full service RV and tent camping, Wi-Fi, children and dogs are welcome, and there's fishing within minutes in any direction. We're sure you'll have a great time and go home with lots of tackle for resale, your collection or to use.

* Watch for the Discovery Auction eCard later tonight, which will include a link to the full lot list for the August 12 & 13 auction. We will also post a link on the board tomorrow and there will be a link on the website (http://www.LangsAuction.com) Discovery Auction & Show page.

A VERY partial list of items included in the August 12 & 13 Discovery auction:

1890's Billings Guide Boat, Early Fly Reels, Joe Castillo Fish Decoys, English Metal Baits, Early Leather Fly Wallets, Vintage Fiberglass Rods, Custom Oak Knife Showcases, Tip Tubes, Sealey Octopus Bamboo Fly Rod, Beer Advertising, New/Old Stock Bingo Lures, Boxed Penn Reels, Heddon Crazy Crawlers, Early Angling Books, Vintage Fishing Thermos Containers, Boxed Hardy Gem Fly Reel, Vintage Painted Signs, Charmer Minnow, Ted Williams Rod in Case, Early Wood Tip-ups, Bear Skin Rugs, South Bend Bamboo Rods, Early Flies, Novelty Lures, Lorenzo Gagnon Carved/Painted Trout on Plaque, Early Angling Tools, Montague Fly Rods, Mounted Largemouth Bass, New Plano Tackle Boxes, Heddon 3hk & 5hk Minnows, Early Cased Mounted Trout, Blue Wing Teal Magnum Decoys, Boxed Foss Lures, Bashore Brook Trout Carving, Pack Baskets, Moonlight Lures, Early Fishing Gadgets, Boxed True Temper Lures, Large Assortment of Fly Tying Hooks, Sage Graphite Rods, Edward Vom Hofe Envelopes, Schaeffer Award Pins, Eider Decoy, South Bend Musky Minnow, Mustad Hook Dealer Display Cards, Rare Antique Thale Bee Feeder, Framed Pleissner Prints, Boxed Shakespeare Reels, Vintage & New Streamer Flies, Early Raised Pillar Reels, Hardy Pope 2/1 Bamboo Fly Rod, Boat Nets, 12pt, 14pt Whitetail Mounts, Musky Lures, Penn International Reels, Weapon Manuals, Maine Ephemera, Hardy Gratomi Bamboo Fly Rod, Vintage Boxed Plastic Lures, Fishing Vests, John Alden Knight Sporting Articles & Stories, Jitterbugs, New Boxed Shimano Reels, Heddon Vamp Die Cut, Pflueger Record Spoons & Spinners, Metalized Minnows, Boxed South Bend Reels, Framed T.S. Steele Brook Trout Print, Cisco Kid Lures, Creek Chub Catalogs, Custom Leonard Graphite Rod, Old Wooden Boat/Ship's Wheels, New Leopold Scopes, Bon-Net Minnows, Heddon Daddy Bassers, Reel Wrenches, Rhodes Frog in Box, Paw Paw Casters, Early Oil & Varnish Bottles, Modern and Vintage Spinning Reels, Early Metal Lures, New Boxed Fly Line, Collectible Folding Knives, Early & Vintage Line Spools, Vintage Johnson Motor, Duck/Gamebird Advertising Posters, Wheatley Boxes with Salmon Flies, Early Spring Gaffs, Boxed Hardy Viscount Fly Reel, Hardy Frazier 3/2 Rod, Moose Sheds, Orvis Battenkill Bamboo Fly Rods, Old Pharmacy Scales & Weights, Canadian Spinners, Arbogast Lures, Full Tackle Boxes, Shakespeare Minnow Trap, Vintage Casting Weights, Fly Tying Vises, Meerschaum Pipes, Vintage Crankbaits, Boxed Electro Lure, Early Match Safes, Framed Ducks Unlimited Prints, Boxed Pflueger Reels, Ed Latiano Lures, Murphy Bufflehead Duck Decoy, Lauby Baits, Early Goose Silhouette Decoy, Jamison Frog Coaxer, Davignon Tip-up Salesman Box, Peters Ammo Die Cut, Early NRA and Winchester Ephemera, South Bend Flyrod Surf-Orenos, Garcia/Mitchell Catalogs, Decoy Anchors, Framed 1839 Catterskill Mts., Eger & Florida Lures, Rochester Reel Co. Fly Reels, H&I Bamboo Rods, Contemporary Fly Wallets, Early Hardy Catalogs, Vintage Creels, Early Outdoor Magazines, Abercrombie & Fitch Fly Rod, Heddon Bamboo Rods, Creek Chub Weed Bugs, Early Fife Woodwind Instruments, Vom Hofe Reels, Boxed Heddon Lures, Nylon Rod Cases, Boxed Creek Chub Lures, Daiwa Reels, Weaver Rainbow Trout Carving, Fin-Nor Reels, South Bend Combination Minnows, Dingbat Display, NY Musky Tags, Foss Lure Collection, Early Steel Rods, Mason Decoys, Heddon 700 Minnow, Limited Edition Trapper's Knives, Early Kayak Catalog, Boxed Glowurm, Early Calendars, Jensen Frogs, Orvis Featherweight Fly Reels, H&I Advertising, CCBC Husky Injured Minnow, English Salmon Fly Reels, New/Old Stock Flies, Early Boxed Electric Lure, Orvis Walking Stick, Early Fishing & Sporting Pins, Large Wire Line Trolling Reels, Foster Bros 2/1 England's Favorite Rod, Herter's Catalogs, Early Hardy Angling Tools, Early Floats, Hardy Boxes with Flies, Kennedy Tackle Boxes, Heddon Luny Frogs, Carved Shorebirds, New/Old Stock Lures, Hardy Wanless Bamboo Fly Rod, Orvis Reel Cases, Seagull Lures, Ben Lee Calls, Shur-Strike Lures, Rod/Reel Combinations, State Hunting/Fishing Ephemera, Turbulent Lure, Rod Winding Thread, Early Abalone/Bone Tools & Utensils, Early Fish Spears, Blackduck Decoys, Museum Quality Musky Mount, Creek Chub Gars, Big Game Reels, New Team Daiwa Lures, Leather Rod Gimbels, Oyster Signs & Ephemera, Heddon Slopenose Lures, Ideal Floats, Sandhill Crane Carving, Shark Hook with Chain, Boxed Gee Whiz Frogs, Pflueger Pelican Dealer Hook Display, Child's Canoe Paddles, 1907 Geuder & Paeschke Catalog, Heddon Fish Print Set, c1880 Carnival Game Fish, English Trout Nets, Moonlight Pikaroon, Custom Scott Morgan Flyrod Lures, NIB Hardy Uniqua Fly Reels, Full Mounted Black Bear, Calcutta Reels, Early English 3/1 Bamboo Fly Rod, Collectible Flyrod Lures, Glass Minnow Traps, Perrine Metal Fly Boxes, Anglers Club Items, Paw Paw Lures, Vintage Collector Flies, Buel Spinners, Collection of Custom 110 Buck Knives, Early Brass Fly Tins, Vintage Johnson Motor, Bass/Pike Advertising Posters, Great Vamp, Hardy Greenheart 3/2 Fly Rod, Bergman Books, Folding Nets, Automatic Fly Reels, English Devons, Tweed Bamboo 4/1 Pack Rod, Early Underwater Minnows, Skeleton Fly Reels, Lord Nelson Pottery, Winchester Bamboo Fly Rods, Creek Chub Beetles, Boxed Goite Reels, Shrimp Lures, Surf & Trolling Reels, Books/Photos from John Alden Knight Estate, Early Fluted Spinners, CCBC Husky Wigglefish & Musky's, Early Minnow Harnesses, New Bass Pro & Cabela's Tackle, Mounted Stripers, Vintage Pencil Plugs, Store Display Lures, Hex Minnows, Boxed Coxe Reels, Boar Hunting Knives, Empty Lure & Reel Boxes, Ed Latiano Display Vamp, DAM Reels, Lure/Reel Box Inserts, Early Skinner Spinners, Old Premiums/Give-Away Items, Foss Lure Display Cards, Heddon Tadpolly's, Creek Chub Flyrod Lure Boxes, Skinner Store Display Cards, Creek Chub Suckers, Bagley Lures, Jungle Cock Fly Tying Feathers, Early Spring Loaded Gaffs, Custom Spey Rods, New Swim Baits, Early Boxed Tournament Archery/Arrow Sets, Vintage Toy Boat Motors, Metal Rotary Head Lures, Vintage Shore Birds, Early Leather Tackle Box, Canoe Creels, Keeling Lures, Boxed Crack Spinning Reels, Smith & Wesson Knives, Heddon "Pine Tree" Box, Early Rod Guides & Agate Tip Tops, Painted Oars & Canoe Paddles, Shakespeare Baby Revolution, Early Ammo Co. Envelopes, Framed 1826 Sampler, 1913 H.G. Lipscomb Catalog, Reed Salmon Carvings, English Pack Rods, Minn-kota Trolling Motor, Early Frog Harnesses, Framed Quail Prints and Stamps, Pflueger Wizard, Kroker Counter Display Card, Worden's Jet Reel, Marble's Knives, Duck/Goose Calls, Bug-N-Bass Lures, Sam Griffen Lures, Full Mounted Wild Boar, Vintage Carded Flies, Saltwater Reels, Antique Hendryx Spinners, Early Pflueger Catalogs, Vintage Fish S&P Shakers, Early Wood Top Creel, Boxed Mercury Minnows, Shur-Strike Lures, Hardy Invincible Fly Rods, Tackle Reference Books, Early Pflueger Reels, Magic Minnows, Early Spring Hooks, J.W. Young Fly Reels, McGinty's, Boxed Thompson Fly Vises, AL&W Bamboo Fly Rods, Early Meisselbach Fly Reels, Antique Roller Skate Collection w/ Winchester, Leather Reel Cases, Lane's Wagtail, Hardy Reel Spools, Heddon Zaras, Lefy Kreh's Angling Books, Phantom Minnows, A&I Sanibel Bamboo Big Game Rod, Split Shot Tins & Tubes, JVH Reels, Frog Lures, Limited Edition Case Knives, Creek Chub Casting Weights, Early Maine Pastel, Early Trout Nets, Custom Dick Kirby Calls, Fintail Shiners, Orvis Graphite Rods, Early Creels, A&F Yellowstone Rod/Reel, Brady Canvas Bag, 3hk Expert Minnow, Atlantic Salmon Carving, Early Celluloid Pencil Sharpeners, Vintage Reel Parts, Shakespeare Revolution, Early Striper/Saltwater Jigs, Early Eel Spears, Ice Fishing Items, Heddon Flyrod Lures, Creek Chub Paper Items, Mustad Salesman Sample Hook Cards, New Rat-L-Trap Lures, Hardy Line Dryer, Granger Champion Bamboo Fly Rod, Early Hardy Fly Box, Wilson's Musky Wobblers, Raver Painted Paddles, Schrade Ltd. Edition Knives, Boxed Pflueger Gem Fly Reels, Canvasback Decoys, Arbogast Twin-Liz Lures, Early Paper Licenses, Framed Wild Sheep Foundation Prints and Stamps, Bud Stewart Musky Lures, Early Insecticide Bottles, Heddon 3-15 Casting Reel, Custom Tom Morgan Lures, Lamiglas Fly Rods, Hardy St. George Fly Reels, Daly Prints, Flying Goose Decoy, Boxed Allcock Reels, Whitetail Deer Pedestal Mount, Early Wood Tackle Boxes, Hardy L.R.H. Bamboo Fly Rod, Canvasback Duck Decoys, Oak Lure Cases, Vintage & New Graphite Rods, Early Nottingham Wood Reels, Vintage Hand Lines, Antique 18'+ Wood 4/2 Rod, Heddon Spook Lures, Shakespeare Bamboo Fly Rods, Early Salmon Tailers, Boxed Montague Casting Floats, Old Store/Dealer Lure Cards, Derrydale Press Books, Early Minnow Buckets, Wheatley Fly Boxes, Heddon Punkinseeds, St. Croix Fly Rods, Old Oil Paintings, New Salmon Flies, Kausch Lures, Early Hook Packs, Flatfish Dealer's Display Case, Outdoor Sporting Pins, Pezon Michel 2/2 Parabolic Special Rod, Early Oil Tins, Large Peetz Wood Reels, Heddon Wigglers, Leather Game/Shell Bags, Framed Vintage Duck Prints, Antique Display Cases, Mechanical Bank, Collectible Fish Decoys, Rod Tips, Framed Flies, Boxed Ambassadeur Reels, Early Fishing Photos, Moonlight Dreadnaught, Kershaw Knives, 3hk & 5hk Shakespeare Minnows, Early Amsterdam NY Fly Wallets, Eagle Claw Store Displays, Old Flyrod Hair Lures, CCBC Wigglers/Wigglefish, Large Assortment of Lure/Reel/Papers, Keeling & Creek Chub Lure Bodies, Yakima Bait Co. Counter Display Cards, Early Pearl/Abalone Lures, Early Copper Bait Tins, Granger Bamboo Fly Rods, A.B. Frost 1895 Sporting Prints, Penn Co. Thermometers, Shakespeare Rhodes Frog Lure, Abercrombie & Fitch Fly/Tackle Box, Early Zebco Reels, Vintage Federal Ammo Posters, Biff Baits, Large Oak Display Cases, Wooden Heddon Tackle Sign, Tooley's Bunty Lure, Early Framed Gun Powder Envelopes, Montague Ferrule and Silk Display Case, Star Back Wooden Trolling Reel, Framed Arthur Taylor Prints, Benzie Jo Fish Decoys, Early Alligator Hide Fly Wallets, Winchester Catalogs, Early Tin Tackle Boxes, Wisconsin Sturgeon Tags, Boxed Cordell Lures, Leather Rod Cases, Ruffed Grouse Society Framed Prints, Duck Decoys from the Mackey Collection, Wolverine Mount, Early Greenheart Salmon Rods, Red/White Lure Collection, Vintage Bobbers, Leader Tins, Winona Reels, Paul Bunyan Lure Collection, Cork Duck Decoys, US & German Bayonets, Early Bait Cans, Pflueger Frogs, Hurd's Caster Rod/Reel Combos, Bamboo Boat Rods, Old Folk Art Lures, Frank Smoot Prints, Briar Tobacco Pipes, Vintage Boxed Striper Plugs, Boxed Scientific Angler Reels, South Bend Teaser, Fenwick Rods, CCBC Pikies, Forrest & Son Wide Drum Salmon Reel, Darbee Fly Tying Necks, Edwards Bamboo Rods, NY Metal Spoons, Abercrombie & Fitch Wooden Golf Putter, Bomber Lures, New Orvis Flies, Creek Chub Saltwater Darter, Folk Art Carvings, Penn Senator Reels, Divine Fly Rods, Fisheretto Lures & Decoys, Custom Musky Lures, Yawman & Erbe Reels, Tin Tackle Signs, Vintage Duck Calls, Old Snowshoes, Early Denton Prints, Doak Fly Boxes, Boxed Le Lure Musky Baits, Brodin Custom Trout Nets, Pflueger Metalized Minnows, Dealer Line Boxes w/Line Spools, NY Fishing/Hunting License Badges, Arbogast Musky Lures, Forest & Stream Tobacco Tins, Early Letterhead, Heddon 3-35 Casting Reel, Framed River Rat Salmon Flies, Boxed Randall Fish Decoys, Sun Spot Spoons, Full Mounted Ibex, Allcocks, Milward's & Farlow Bamboo Fly Rods, Early Brass Fly Reels, English Dead Bait Spinners, Pezon et Michel Fly Rods, Boxed Gerber Knife Sets, New/Old Stock Boxed Mitchell Reels, Moonlight Pollywog, Early Jigs, Early Bird & State Books, Boxed Bass Mania Lures, Sharpe's Scottie Featherweight Bamboo Fly Rod, Creek Chub Jiggers, Packaged Bagley Items, Early Etchings, Vintage Nymph & Trout Flies, W&M Crawdads, Horton/Blue Grass Casting Reels, Boxed Heddon River Runts, Orvis CFO Fly Reels, Black Forest Gamebird Carvings, Large Assortment of Fly Tying Hooks and Materials, Rod Parts, Early Line Dryers, Boxed Winchester Lures, Fish Knives, Sambo Lure Collection, New Boker Magnum Knives, Ron Clough Custom Turkey Calls, Creek Chub Sarasotas, Granger 3/2 Special Bamboo Fly Rod, Boxed Alcedo Micron Reels, 1919 Field & Stream Magazines, Rod & Gun Pins, Garcia Reels, Old Toy Boats & Models, Early Clam Rakes, Stan Gibbs Lures, Early Wood Boat Rods, Cordura Rod Cases, South Bend Whirl-Orenos, Bone Jigs, Die Cut Advertising, Framed Federal Duck Stamp Prints and Stamps, Early Trade Cards, Meek #34 Reel, Peckinpaugh Flyrod Lures, Early Fishing Priests, Early Fly Tins, and MUCH, MUCH MORE!

Hope to see you there!

John & Debbie Ganung