That is absolutely great advice VB! The most I ever paid for a plug was $300.00. I had to have it because it meant so much to me and it was only offered for sale to two people and the other insulted the seller by saying it wasn't worth that much. Lucky for me as I had first refusal and declined because at the time I just could not spare that much money even though I agreed with the seller that the plug was worth at least that if not more. I hung up totally depressed and the phone rang ten minutes later as I was sitting in my basement head in hand as my wife called down to me and said, "Steve, it's Stan on the phone".
Other than that truly I can say, on my life, I have never paid over 25.00 bucks for one single plug that I own. A lot were given generously by thier creators. I am not in it actively and haven't been for a long time. I think the market has gone stupid. If I see something at a yard sale or a flea market and it is reasonable I will buy it. There are tons of lures on Ebay that I would love to have ( just look at Bassdozers stuff) I do not own a single original Danny plug of any type. I would love to but I just can't see the numbers that are put up. There are those who do this as a business. To me, it's more and if I give something of which I have multiples of to someone, I, 99% of the time give it free of charge if I think they are deserving of it. Maybe someday some of the builders here will be looked on as classics. There are a few that I know will. I consider myself lucky to know them and have more than the plug to look at, I see more in the plug than just the plug itself, I see the man, I see the memories and I see a little of what made that man tick. I see the history and I want to be a keeper of it.
