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the only thing I can add is they[wood] were first made in "44" lips were hand cut and weren't truly maketed till "45".
Bob pond lived in a trailer in buzzards bay where he turned and sold some of his earlyer wood baits.
charlie sherer and bill chasen came up with the name[atom bomb] for Bob's bait's which turned into just atom.
the glass eyed wood was only made in "48"and very few of those were made, because they were switching over to plastic and they weren't about to put eye's on plastic.
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the [first born] plastic striper atom came in "49".
the stinky and eel skin came in "55"
wood atom jr's come in two sizes
atom# 51's[plastic] had paint and glitter
atom #52's have white bottom's and colored top's
atom# 54[plastic] some were cut to made two different size popper's////atom 54's also came in foam.
atom stinky's[40's] came with a brass screw plug in the rear end so one could put the juice inside for smell.
atom 40 also came with a salted eelskin already covering the entire plug.
atom kill lure//a flat clear fish shaped plug...only made for a year.
the list go's on and on, but as far as pricing go's...condition...color[bait]....common/rare....color of box..bag...etc...they can go from beater $3.00 to $300.00 and higher depending on the bait.As more people start to take up collecting, bait's become harder to find forcing price's up higher reguardless if you think their worth it or not..
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