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Originally Posted by John Dallas

Better buy it quick. Just looked on Bob's site. The Dickerson is now up to $12K. By tomorrow it may be $15K

Yup- and if you find a Mint unaltered Hawes, Gillum or Garrison- then you are talking some real dinero--

Just as knowing if a VHE 20 has been "upgraded" to a AHE takes a real expert examination, so does the "counterfeiting" or refinishing for the real fine cane rods- also, the smaller sticks for the lighter wt. lines usually command a premium, as would a Mint BHE 28 ga. over a Mint 12 perhaps.

There is also a "flip side" to that coin-- The 10 gauge steel barreled hammerless grade Parkers (and LC Smiths and perhaps also Ithaca NIDs) also seem to command a premium- as do the "Big Gun" Salmon rods as made by Payne and Gillum and others of that era.

Just as the fine R.L. Winston influenced rods made by the late Gary Howells took a big jump in resale pricing after his untimely passing, once when visiting Bob Summers he remarked that after he passes on, he'd like to come back and see what prices his fine Paul Young influenced sticks will fetch- His workshop is amazing- how he can find anything in his private clutter, but he does- and Bob is as honest as the day is long.

Mae's family cottage is on Lake Bellaire, somewhere in that area the late Lyle Dickerson had his shop and turned out his "Steinway" rods.