Mark: The supply and demand thing is true of anything...And, like, at that auction, if there had been two millionaire's bidding on the flies, andif Tom Nixon had been their favorite tier, the flies may have brought $10,000...It all depends on what a person thinks of that certain tier, and how deep their pockets are LOL..One thing I meant was, say Tony's froggie.. First ones he ever tied may have looked like crap compared to today's.. But the value of being the first ones tied (sorta like a first edition book I guess)...Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: Pierre Bombardier To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:25 PM Subject: [VFB] Fly values of great tiers Chuck, Prices of such flies are determined entirely by demand. Doesn't mean the dollar values mean much to me. I've got a few flies tied by Tony (mainly from Tom Nixon fly swaps plus a froggie) none of the will see the water (none of the Nixon swap flies have either. I also have a ,56%er tied by Tom Nixon, and with Tom gone you can bet that one won't either. A couple years ago a shadow box of Tom's flies constructed by another very good fly tier (who died about 6 months after Tom) was auctioned off at a dinner for the Baton Rouge conclave...fetched something like $750-800. Tom's fly and all three editions of his book are staying in my collection while I'm alive...after that who knows what they'll be worth then? By the way, I have no plans of departing soon... Mark Delaney Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jerry: You better save mine too, cause in 50 years or so, I plan to tie just as good as Tony.. Then you'll be able to say you had one of my first flies.. I mean, I'll only be 98 years old.. Heck, I'll have plenty of years left to get better and better ROFL... Chuck Seriously, your letter here did get me to thinking.. Outside of sentimental value, say somebody had one of Dave Whitlock's first deer hair flies, not knowing he'd have the fame in that area that he does today, what would a fly like that be worth??? ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 8:34 PM Subject: [VFB] Re:Chili Peppers Picked up my flies today. Nice job everyone on peppers. They'll all see water except Tony's that will join the size 20 Froggie he gave me many moons ago in the swap flies I don't fish box. Nice job with the swap, Chris. Jerry C "All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Yahoo! Answers. Try it now.
