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."
