“Vintage Miscellaneous Floats & Bobbers” by miscellaneous and/or unknown makers, all from my Collection………. Check out the first actual “float” photo just below the Mast “NYSSA” float ephemera scans, which shows a VERY EXCEPTIONAL GROUPING of 3 “Spring-Loaded, Hook-Setting” floats (a generally very rare type/style of vintage float or bobber) ………. A well-known expert collector & author wrote that this grouping from my collection was perhaps “the best collection of antique spring-loaded bobbers anywhere“!!! – (just getting started, lots to be added regularly):

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Floats & Bobbers – NFLCC Collectors Patch (1989) – 4” dia

 

Floats & Bobbers – NFLCC Collectors Pin (1989) – 2” dia

 

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Float Ad/Receipt (1904) – ”BEST FLOAT AFLOAT” – Mast patented ‘Nyssa’ float -1b

 

Float Ad/Receipt (1904) – ”BEST FLOAT AFLOAT” – Mast patented ‘Nyssa’ float -1a

 

Mast ”Nyssa” Float – Patent US582788 (1897) DRAWING Pg -1aa

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SPRING-LOADED, HOOK SETTING Floats – Very Rare Grouping of 1931 & 1932 Schroeder Patents & a c.1946-1951 Nibble-Nabber -1aa

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Schroeder 1931 Spring-Loaded, Hook Setting Bobber – Patent Dw’g – US1816235 -1jj

 

Schroeder 1931 Patent – Spring-Loaded, Hook Setting Bobber c.1930-1931 (sprung) – RARE, thought to be only about 6 known -1aa

 

Schroeder 1931 Patent – Spring-Loaded, Hook Setting Bobber c.1930-1931 (sprung) – RARE, thought to be only about 6 known -1cc

 

Schroeder 1931 Patent – Spring-Loaded, Hook Setting Bobber c.1930-1931 (set) – RARE, thought to be only about 6 known -1dd

 

Schroeder 1931 Patent – Spring-Loaded, Hook Setting Bobber c.1930-1931 (set) – RARE, thought to be only about 6 known -1ff

 

Schroeder 1931 Patent – Spring-Loaded, Hook Setting Bobber c.1930-1931 (stamp detail) – RARE, thought to be only about 6 known -1gg

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Schroeder 1932 Spring-Loaded, Hook Setting Bobber – Patent Dw’g – US1866864 -1aa

 

Schroeder 1932 Patent – Spring-Loaded, Hook Setting Bobber (sprung) – EXTREMELY RARE, thought to be only 1 known -1aa

 

Schroeder 1932 Patent – Spring-Loaded, Hook Setting Bobber (sprung) – EXTREMELY RARE, thought to be only 1 known -1bb

 

Schroeder 1932 Patent – Spring-Loaded, Hook Setting Bobber (set) – EXTREMELY RARE, thought to be only 1 known -1cc

 

Schroeder 1932 Patent – Spring-Loaded, Hook Setting Bobber (sprung) – EXTREMELY RARE, thought to be only 1 known -1dd

 

Schroeder 1932 Patent – Spring-Loaded, Hook Setting Bobber (top view) – EXTREMELY RARE, thought to be only 1 known -1ee

 

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Nibble Nabber Spring-Loaded, Hook Setting Bobber – Patent Dw’g – US2575852 -3aa

 

Nibble Nabber – Spring-Loaded, Hook Setting Bobber – SCARCE c.1946-1951 (set) -1aa

 

Nibble Nabber – Spring-Loaded, Hook Setting Bobber – SCARCE c.1946-1951 (sprung) -1bb

 

Nibble Nabber – Spring-Loaded, Hook Setting Bobber – SCARCE c.1946-1951 (sprung) -1cc

 

Nibble Nabber – Spring-Loaded, Hook Setting Bobber – SCARCE c.1946-1951 (back view of counterweight) -1dd

 

Nibble Nabber – Spring-Loaded, Hook Setting Bobber – SCARCE c.1946-1951 (front view of label) -1ee

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Float Ad – Ferax ”Metal Automatic Signalling Float” (copy from 1906 Manufrance catalog courtesy of Bill Blauser) -1aa

 

Float Ad – Ferax ”Metal Automatic Signalling Float” (copy from 1909 Manufrance catalog) -1bb

 

Float Ad – Ferax ”Metal Automatic Signalling Float” (copy from 1912 Manufrance catalog) -1cc

 

Float Ad – Ferax ”Metal Automatic Signalling Float” (copy from 1925 Manufrance catalog) -1dd

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Float – Ferax ”Metal Automatic Signalling Float” (French c.1905-1925) flag sprung -1a

 

Float – Ferax ”Metal Automatic Signalling Float” (French c.1905-1925) flag sprung -1b

 

Float – Ferax ”Metal Automatic Signalling Float” (French c.1905-1925) French flag detail -1cc

 

Float – Ferax ”Metal Automatic Signalling Float” (French c.1905-1925) set, flag retracted -1dd
Float – Ferax ”Metal Automatic Signalling Float” (French c.1905-1925) set, flag retracted, top view -1ee

 

Float – Ferax ”Metal Automatic Signalling Float” (French c.1905-1925) body close-up -1ff

 

Float – Ferax ”Metal Automatic Signalling Float” (French c.1905-1925) metal plaque detail -1gg

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Float – unknown maker – aka ”Bouncing Betty” – old, hollow metal -1aa

 

Float – unknown maker – aka ”Bouncing Betty” – old, hollow metal -1bb

 

Float – unknown maker – aka ”Bouncing Betty” – old, hollow metal -1cc

 

Float – unknown maker – aka ”Bouncing Betty” – old, hollow metal -1dd

 

Float – unknown maker – aka ”Bouncing Betty” – old, hollow metal -1ee

 

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