It's Labor Day weekend, and you know what that means. Yes, it is that time again.
Some folks make holiday shopping easier on themselves by using catalogs.
An avid collector, Florida orthodontist Michael Echols, created AntiqueLures , an encyclopedic website dedicated to the art of vintage fishing lure collecting. As collector specialist websites go, it rates as one of the finest, with meticulous, detailed information and well-executed photographs concerning what makes one fishing lure more valuable than another, beginner and advanced collector information, grading guidelines and current trends. Echols updates the site regularly, and while the electric blue background might be a bit shocking on the eyeballs for inveterate web surfers, the content can't be beat. This is a website with information that rivals any of the finest collector's books on this category. Even if you're not particularly interested in collecting fishing lures, you graphic design-loving types will enjoy browsing the gallery images of vintage handpainted fishing lures for possible artistic inspiration.