Edwards debate revisited

Re: Edwards debate revisited

feeds@yuku.com (RPL) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:32:49 GMT

rckdr: Appears to have been a buyer's market in the early 1930s. Yes, promises may have been broken, and Horton might not have followed through on its commitment to buy those rods and the company at the agreed upon price. It's not clear that the Edwards Co. could have clinched a better deal with someone else. Those were hard times, even more severe than conditions now. A deepening recession in the early 1930s had crushed consumer demand, with the government watching from the...

Re: Edwards debate revisited

feeds@yuku.com (rckdr) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:01:13 GMT

RPL, although the retail value of the "holdover" rods was considerable, the Edwards family never saw much of that money. From what I have read, Horton welched on the deal and paid them less than 25% of the amount originally agreed upon.

Re: Edwards debate revisited

feeds@yuku.com (PaducahMichael) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:10:47 GMT

rckdr wrote:
Makes sense.

I think that interest in Edwards rods may be increasing as a result of the two recently published well-researched books, and we may see more stuff come out of closets. I suspect that prices of Edwards rods will go up as well. They already seem to be rising.

Yep - it always seems to work that way. Two months after the book is printed, someone turns up with the "missing...

Re: Edwards debate revisited

feeds@yuku.com (RPL) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:56:56 GMT

rckdr: Congrats on a fascinating find! So model numbers like "124A", which are more than simply inventory numbers, were contemporary with E. W. Edwards. Whether EWE made your model "124A" cannnot be confirmed, but I think that possibility is strengthened.

Some of the Edwards models noted in your Mt. Carmel catalog must have remained in the Edwards inventory in some stage of completion after EWE's death, and those rods could very well have been transferred...

Re: Edwards debate revisited

feeds@yuku.com (rckdr) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:33:15 GMT

Makes sense.

I think that interest in Edwards rods may be increasing as a result of the two recently published well-researched books, and we may see more stuff come out of closets. I suspect that prices of Edwards rods will go up as well. They already seem to be rising.

Re: Edwards debate revisited

feeds@yuku.com (pcg) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:45:35 GMT

rckdr,

Stunning! You've got the only known copies (emphasis on "known") of Edwards catalogs printed prior to his death. Interesting that these are all surfacing within a couple month period. Until a few months ago, Edwards catalogs simply didn't seem to exist. And now it appears we have three, including the one I have from '33.

My '33 catalog, which I think I referenced as being probably 1930ish & clearly reprinted by Bristol in '33, also...

Re: Edwards debate revisited

feeds@yuku.com (cwfly) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:04:54 GMT

rckdr,
fascinating catalog and you are kind to share it.

For simplicity, here is a link to the earlier thread.

Edwards debate revisited

feeds@yuku.com (rckdr) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:41:29 GMT

I would like to add some new information to the discussion started in my previous topic entitled "need help with an Edwards rod" currently on page 3 of this forum. This discussion centered around a model 124A Deluxe Autograph rod that I aquired. In the discussion one highly knowledgable poster stated that all of the Autograph rods were made after Eustis' death, and I have no reason not to believe this other than I still do not understand why the term "autograph"...