Don't know if anyone here is much of an antique lures guy, but I stumbled upon an antique Rapala dated 1954. new in original box. Anyone know much about this lure, or its value?

Is any part of the paperwork in Finnish ?

All of it...

Also you cant see it but on the belly of it it says Finland.

Curious as to how you stumbled across it? If you don't want to mention it I understand.

I'm thinking to the right person(collector) that lure could be worth a lot of money. It wasn't until the 60's that american anglers started catching on to the rapala craze.

I work at a tackle shop and get to know ALOTTT of people a guy told me he was selling alot of fishing stuff and he wanted me to purchase what I wanted. Found alot of antique Rapala's he said he brought them back from Finland. so i bought all he had from him....