Wright & McGill: Wright & McGill rods and Wright and McGill Reels are also quite popular. This company was established in the 1920’s and Wright and McGill were amongst the first in the world to change the original design of the fish hook. The company began in Colorado in the late 1920’s as a company for high quality fly tying and production. Wright & McGill advanced the fishing hook by giving it more penetrating power. Modeled after an eagles claw, the Eagle Claw hook design is now used widely in many fishing and tackle applications. As a result the still existing company of Wright and McGill remains to be one of the more popular producers of fishing lures, rods, reels and equipment in the market today. Many collectors still seek out Wright and McGill fly Rods and Wright & McGill reels because of their extensive history in the business.

Edna Hibel won her first prize for art at the early age of 13. At the early age of seventeen she entered the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts. Edna opened her first "Edna Hibel Gallery" in 1960 in Massachusetts. Her first limited-edition collector plate was entitle "Colette and Child". Edna received a Medal of Honor from the late Pope John Paul II for her work. She was also the first foreign women artist to exhibit her work in the Peoples Republic in China in the mid 1980's. The work of Edna Hibel is highly soft after. She is known of the First Lady of Collector's Plate Art.

I love to search for collectible items. I never know what treasures I may find when I set out on my weekly search and discover shopping trips in Arizona. Sometimes I venture as far west as California. I recently learned that my third generation ancestors also loved china and dishes from all over the world. In the late 1800s relatives on my father's side even had a china shop in York, Pennsylvania. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I can't keep everything that I collect because I don't have the space. I am happy to offer some of my fine bone china and other items that I have collected on eBay. Some of the things I have for sale are Leanin' Tree greeting cards, Lenox china, vintage depression glass, Villeroy & Boch dishes, Laurel Burch greeting cards, Lowell Herrero plates, Fine Bone China, Aynsley, Edna Hibel collector plates, Royal Tettau Damask Rose cups and saucers, Wedgwood china, Mikasa, Tobacciana, Noritake fine china, Department 56 items, and Occupied Japan cups & saucers. You can find me http://stores.ebay.com/Tucson-Tiques-Collectibles