TOM MIX "RALSTON STRAIGHT SHOOTERS" BLUE VARIETY PREMIUM PERISCOPE WITH MAILER/INSTRUCTIONS/AD.
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Winning Bid:
$115.00
Bids:
2
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, September 22, 2005 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, September 22, 2005 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #185 - Part II
Item numbers 946 through 2530 in auction 185
Value Code:
G - $100 to $200 Help Icon
Item Description
1.5x1.5x9-3/8" cardboard box with blue accent address label. Return address of Ralston Straight Shooters Checkerboard Square St. Louis, Mo. Has typed address of recipient. Contains 1.5x1.5x9" long dark blue cardboard periscope with tilted mirror on each end. Ends are capped with red, white and blue tin litho checkerboard symbol for Ralston and read "Ralston Straight Shooters." One box end missing flap but o/w box is Fine. Periscope Exc. Comes with 2.25x3.5 four-page b/w folder with Tom Mix facsimile signature on front. Has 3 pages of illustrated instructions showing young boy using periscope and then changing it to "Detectoscope" and then to "Crazyscope." Dated 12-38 but premium not likely issued until 1939. Paper is tanned, light vertical crease at center. About 20 times scarcer than the actual premium. Not in Hake's Character Toy Price Guide. Fine. Lot also includes 10.5x15.5" color cartoon and premium announcement with mail-in coupon form. From Sunday funnies. Evenly tanned. Suitable for framing. VF. A nice, complete grouping.
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