"JACK ARMSTRONG PARACHUTE BALL" BOXED PREMIUM.
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Winning Bid:
$125.00
Bids:
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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:
H - $200 to $400 Help Icon
Item Description
2.5x5x1.5" deep box contains 1946 Wheaties premium. Box is tight and FN. Premium includes 8.5x11" two-sided bw instruction sheet. One side includes illustration and text on games that could be played w/ball and these include "Time Flights, Blind Landings, Dropping Supplies," others. Includes order for the premium that was available for 10 cents and one box top. Sheet has lightly tanned, folded as issued and VF. Premium consists of 2" dia. hinged aluminum ball, white tissue paper parachute and two strips of small tape squares. String and a washer or button are also needed to assemble the premium but these were to supplied by owner. Several of the .5" tape squares have dried and are missing from the strips, a few other have dried but are here. Still an unused and NM premium. First we've seen in many years. A rare, easily destroyed premium.
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