BASEBALL TRIO OF CLASSIC CEREAL PREMIUM RINGS: RUTH, DEAN AND PAFKO.
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Winning Bid:
$162.25 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
4
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 14, 2017 10:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #222 - Part 1
Value Code:
G - $100 to $200 Help Icon
Item Description
Each ring is brass with expansion bands. First is the Babe Ruth premium issued by Quaker cereal in 1935. Ring does not carry his name but instead features bats and gloves on the sides while top has high relief baseball. Clean brass with nice luster highlights. VF. Second, also from 1935, is the ring from Post's cereal with baseball diamond design on the top surrounding profile portrait enclosed by text on the base paths "Win With Dizzy Dean." Side accents include crossed bats and a ball along with small image of a pitcher's hand holding a baseball. One small tarnish mark below the image of this hand but rest of the piece has near 100% original brass luster. Exc. Last and from 1949 Muffets cereal is the mechanical ring with the top designed as a baseball. Top center has facsimile signature "Andy Pafko" while below is full figure of a batter. Edges have three notched wheels that turn dials to count "Balls/Outs/Strikes". Exc. brass luster on a ring that is not noted for its lustrous finish. Exc.
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