"TOM CORBETT SPACE CADET SPARKLING SPACE GUN." BY MARX.
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Winning Bid:
$347.88 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
5
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, June 5, 2008 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, June 5, 2008 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction 194 - Part II
Item numbers 881 though 2534 in auction 194
Value Code:
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Item Description
21.25" long hard plastic/metal sparking rifle. Marx. c. 1950s. Stock reads "Official Tom Corbett Space Gun" and has Rockhill Productions copyright. Very futuristic design with tin litho images of "Rocket-Loading Chamber, Ray Adjuster, Positional Indicator, Range Finder" as well as other details. Attached "Sights" have both spring and wind-up mechanism in forward grip. Works but gun no longer sparks due to missing flint. Scattered tiny nicks to tin litho and light aging to plastic. VF. A wonderfully designed, well-made rifle of the future. VF.
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