JACK ARMSTRONG "BASE BALL CENTENNIAL" RING SUPERB NEAR MINT.
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$517.50 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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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
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Item Description
Brass ring with adjustable bands shows a batter on each side with crossed bats below. Top has high relief baseball design and reads "Base Ball Centennial" with the dates on the raised image of a baseball "1839-1939." Ring was issued in 1938 as a General Mills premium for Jack Armstrong and they recorded 46,501 distributed. The following year Quaker Cereals used the remaining supply as a premium. Trivial microscopic luster loss. Luster about 98% Mint. A scarce ring, about our sixth.
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