WHISTLE BOMB RARE RING WITH GLOW-IN-DARK TAILFINS.
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Winning Bid:
$2,300.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Thursday, January 21, 2010 12:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, January 21, 2010 12:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #199 - Part II
Item numbers 973 through 2378 in auction 199
Value Code:
L - $2,000 to $5,000 Help Icon
Item Description
This 1940s ring, probably from a candy maker, has a brass adjustable band base with side designs the same as the Kix Atomic Bomb Ring. The ring top is also somewhat similar in concept although this is a larger piece with two-thirds made of aluminum which has a noticeable notched cut-out on the top and a tiny opening in the front so that when blown into it produces a high-pitched whistle. The other end of this piece has cream-colored plastic cap featuring 4 tailfins like a bomb and this end piece glows brightly in the dark. This piece is also removable so that the interior of the bomb-shaped piece might serve as a secret compartment although that would likely change the whistling function. Ring has just a little luster loss off the lower bands where they narrow but upper half displays essentially Mint. Listed in the Hake’s guide Rings Miscellaneous section as RGS-37. Current values are Good-$800; Fine-$1,750; N. Mint-$3,500. This is an Exc. example of one of the rarest and seldom offered rings.
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