"DICK TRACY ROCKET PLANE" PREMIUM W/QUAKER OATS DISPLAY SIGN.
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Winning Bid:
$143.75 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Bidding Ended:
Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #205 - Part II
Item numbers 1427 through 3167 in auction 205
Value Code:
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Item Description
Sign measures 20" tall, tapering from 9" at bottom to 12" at top. Dated 2-39 at lower right but this is partially obscured by surface paper rub. Color illustration shows available premiums including "Dick Tracy Rocket Plane, Official Dick Tracy Flashlight, Monogram Ring, 3-Power Pocket Size Telescope, Your Own Secret Telephone." Rocket plane was available for 5 box tops or single box top and 10¢. Designed as a 2-sided sign to be hung on a string for in-store display, this is one side only which has been mounted to stiff cardboard display. Corner tip wear. Fine/VF. Complete 4-piece airplane issued by Quaker in 1939. Plane is clearly shown on sign. Consists mostly of balsa wood w/silk screen designs on the parts as well as metal clips/braces and stiff paper tail fin. Plane design includes text on body and wings plus Dick Tracy's portrait done in a star design, plane also has simulated windows. Missing issued launching stick w/rubber band. Scattered aging and dust soiling but complete. Tail fin has moderate aging w/some wear including a 1" tear. While plane shows some wear, still relatively solid condition for this fragile premium. Rare.
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