ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE OF ORPHAN ANNIE SECRET GUARD WRIGHT PURSUIT PLANE/QUAKER PREMIUM.
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Winning Bid:
$230.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Thursday, March 21, 2013 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, March 21, 2013 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #208 - Part II
Item numbers 1278 through 3040 in auction 208
Value Code:
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Item Description
.75x2.5x9” box shows a "Wright Original Airplane/Made By The First Name In Flying/The Wright-Dayton Co., Dayton, Ohio." 1.25x2” surface paper loss to right side. Box bottom has Quaker Oats Company mailing sticker. 8” long balsa wood airplane with metal clips and paper tail comes with two 7” long wings. Each wing has Orphan Annie Secret Guard “SG” insignia. One wing with vertical repaired crack near center plus 1” tip that has been re-glued. Minor dust soiling on fuselage. Hake's Pop Culture guide shows generic version as item LAN-169 and ad for this "SG" version is item LAN-173. This is the only example of the official 1941 Quaker Oats premium Orphan Annie Secret Guard version of the plane that we know of. Fine. Rare. We first sold this in Auction #189 at bid of $560.46.
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