RARE 1936 AIRLINE HOSTESS RING ALTHOUGH STRONG RESEMBLANCE TO WILMA DEERING OF BUCK ROGERS.
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Winning Bid:
$402.50
(Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:00:00 PM)
Auction:
Auction #209 - Part II
Item numbers 1145 through 2874 in auction 209
Item Description
This brass adjustable ring has no text on the top which shows a profile of a young woman with partial circle of star accents. She is wearing a helmet very much like that worn by Wilma Deering of Buck Rogers and certainly not something worn by an airline hostess in the 1930s. We suspect perhaps this ring was produced on speculation for the Dille Co. but rejected and then sold to a different advertiser. The ring is identified in newspaper ads as picturing aviation hostess Rosalie Gimple and offered by the sponsor Pabst-ette Cheese. Each side of the ring features a single wing design. The hostess's facsimile signature is stamped into the end of one prong. Underside of the ring has text "Robbins Co./Attleboro." This firm produced many radio premiums in the 1930s. Only the fourth example we've been able to offer in 5 decades. About five microscopic luster dots off the narrow edge that forms finger opening. Superb example. 99.5% Gem Mint. Fabulous luster. Rare.
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