RARE "TOM CORBETT SPACE CADET GAME."
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$613.52 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Auction #211 - Part II
Item numbers 1197 through 2870 in auction 211
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Item Description
10.25x21x1.25" deep box contains complete parts for game by Peerless Playthings Co. Inc. ©1953 Rockhill Radio. Lid art features large image of rocketship and Corbett w/pair of flaming ray guns w/"Be A Graduate From Space Academy" text. Box lid has slight inward warp and scattered color rubs along edges and is free of splits and box remains tight. Fine overall. Cardboard box insert serves as the gameboard. This includes "Blast Off Control" spinner at center w/attached plastic rocketship pointer. Below this is "Spaceship Hangars - Launching Platform" and four small three-dimensional plastic spaceship playing pieces. At top center is illustration of "Space Academy." To right and left of center design are a pair of "Astro Meter" units, each w/rocketship markers. These indicate miles traveled. Also comes w/small two-sided instruction sheet which is lightly aged but clean. Contents are Exc./NM. Great design. Rare and only the third we've offered in our 48 years, our last example (in lesser condition) sold for $740.
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