Last winter I read up on one of my fave subjects, collectable Kids' rings.
I own quite a few now but nothing like this amazing early US collection of Radio/ TV show premium rings listed on Hakes a while back.
It's an American treasure trove. Feast your eyes!
Do you like them? Did you or do you have any Radio, TV or Comics rings?
Here's the auction description, rings from left to right.
1. G MAN” - 1930s white metal w/solid band, much silver luster remains. NM
2. “Capt. Franks Air Hawks” - 1936 Post cereal, luster gone but clean brass. Fine
3. “ROA” (Radio Orphan Annie) Secret Message - 1937 Ovaltine. NM
4. “Secret Operator Melvin Purvis Law & Order Patrol” - 1937 Post cereal. NM luster on upper half.
5. Jack Armstrong Dragon’s Eye/Crocodile - 1940 Wheaties, glow-in-the-dark plastic still glows. VF
6. Capt. Midnight Whirlwind Whistling ring - 1941 Ovaltine. Never had luster flashing. Clean brass. Exc.
7. Buck Rogers Ring of Saturn - 1946 Kellogg’s Pep, glow-in-the-dark w/crocodile bands glows intensely. Mint
8. “Dick Tracy” good luck symbols secret compartment - 1938 Quaker cereal. Exc.
9. “Dick Tracy” Miller Bros. Hats ring - 1940s, luster off lower outer prong but rest is Mint
10. “Tom Mix Straight Shooters” Ralston cereal logo ring - 1935, Mint
11. Tom Mix Look Around ring - 1946 Ralston. Fine
12. Tom Mix Musical (slide whistle) ring - 1949 Ralston. VF
13. Tom Mix Magic Light Tiger Eye ring - 1950 Ralston. Mint w/perfectly formed “eye” that glows
14. Lone Ranger Six-Gun ring - 1947 Kix cereal. Exc.
15. Lone Ranger Atomic Bomb ring - 1947 Kix cereal. Exc.
16. Lone Ranger Filmstrip ring - 1949 Cheerios cereal. No film. Fine
17. Lone Ranger Flashlight ring - 1949 Cheerios cereal. No battery. Exc.
18. The Green Hornet Secret Compartment glow-in-the-dark ring - 1947 General Mills. Glows, NM
19. Terry & The Pirates Gold Ore Detector ring - 1947 Quaker cereals. NM
20. “Sky King” Radar Signal ring - 1947 Peter Pan peanut butter. Glows, Exc.
21. Sky King Magni-Glo Writing ring - 1949 Peter Pan. Ink is dry but ring still glows. Fine
22. Sky King Tele-Blinker ring - 1949 Peter Pan. Largest metal premium ring ever produced. Light general wear. Fine
23. Sky King Aztec Emerald Calendar ring - 1949 Peter Pan. NM-Mint
24. Roy Rogers Branding Iron ring w/"D" initial - 1948 Quaker cereal. Missing metal cap that held tiny ink pad. VF
25. Roy Rogers Microscope ring - 1949 Quaker cereals. Fine
26. Straight Arrow Golden Nugget Cave ring - 1950 Nabisco cereals, Rare, first we've seen showing young girl rather than boy. She points pistol at the camera. Exc.
27. Cisco Kid on horseback - 1950 w/copyright date on band, issuer unknown. VF
28. Hopalong Cassidy - 1950 silvered brass, store item and multi-sponsor premium. Mint
29. Capt. Video Secret Seal ring - 1951 Power House candy bar. Upper cover missing as is typical. Fine
30. Tom Corbett Space Cadet ring - 1952 Kellogg’s cereal. Silvered brass. Mint
31. Howdy Doody Jack In Box ring - 1950s Poll Parrott shoes. Plastic, only remnants of foam liner remain inside the box, but plastic ring remains Mint
32. “Walt Disney’s Davy Crockett” compass ring - c. 1955 Peter Pan. Silvered white metal, compass working. Mint
A great collection. I do not recall ever seeing any such rings in New Zealand in the 1960s or 1970s.
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