Item JB30
This Item was Sold on 19 February
2013 for $79
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This unusual left handed bullseye omega boomerang was made out of 6.5 mm Baltic Birch plywood and painted red. white and blue on both sides (thus the All American name). The shape is a classic omega with a ring and a central dot added to the center of mass, so that you see a solid blue dot and red ring about the center while it is spinning through the air. This boomerang is a very good flyer with a high 30 metre flight. This is the only one of this shape I have ever seen, so it is probably a one-of-a-kind. It is also an early boomerang made in 1980 when Rusty was living in Vero Beach, Florida. It is left handed and part of Rusty's private throwing kit. Signed and dated 1980 on the reverse side of the elbow. Very good condition with a scratch in the paint just below the date. A very rare collectible boomerang from Rusty's personal collection.
Rusty Harding is one of America's best known boomerang manufacturers. I first met Rusty in 1979 when Rusty and I lived in Florida only 30 miles apart. Rusty was already an experienced boomerang thrower and manufacturer. I had been throwing longer than Rusty, but Rusty put a lot more effort into making premium boomerang products. The quality products that I made and sold in the 1980s and 1990s was highly influenced by my association with Rusty. Rusty was left handed and his lefty booms were exceptional. He made a large number of sporting and competition boomerang models. In the 1970s and early 1980s, Rusty made boomerangs from his home in Vero Beach, Florida. In the early 1980s, Rusty moved to Lebanon, Tennessee where he continued to make boomerangs until the late 1990s. Rusty's old classics, especially those from Vero Beach, have become valuable collectibles. The boomerangs that have the highest collectable value are the Concept models that were made out of lapped hardwood boards and with angles of 70 or 90 degrees. These were sometimes weighted. His Hurricane Hook and Contender [omega] designs are the most popular sporting models. Rusty died in November 2010 after a lengthy battle with coronary disease, so his models continue to grow in demand. |
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