Item L44
This Item was Sold on 28 October
2021 for $100
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This beautiful right handed lap joint boomerang was made out of Amaranth boards that overlap at the elbow. The joint is reinforced with 6 small dowel rods that are pressed into small drilled holes. The angle between the blades is 90 degrees. The underside of the dingle arm is signed and it has " Concept 90; handcrafted from Amaranth (Dutch Guiana) by Rusty Harding; Vero Beach, Florida U.S.A.; May 26, 1980; #47 " neatly written in black ink. Amaranth is sometimes called Purple Heart. This boomerang is from the estate of Hugh Vandergrift. It has very light wear, but no dings or other noticeable damage. Amaranth is sometimes called Purple Heart. A wonderful and very nice collectable with a great pedigree.
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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