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This Item was Sold on 1 April 2020
for $57
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This art boomerang from Brother Brian Thomas'; collection was made by Rod Jones in 1990. It is an easy to throw, light weight traditional made in 1990 to commemorate Christmas. The writing on the underside says " To Brother Brian, All the Best, from Rod and Lorraine 90 ". There are a few tiny spots of paint chipping on the edges, No cracks or major damage, so this one is still in very nice condition. A rare collectable with wonderful provenance. These are almost always very nice flyers and wonderful sport booms.
Rod Jones became well known in the early 1980s for his beautiful and high performance sport boomerangs. His boomerangs were painted with air brush art and finished with a high gloss coating that made his boomerangs glow like jewels. Prices were high and buyers didn't like to throw them for fear of damaging the beautiful art work and high gloss finish. Rod also made boomerangs for competition events. His competition booms included MTA, Doublers, Fast Catch and Aussie Round booms. The MTA was laminated on a jig with a spherical surface to build in tune as he laminated 6 to 10 thin layers of hardwood to make the blank. This was important because the boomerang behaves like a spherical pendulum in flight. Al Gerhards is the only other boom maker who used a spherical shell to make his boomerangs and Al used his spherical shell to tune, not to laminate his blanks. In the 1990s, Rod quit making boomerangs and he took up fishing as a hobby. It has been almost 20 years since any of his art boomerangs have been sold commercially, so they have become valuable collectables. |
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