Item RP11
This Item was Sold on 17 January
2010 for $57
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Jim Mayfield became interested in boomerangs in the mid
1980s. He travelled to boomerang tournaments to compete and
collect boomerangs from other top competitors. Jim learned
how to make his own boomerangs rather quickly. He began
manufacturing his own boomerangs at his Gunnison Colorado
home in the late 1980s. A few years after forming Colorado
Boomerangs, Jim sold his company to Richard Pollock-Nelson.
Jim worked with Richard after the sale to make sure that the
quality of Colorado Boomerang products remained high after
his departure. Jim Mayfield was critically injured in a
motorcycle accident on 11 October 1999. He died two weeks
later at the age of 48, leaving a wife and four young
children. Early examples of Jim's products have become very
collectable. This boomerang is one of the first V models ever made. It
is unweighted and it has attractive art on the upper
surface. Jim Mayfield's signature and the date of
manufacture (16 September 1989) is written in ink on the
underside of the dingle arm. The underside of the lift arm
has "The V" and "#15/21" written in ink. This one is in mint
condition. A wonderful sports boomerang and a terrific
collectable.