Item TB359
This Item was Sold on 12 December
2017 for $71
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This unusual kit is an original box, three traditional boomerangs and a kangaroo stand to display boomerangs. This kit is in very nice condition and it is the only one I have seen in this condition. There are minor corner bumps on the box and one shallow cut on the back face that doesn't break through. The stand is in excellent condition. The 3 boomerangs are in new condition. The largest boomerang is unpainted. The two smaller boomerangs are painted the solid colors of red or green. I acquired this set directly from Marjorie Gerrish in 1987. I have kept it in a climate controlled environment for nearly 30 years. I bet you can't find another one for sale at any price. Very rare and an important contribution to the sport by this famous American boomerang maker and thrower. Box = 49 cm X 23 cm X 9 cm ; Total weight = 1210 gm (3 pounds)
Colonel John Gerrish was a famous boomerang maker and thrower from the 1940s through the early 1970s. John was featured on TV popping balloons with boomerangs, in magazine articles and he sold traditional boomerangs through magazine advertisements. These traditionals were heavy and made out of Pine plywood, but they did work. He also sold boomerang stands shaped like a kangaroo. John Gerrish and his wife, Marjorie, went to boomerang tournaments in Australia from the 1960s through the early 1970s. John also found a large cache of Brist boomerangs in a hardware store when traveling through Kansas and he used to sell these to collectors for $50 each. John Gerrish owned a large track of land in the city of Portland, Oregon. This made his family wealthy. After his death in the 1970s, Marjorie spent a lot of money, without success, trying to get boomerangs added to the Olympics. Marjorie sponsored boomerang tournaments in the city of Portland as part of the annual Rose Festival and she would fly in guests, like Herb Smith, every year to help promote her annual event. Marjorie also promoted USBA events throughout the 1980s and it was at a USBA tournament in Cleveland that I first met her. Marjorie visited me often when I lived in Toledo, Ohio. She was raised in Lima, Ohio and she would visit family and friends in Lima every year. Sadly, Marjorie died in the late 1990s and the boomerang world lost one of it's most colorful and enthusiastic associates. |
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