RARE "TOM CORBETT SPACE CADET GAME."
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Auction #214 - Part II
Item numbers 1008 through 2793 in auction 214
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Item Description
10.25x21x1.25" deep cardboard box w/illustrated lid contains parts for game by Peerless Playthings Co. Inc. ©1953 Rockhill Radio. Lid art features "Be A Graduate From Space Academy" text. Box lid has slight inward warp and scattered color rubs along edges/corners but is free of splits and box remains tight. Fine overall. Box insert serves as gameboard and includes "Blast Off Control" spinner at center w/attached plastic rocketship pointer. Below this is "Spaceship Hangars - Launching Platform" and two of four small three-dimensional plastic spaceship playing pieces. At top center is illustration of "Space Academy." To right and left of center design are a pair of "Astro Meter" units, each w/rocketship markers. These indicate miles traveled. Except for the two missing playing pieces, game is complete. Contents are Exc./NM. Great design. Rare and only the fourth we've offered in our 48 years, our last example sold for $612.
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