updated on 17 April 2024
A listing of all auction #54 items with descriptions can
be found at: This auction includes 50 items. There are 27 boomerangs.
All are right handed. There are 11 books and a dozen unusual
collectibles. The boomerangs include an early Herb Smith
large hook with an unusual scheme for weights, 3 of my strip
laminated MTAs, several Peruvian lap joints and a good mix
of USA sport boomerangs. Some of the books are difficult to
find in any condition. Several of these are from the Max
Hoeben library. Many are signed by the authors with a
dedication to Max and/or Tonny. The unusual collectibles
include a collection of older Australian coins that Lorin
Hawes sent to me to use as weights on my boomerangs. There
is a rather unusual German tool for measuring angle of
attack and dihedral on MTAs. Max Hoeben's magazine
collection is full of publications that I have never seen
before and are not on reference lists. There are bull
roarers, business cards, hat pins, an early British
harmonica made for the German market and a lot more. You
need to see the photos on all of these to understand how
much stuff there is in this group. Herb
Smith Hook (1) |
Bakwood
S/L Traditional (2) |
Timbery
Booms (3) Peruvian
Booms (4-5) |
Peruvian
Booms (6-7) |
Bailey
S/L MTAs (8-10) Bailey
Art Trads (11-12) |
Bailey
Big Us (13-14) |
Bailey
Sport booms (15-16)
Colorado
Boomerangs (17-19) |
T.
W. Smith (20-22) |
Kern
(23-24) Connaly
& Conaway (25-27) |
Jacques
Thomas Books (28-29) German
Books (30-31) |
Aepli
Book (32) |
Aussie
Book (33) Hawes
Books (34-35) |
Sagert
Book (36) |
Science
books (37-38) More Photos are Pending
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