Collectable Boomerangs

last updated on: 23 May 2013


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This web page lists special collectable boomerang products with excellent investment potential. Boomerangs are organized alphabetically by the last name of manufacturer.

Items that are listed with a will have regular price reductions until they are sold.
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Ted Bailey
Item Code
Price (USD)
Description
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S57

$81
Strip Laminated MTA - 1986

Offset Laminated Gerhards Blank


Volker Behrens
Item Code
Price (USD)
Description
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VB63

$155
Red Eagle

Two Weights - Early 1980s

This model became the Challenger III

VB64

$155
Challenger III #1

Two Weights - 1984/85

This is the very first Challenger III

VB55

$106
Padauk/Maple Lap Joint

Signed - 1989

VB54

$88
Florida Cedar Lap Joint

Signed - 1986


Sam BennettSamuel Bristow
Item Code
Price (USD)
Description
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TB274

$58
Brist Cross Stick Model No. 5

Pat Cardiff
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Description
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N80

$100
Natural Elbow with Quetzal Art

Norwegian Maple - 1999


John Cryderman
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Price (USD)
Description
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SE8

$294
Strip Laminated Big U

Mint ; Signed and dated 1995

Great Flyer ; Range = 50+ metres

SD1

$74
Strip Laminated Hunting Boomerang
L77

$55
Laminated Rabbit Stick
S07

$55
Strip Laminated Rabbit Stick

Oscar Cuartas
Item Code
Price (USD)
Description
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AG04

$403 

(reserved)

Parrot 18 Laminated Hook

Custom Made for Al Gerhards with Lead Weights, Aluminum Core and Dimpling -1983

TB291

$240 

(reserved)

Feather Lapped Lark II

Lead Weights - 1985


Georgi Dimantchev
Item Code
Price (USD)
Description
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GD02

$86
Composite Hunting Boomerang #2

Frank Donnellan
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Description
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TB273

$52
Miniature Plastic Boomerang

Reynolds Wrap - 1950s


Doug DuFresne
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Description
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JB22

$36
Left Handed S/L Outback "U"

LH Rusty Harding Collection

Catalog Item

$25
Left Handed S/L Outback Rainbow "U"

Rus Feuerbach
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Description
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RF19

$35
Veneered Omega with Steel Weights

Al Gerhards
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AG36

$376
Strip Laminated White Lightning

Long Distance - 9 Weights

Signed - 1978

PR02

$145
Strip Laminated Standard Hook

Left Handed - Ruhe Farm Apple Tree

from Peter Ruhf's throwkit

AG26

$123
Strip Laminated Omega

early 1980s

AG23

$117
Strip Laminated Standard Hook

RH - 2 1/2 Weights - Signed

PR03

$117
Strip Laminated Standard Hook

Left Handed - Weighted - No. 333

from Peter Ruhf's throwkit

JB15

$107
Strip Laminated Traditional

Left Handed - Rusty Harding's estate

VB26

$98
Strip Laminated Large Hook

1970s - Volker Behrens' estate

S57

$81
Offset Strip Laminated MTA

Gerhards Blank / Bailey Airfoiling


Michael Girvin
Item Code
Price (USD)
Description
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TB302

$44
Trio of Gel Competition Trophies

Awards from the 1990s


Mike Gramly
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Price (USD)
Description
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TB303

$176
Statue with Australian Aborigine

First Place Overall Trophy - 1985

Buffalo Museum of Science


Rusty Harding
Item Code
Price (USD)
Description
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JB42

$122
5 LH Miniature Harding Boomerangs

Midi Hurricane Hook. Mini Hurricane Hook. Minis: Razor, Napolean Hat, E-Rang

JB44

$116
5 LH Miniature Herb Smith Models

1978 & 1979 -1/2 Scale Herb Smith Models: Traditional, Sycamore, Big Red hook, Small Hook, Tigabo Hook

JB39

$110
4 X1/2 Scale Miniature Concept Models

Walnut (3) or Purple Heart (1)

Rare - 1979 - 3 Signed and Dated - LH

JB01

$74
Concept 60W #1

1979 - Left Handed = Signed

Black Walnut

JB02

$74
Concept 90 #1

1979 - Left Handed - Signed

Walnut

JB03

$74
Custom Concept 75 #1

1979 - Left Handed - Signed

Brazilian Rosewood

JB04

$74
Custom Concept 75 #1

1979 - Left Handed - Signed

Brazilian Rosewood

JB26

$74
Concept 60 Black Cherry #2

1979 - Left Handed - Signed

Very Nice Flyer!

JB21

$74
Concept 70 Development Model

1979 - Left Handed - Signed

Maple

JB25

$74
Concept 75 Weighted

1970s Red Oak Prototype

Left Handed - Weighted

JB28

$74
Concept 75

1970s Prototype - Maple

Left Handed - Superb Flyer!

JB27

$74
Concept 60

1970s Prototype - Maple

Left Handed - Very Nice Flyer!

JB38

$69
Lot of 4 Mini Hooks

Left Handed - Signed

1978 ->1990

JB35

$69
Lot of 4 Mini Traditionals

Left Handed - Signed

1978 ->1998

JB32

$58
Trio of Harding Minis

Left Handed - Signed - 1978

1/2 Scale Replicas of Hoeben Space Star & 2 Schumm Arlington Floaters

JB29

$41
Whittington Omega

Left Handed - Signed

JB40

$34
Prototype U

Left Handed - Signed - 1980

Nice Flyer - 35+ metres

JB41

$31
Ultimate Hook

Left Handed - Signed - 2001

JB36

$28
Harding Omega

Left Handed - Signed - 1984

JB37

$28
Harding Omega

Left Handed - Signed - 1984

JB43

$23
Prototype U

Left Handed - Signed - 1980

Needs Tuning - 50+ metres


Lorin Hawes
Item Code
Price (USD)
Description
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TB309

$100
Skills of Australia Kit

Didjeridoo, Boomerang 33 RPM Record

JB13

$58
Lefty Blackbean Lap Joint Traditional
TB301

$43
Framed Poem with Butterfly Art

from 1960s


Max Hoeben
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Description
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JB20

$27
Ooldea Traditional

Lefty made for Rusty Harding


Les & Arthur Janetzki
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Description
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TB299

$87
Doodle Art on Plywood Board Drawn by Arthur Janetzki in Early 1980s

Duncan MacLennan (Sydney Boomerang School)
Item Code
Price (USD)
Description
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AG37

$90
Large Mulga Hook by Duncan MacLennan

Al Gerhards Collection - 1984

AG39

$90
Large Mulga Traditional by Duncan MacLennan

Al Gerhards Collection - Pre 1984


Thomas Münch
Item Code
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Description
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VB47

$90
Strip Laminated U with Weights
VB50

$90
Strip Laminated U with Weights

Bill Pemberton
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Description
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SG1

$95
Strip Laminated Oak Arc

Early American Design - 1920s


Dr. Barnaby Ruhe
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Description
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TB300

$87
Trio of Abstract Art Paintings

1994 - Kangaroo, Butterfly +


Herb Smith
Item Code
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Description
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AG29

$121
Birch Plywood Tigabo Hook

1970s - 3 weights

Al Gerhards Collection


Miscellaneous Collectable Boomerangs & Other Items
Item Code
Price (USD)
Description
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TB00

$18
Box of 72 Fortune Dime Store Boomerangs from the 1950s

Boomerang Video Beta Tape Archives
Price: $58 ; Availability: 1


This item is my personal master archives of boomerang videos, collected during the golden age of boomeranging during the 1980s and early 1990s. Many of these videos are the best copies currently available. The 3 Beta tapes are in the NTSC [USA] Beta format. If you do not have a Beta player, you can pay a low fee at a video transfer store to convert the video to VHS or DVD format. Click on this link to see a listing of all the videos on these three tapes. There are news, home films, movie clips, commercials, etc., all with a boomerang theme. Total time is 6+ hours. A small amount of duplication. Please see Pat Steigman's Youtube Video Archives which has some of these videos in lower resolution.

The source of these video clips was from Ben Ruhe and the original USBA archives before they were heat damaged because of storage in a garage in Phoenix and then lost. The video saved in Beta format is a higher quality than any tapes you may find in VHS format. I have dozens of hours and hundreds of dollars involved in gathering these master archa ives. The information has significant historical value for our sport. I am hoping that someone will pick these up and convert them to digital format and properly archive the material for future generations. If you want a Beta player so that you can edit the video, I have one that works and is in mint condition. YI paid $400 to have it refurbished a few years ago to convert family video into DVDs for my relatives. You can purchase my Beta player for $200 plus shipping or save on shipping and pick up the Beta machine at my home.


Vintage Wham-O-Rang
Price: $29 ; Availability: 1 RH


This vintage triblader boomerang from the early 1980s, was made out of a hard plastic core with soft rubber edges. A marvelous flyer with a low 30+ metre circular flight. Rare in any condition and these are still new and in the original packaging. Stored in a climate controlled environment for nearly 30 years!
Span = 34 cm ; Weight = 176 gm (with packaging) ; Range = 35 metres ; Age = 14 ; Power = 7/10 ; Difficulty = 5/10 ; Right Handed Only

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