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| Flores Yo-Yo |
| Exhibit #641 |
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| Type | Production |
| Shape | Standard (-) |
| Axle | Fixed |
| Finish | Painted |
| Color | Yellow |
| Construction | One piece wood |
| Response | None |
| Gap | Fixed |
| Size | 2" Dia |
| Estimated Value | $2000 |
| Condition | Mint |
| Owner | Jim Wright |
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This is the yo-yo that started it all in the USA. If yo-yos were catalogged like stamps, this one would be #1. Pedro Flores, an immigrant from the Phillipines, start a company making these toys from his homeland. Donald Duncan noticed the toys ability to draw a crowd, and the rest is history.
One piece wooden design and undersized, it also had a very very thin gap. These were lathed out by hand and even each half of this one piece wooden yo-yo is a little different in shape. The string was a slip string, an innovation creditted to Donald Duncan, but apparently a part of Flores yo-yos before the company was sold.
This is an original Flores yo-yo from the late 1920s, with a rare crackle paint job, rare even for a Flores. | |
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