Jack Armstrong's 1938 Egyptian Whistle Ring
(metal)
value
good fine mint
$20 $40 $60 Code Card
$15 $20 $25
The prices show here were take from: Tomart's Price Guide to Radio Premium and Cereal Box Collectibles
by Tom Tumbusch
Wallace-Homestead Book Company
Radnor, Pennsylvania
1991
$22.95
ISBN: 0-87069-635-1
The above items are in my personal collection. I would be willing to sell them, although it is likely that prices have changed since 1991.
I am also interested in buying your old-time radio premiums. If you have any decoders, rings, books, or other premiums,
Jack Armstrong, the All American Boy was one of the longest running radio adventure serials, and one of the prolific issuers of premiums. The secret to his longevity was probably his extreme flexibility. Jack could do everything, and often did. He successfully changed with the times. He was a high school football hero and at the same time equally at home speaking a few words of Zulu in deepest Africa. No one knew where Jack's next adventure would take him, and it kept the audience interested.
The show first aired in 1933 as a daily 15 minute serial. By the mid 1930's his adventures went worldwide. During the war years he spear-headed patriotic efforts on the home front while outsmarting spies and saboteurs. In 1947 the show went to a half-hour complete-story format and was renamed "Armstrong of the SBI" as Jack and his friends Billy and Betty, left high school and joined Vic Hardy and the Scientific Bureau of Investigation. The show left the air in 1951 after producing a large amount of highly sought after premiums.
