Buck Rogers' 1944 Ring of Saturn
(plastic)
value
good fine mint
$200 $400 $600
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,
"Buck Rogers" came to popularity in the early 1930's in the pulps, newspaper comic strips, movie serials, and a variety of toys and games. Kelloggs began sponsoring Buck Rogers on the radio in 1932. Cocomalt took over as sponsor until 1935, then Cream of Wheat picked it up for two seasons starting in 1936. Popsicle returned the show to radio from 1939 to 1942. The radio adventures continued until 1947 on a syndicated basis with a variety of sponsors.
The premium shown above is one of the rarest of the Buck Rogers premiums. The base is made of a glow-in-the-dark material, and was created using the same molds as Jack Armstrong's "Dragon's Eye" ring and the Shadow's "Blue Coal Glo-In-The-Dark" ring. The difference lay in the color of the center stone. The Dragon's Eye Ring was green. The Blue Coal Ring was black. And the Ring of Saturn was red.
The premiums given away on the show are highly sought after today, not only by radio premium collectors, but also by a wide variety of other collectors.
