VTG 1964 The Beatles Vari-Vue Flicker Ring Set Gumball Vending Machine Pin RARE

Description

Super Rare 1964 The Beatles Vari-Vue Flicker Ring COMPLETE  Set Gumball Vending Machine ( First Release ) ( Second Release are Blue )
Premium Only Sold for one year 1964. Hard to find  Scarcity, Your lucky to find just one ring, but to have all four, like new in original gumball Plactic Container, its just not seen before. Most were lost over the years, kids opened them up and were just lost over the years   . If graded the price can go up twice as much or maybe more
The Beatles Souvenir Vari-Vue Flicker Rings circa 1964 Shows all four Beatles with their first names and flickers to show their faces.
All 4 Rings are in Excellent condition; all four rings have working flicker fronts and ring parts are intact with little to no handling wear due to being in the container and moving around over they years . What you see is what you get
EXTRAS !!
Uncirculated Beatles pin in packaging, excellent shape as well  .
History :
Hi everyone and welcome to another
Fabulous Find!
This week, in honor of The Beatles first American television appearance, sixty years ago February 9 1964 on the
Ed Sullivan
show, I thought I’d share a couple of my Beatles collectibles for you viewing pleasure!
Beatles Collectibles: 1964 Beatles Flicker Rings
Also in that first rush of selling all things, Beatles, to kids across America, these flicker rings was sold in gumball machines.  Each ring features an individual Beatles’ picture, well their head anyway, and then when the ring is moved or tilted, the ring changes to show their name with Beatles underneath!
Most people That collect Beatles memorabilia usually owned just one of the rings from quite a number of years ago, but to find a complete set, of all four is just unheard off.. These are a must have addition to any Beatles collection!
These original rings were mounted on the Silver rings.  Not real silver people!  It’s silver paint over plastic, obviously!  A few years later, the same lenticular pictures were sold again, only using BLUE PLASTIC  rings for the second issue.  So it’s quite easy to tell the originals from the second generation ones if you want to collect them today.
SHIPPING : NOTE ; EXTRA INSURANCE AND SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION IS A MUST TO INSURE A FACE DELIVERY , EXTRA PHOTOS WILL BE TAKEN AS WELL. IM SURE YOU WILL LOVE THIS SET
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Wow, where does the time go?  It just doesn’t seem possible that Sixty years have past since this historic date.  But it’s true what “they” say, time flies when you’re having fun!
The Beatles were already well known in their home Country of Great Britain, but finally had a number one hit in America!  And what was that hit, you ask?  Well in the words of my friend, Jim, I will tell you …  That first number one hit in America was the single; I Want To Hold Your Hand!  It was released on
Capitol Records
here in the States.  Previously their singles had been released on
Swan
and
Vee Jay Records
, but these labels were just too small to get noticed apparently.  As those singles barely hit the charts and came no where near topping them!
And once they had a number one hit in America in January 1964, they got an offer from Ed Sullivan himself, who had seen Beatles fans reaction to their heroes in England, while he was travelling.  He and the Beatles’ manager,
Brian Epstein,
quickly negotiated a then unheard of three appearance contract, where the Beatles were to appear three weeks in a row.  The Beatles appeared live on Sullivan’s show on Sunday, February 9, 1964, again the following week on Sunday, February 16, 1964, and then one more time the following Sunday, February 23, 1964.
Oh yeah, the Beatles were made up of four young men, named
John Lennon
,
Paul McCartney
,
George Harrison
and
Ringo Starr
!  But I’m sure you all know that!
Their fourth and final appearance on the Ed Sullivan show took place the following year, on Sunday, September 12, 1965, for the record, and if you’re keeping track.
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