# An Interesting Piece of Yo-yo History

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**Created:** [May 31, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-interesting-piece-of-yo-yo-history/446610 "2026-05-31T16:13:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![theyoyoarchive](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theyoyoarchive/32/681004_2.png) [@theyoyoarchive](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/theyoyoarchive)\
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> **[Gorham Sterling Silver Yo-Yo - The Yoyo Archive](https://yoyoarchive.org/products/gorham-sterling-silver-yo-yo)**
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> Luxury sterling silver novelty yo-yo produced by Gorham Manufacturing Company from the 1910s through the 1970s, featuring ornate repoussé decoration over a steel body.

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**Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-interesting-piece-of-yo-yo-history/446610/2 "2026-05-31T20:17:52Z")

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Thanks for sharing! This piece is also mentioned/listed in the Smithsonian website spotlight piece, “the History of Yo-Yo in America.”

“America owes its [fascination with the yo-yo](https://invention.si.edu/yo-yo-ups-and-downs)mainly to Chicago businessman Donald F. Duncan Sr., who spotted it while on a business trip to San Francisco in 1928. It was being used by Pedro Flores, a Philippine immigrant who began selling a toy labeled with the name, “yo-yo,” meaning “come-come” in the native language of the Philippines.”

Read more in the subject! [https://www.si.edu/spotlight/yo-yo](https://www.si.edu/spotlight/yo-yo)

Enjoy!

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**Author:** ![oops](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/oops/32/683976_2.png) [@oops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/oops)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-interesting-piece-of-yo-yo-history/446610/3 "2026-06-01T01:49:06Z")

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My grandfather gave me one of these in the mid 90s before the yoyo boom when I got a Yomega Fireball and first got obsessed with yoyos. Still got it sitting in a box of misc yoyo stuff in a closet. Cool reminder of him and my yoyo beginnings.