So, the world’s most expensive yo-yo is being tackled today here on Blavish. Wanna know how much it sold for? Try $16,000. Not too shabby, eh?
Lemme throw a little history your way, yo-yos were actually invented by the Chinese back in, drumroll please,….2500 BC. Wowwy wow. But it was not an oldie that reached the height of being the world’s most expensive yo-yo. No, it was a newbie, a Cold Fusion yo-yo.
Made of airplane-grade aluminum, the Cold Fusion yo-yo was made using a ball-bearing axle & break pads for quick response. What makes this yo-yo stand out, besides the high grade aluminum, is that the longest recorded yo-yo spin was made using a Cold Fusion yo-yo. Wow, who knew?
dryoyo
(Chris Allen)
August 31, 2009, 12:07pm
2
yoyodude888:
So, the world’s most expensive yo-yo is being tackled today here on Blavish. Wanna know how much it sold for? Try $16,000. Not too shabby, eh?
Lemme throw a little history your way, yo-yos were actually invented by the Chinese back in, drumroll please,….2500 BC. Wowwy wow. But it was not an oldie that reached the height of being the world’s most expensive yo-yo. No, it was a newbie, a Cold Fusion yo-yo.
Made of airplane-grade aluminum, the Cold Fusion yo-yo was made using a ball-bearing axle & break pads for quick response. What makes this yo-yo stand out, besides the high grade aluminum, is that the longest recorded yo-yo spin was made using a Cold Fusion yo-yo. Wow, who knew?
I am going to need some links.
The Cold fusion did hold the sleep record for a while it has since been beat many times.
I would love to know which, why, when, where, how a Cold Fusion (First sold in the late 90’s BTW) sold for $16k.
Also, the oldest DOCUMENTED evidence of a yo-yo in existence is 500bc in Greece. It is thought that the GREEK brought it to China, not the other way around.
dryoyo
(Chris Allen)
August 31, 2009, 12:12pm
3
Okay, I think I see the problem…
Once again, proof that everything you read is not true or accurate.
You copy and pasted from here:
http://www.blavish.com/the-worlds-most-expensive-yo-yo/
which quotes (very badly) this post:
http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/expensive22.html
which is incorrect in almost every single way…
You know, I have really big problems with plagiarism, especially when you plagiarize something that is not accurate.
xcon888
(Astrojax)
August 31, 2009, 12:21pm
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dang. you took what i would say. plagerism.
dryoyo
(Chris Allen)
August 31, 2009, 12:35pm
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I decided to clarify for the Blavish crowd:
Okay, lets clear a few things up.
First, the age of the yo-yo:
Reference - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - http://www.metmuseum.org/
The Oldest documented material regarding Yo-Yo’s dates back to 500BC in Greece.
Spintime Record - Ref: American Yo-Yo Association (Of which I am a Board Member) http://www.yo-yo.co.za/records/index.php
The Cold Fusion held the record for longest sleeper at 7 minutes and 8 seconds in 1998 and held it until 2000. Since then, 10 yo-yos have beat that record. The current record is at 19 minutes and 39 seconds.
Lastly the $16,000 Yo-Yo.
Reference - Lucky’s Yo-Yo History page at http://www.yo-yos.net/Yo-yo%20history.htm . Lucky currently holds the Guinness World record for Largest Yo=Yo Collection
"Roy Acuff was a legend at the “Opry” having preformed there for over 50 years and part of his trademark act was doing yo-yo tricks. President Nixon took a couple of throws on stage with Acuff and a photos of this were released by the major media. Political cartoonists had a field day with the event. Nixon signed the yo-yo and presented it to Acuff. Years later the yo-yo was sold at the Acuff estate auction for $16,029.00 making this the world record price ever paid for a yo-yo. "
And there you have it.
Chris “Dr. Yo-Yo” Allen
YoYoSkills.com
That is a wow thing
The Dv888 large logo sold for 10,000 pre release
EvanB
September 1, 2009, 1:32am
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At YYN
You had to buy another YYF metal and it would be 70.
here’s a true fact. did u know that the yoyo was the second oldest toy ever!!! second only to the doll, who knew!!! ;D
dryoyo
(Chris Allen)
September 1, 2009, 1:55am
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Second oldest “Documented” toy…
There may be others, but no evidence has been found.
Dv888
(Mitch Ginder)
September 2, 2009, 1:37am
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What about it? It’s only $350, the c22 sold out for $460…