Lot 363. 5 Complete 1930-40 Aircraft Card Sets, 3 Partial or Near Sets. Includes even British issues. 1. 1930 Wills “Speed” starter set, 22 of 50. These cards picture aircraft, including a Graf Zeppelin and Lindbergh’s “The Spirit of St. Louis.” 16 cards are ex or better; 6 are vg or less. 2. 1936 Player & Sons “International Air Liners” set of 50. Ex-m to nm. 3. 1936 Ardath “Fighting & Civil Aircraft” set of 25. Ex to ex-m. 4. 1938 Godfrey Phillips “Aircraft” set of 50. 20 ex-m+ to nm+, 23 ex to ex-m and 7 vg to vg-ex. 5. 1938 Senior Service (Pattreiouex) “Flying” set of 48. Ex-m to nm with one vg-ex card. These are real-photo cards. 6. 1938 Player “Aircraft of the Royal Air Force” starter set 23 of 50. 17 are ex or better, and 6 are vg or less. 7. 1939 Gallaher “Aeroplanes” set of 48. Nm to nm-m. 8. 1940 Kellogg’s General Interest Set “Aeroplanes Series,” 14 of 15. Canadian issue, vg-ex to ex+. A total of 280 cards.
Winning Bid $113.
Lot 364. 46 Different 1930s Cards of Actresses – Garbo, Harlow, Hepburn, Lombard, Etc. Outstanding collection of tobacco cards, at least 35 in color and including some real-photo cards. Joan Crawford: 5 cards, one showing her with Clark Gable. Nm to nm-m 3, ex-m to ex-m+ 2. Bette Davis: 5 cards. Ex-m 1, vg-ex 4. Greta Garbo: 7 cards, including two German b&w photo cards. Nm-m 1, ex-m to ex-m+ 4, vg-ex 2. Jean Harlow: 10 cards. Ex-m+ 5, ex-m 1, ex 3, vg-ex 1. Katherine Hepburn: 5 cards. Ex 2, vg-ex 2, vg 1. Carole Lombard: 5 cards, including a scene from “Vigil in the Night.” Ex-m+ 1, ex 2, vg-ex 1, vg 1. Myrna Loy: 5 cards. Ex-m 1, ex 2, vg-ex 1, vg 1. Merle Oberon: 5 cards, including one as Anne Boleyn. Ex-m+ 1, ex-m 2, ex 1, vg-ex 1. Shirley Temple: 2 cards. Ex-m+ 1, vg-ex 2. Various sets are represented, including: Ardath 1935 “Film, Stage and Radio Stars” and 1936 “Who Is This?” Carreras 1935 “Famous Film Stars,” 1937 “Film Stars” and 1938 “Film Favourites.” Gallaher 1934 “Champions of Screen & Stage” (red back), 1935 “Film Partners,” “Shots from Famous Films” and “Signed Portraits of Famous Stars,” and 1939 “My Favourite Part.” Lloyd & Sons 1935 “Cinema Stars.” Stephen Mitchell 1939 “Stars of Screen & History.” Phillips 1934 “Film Stars,” “Film Stars” (Australia) and “Film Favourties,” 1935 “Stage & Cinema Beauties” and 1936 “Screen Stars” (embossed) and “Stars of the Screen” (not embossed). Player 1934 “Film Stars.” Wills 1933 “Famous Film Stars” (Australia). Two additional cards are from 1940.
Winning Bid $83.
Lot 365. 40 Different Mostly 1930s Cards of Actors – Chaplin, Gable, Grant, Valentino, Etc. More than two-thirds of the cards are in color, and eight are actual photos. Abbott & Costello: 1 card g-vg. Louis Armstrong: 1 card ex-m. Charlie Chaplin: 2 cards, including a great card from 1925. Ex-m+ 1, g-vg 1. Gary Cooper: 2 cards. Ex-m+ 1, ex-m 1. W. C. Fields: 2 cards. Ex-m+ 1, g-vg 1. Douglas Fairbanks: 4 cards, including a real-photo card of him as Robin Hood. Ex-m+ 1, ex-m 1, ex 1, vg-ex 1. Clark Gable: 3 cards, one showing him with Myrna Loy, and another, with Joan Crawford. Ex-m+ 1, ex-m 2. Cary Grant: 4 cards. Ex-m+ 2, ex-m 1, ex+ 1. Leslie Howard: 5 cards, one with him in “Romeo and Juliet.” Nm+ 1, nm 1, ex-m+ 1, ex-m 1, ex 1. Buster Keaton: 3 cards, including 2 photos. Ex-m 1, vg 2. Harold Lloyd: 2 cards, both photos. Nm+ 1, vg 1. Robert Montgomery: 4 cards. Nm-m 1, ex-m+ 1, ex-m 1, ex 1. Paul Muni: 5 cards. Ex-m+ 1, ex-m 1, ex+ 2, ex 1. Rudolph Valentino: 3 photo cards. Vg 1, g-vg 1, g 1. Sets represented include: Carreras 1935 “Famous Film Stars” and “Film Partners,” and 1938 “Film Favourites.” Gallaher 1935 “Famous Film Scenes,” “Portraits of Famous Stars” and “Shots from Famous Films,” 1936 “Film Episodes” and 1939 “My Favorite Part.” Lambert & Butler 1925 “Popular Film Stars” (2-line title). Phillips 1934 “Film Stars,” 1938 “Characters Come to Life” and 1939 “Famous Loves Scenes.” Player 1926 “Straight Line Caraciatures,” 1934 “Film Stars” and 1938 “Film Stars” (3rd series). Scerri 1931 “Film Stars” (first series). Wills 1933 “Famous Film Stars” (Australia). Wix 1940 “Cinema Cavalcade” (1 & 2). A.B.C. 1948 “Film Stars.” Brooke Bond Tea 1969 “Famous People.” Lyons Maid 1966 “Famous People.”
Winning Bid $92.
Lot 366. 1930s Exhibit Card Near Set Depicting the “Amos n’ Andy” Radio Show – 15 of 16. Few radio programs ever commanded a larger audience. In the 1940s, as many as 40 million listeners a week heard the show, which featured stereotypical black characters created by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll. Some titles that follow are abbreviated: #1 “Ain’t That Sumpin’” g. #2 “I’se Regusted” g. #3 “Amos and Andy Gosden, Correll” f-g. #4 “Amos and Andy as They Talk…” f-g. #5 “Amos and Andy as is” f-g. #6 “Boy I’m Going to Sweep…” ex. #7 “Amos and Andy” in the Fresh Air Taxicab Office vg. #8 “Andy the President of the…Taxicab Co. Incorpulated” ex. #9 “Amos Now, Here’s the Situlation” vg. #11 “Now Listen Amos…” vg. #12 “Amos and Andy in a Big Propolition” ex. #13 “Amos and Andy in a Friendly Little Game” vg. #14 “Amos & Andy in Person…” vg. #15 “Well I’ll be Dog-On” vg. #16 “The Boys Resting…” vg.
Winning Bid $148.
Lot 367. 13 Different 1935-37 Gum Inc. G-Men & Heroes of the Law Cards. The collection includes two cards from the 200 series. The cards numbered 1-24 are the regular issue without the copyright. Ex: #12 and 18. Vg-ex: #13. Vg: #14, 16, 23 and 257. G-vg: #22 and 227. G: #17, 91 and 109. F: #19.
Minimum Bid $50.
Lot 368. 1940-42 T87 Wings Cigarettes “Modern Airplanes” Near Set - 178 of 200. Issued by Brown & Williamson Tobacco, this near set consists of four series of 50 cards each. Series A: 36 cards, 13 nm to nm-m, 10 ex to ex-m, 10 vg to vg-ex, 2 g and 1 f. Series B: Complete and ex-m to nm, except for three cards, which are g. Series C: 46 cards, 25 ex-m to nm, 21 vg-ex. No Letter Series: 46 cards, 25 ex-m to nm, 8 ex and 13 vg-ex or less.
Winning Bid $148.
Lot 369. 1940s “Art Portraits” Exhibit Set of 32 Blue-Tint Advertising Cards. Printed on thin paper stock and used to promote the set, these cards feature models wearing bikinis and more risqué attire. The promotional version of this set is very scarce. This is truly a high-grade set, with 15 cards nm-m, 6 nm, 7 ex-m, including 4 with moderate printing flaws, and 4 vg-ex.
Winning Bid $50.
Lot 370. 100 Different 1940s-50s Exhibit Cards of TV, Radio and Movie Stars. High-grade group of black & white cards. Nm-m: 10 cards including Gary Cooper, Alan Ladd, Robert Taylor. Nm+: 9 cards including Charles Laughton, Dick Powell, Fred Waring, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. Nm: 4 cards. Ex-m+: 27 cards including Dick Clark, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Loren Greene, Art Linkletter, Jack Paar, Edward G. Robinson, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney, Phil Silvers, Danny Thomas, Jack Webb, Lawrence Welk. Ex-m: 9 cards including Pat Boone, Joseph Cotton, Ernie Ford, George Gobel. Ex: 23 cards including Lloyd Bridges, Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray, Ed Sullivan. Vg-ex: 9 cards including Henry Fonda, Cary Grant, William Holden. Vg: 5 cards including Mario Lanza. G: 4 cards including Nat “King” Cole, Roy Rogers.
Winning Bid $110.
Lot 371. 1950 F279-5 Quaker Oats “Challenge of the Yukon” Dog Cards Set of 35. Twenty-five cards are ex to ex-m, and the remaining 10 cards are vg to vg-ex. Yukon King, co-star of the “Challenge of the Yukon” radio show and the “Sergeant Preston of the Yukon” television program, is vg-ex.
Winning Bid $50.
Lot 372. 46 Non-Sport 1950s Topps Cards. Twenty-one cards, including three high-grade high number “Sails,” are ex or better, and only 11 are less than vg-ex. 1952T Wings (6): #122 and 138 vg-ex, 159 and 175 ex-m, 186 nm, 197 vg-ex. 1955T Rails & Sails (10): #46 g-vg, 61 and 70 vg-ex, 75 vg, 124 ex-m+, 134 vg, 149 ex, 172 nm+, 178 nm, 193 ex-m+. 1956T Flags of the World (13): #6 p, 10 f, 25 ex, 33 vg, 36 ex, 45 g, 47 vg, 49 f, 52 ex, 70 vg, 72 vg-ex, 73 ex, 77 vg-ex. 1956T Roundup (4): #36 ex-m, 54 vg-ex, 80, 2 copies, both vg-ex. 1956T Jets (3): #149 ex-m+, 230 nm+, 236 nm+. 1956T U.S. Presidents (7): #10 vg+ to ex, 20 vg-ex, 21 vg+ to ex, 26 vg, 27 and 32 ex+, 34 ex-m. 1957T Planes (Blue Backs) (3): #9 f, 84 ex-m+, 118 ex+.
Winning Bid $45.
Lot 373. 60 1950s Aircraft Exhibit Cards. These cards, which seem to be relatively scarce compared with many other issues featuring aircraft, picture jets, propeller planes and helicopters. Both military and commercial aircraft are featured. Ex to ex-m.
Winning Bid $68.
Lot 374. 1950s “Cowboys 4-in-1” Set of 32 Exhibit Cards. If you want a set with virtually all the movie serial and Saturday morning TV cowboy heroes, this is it. Here, you’ll find Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, John Wayne, The Lone Ranger, Gary Cooper, Gregory Peck, Gabby Hayes, Bill Boyd (Hoppy), Buster Crabbe, Buffalo Bill Jr., Bob Steele, Buck Jones, Monte Hale, Tex Ritter, Johnny Mack Brown, Ken Maynard many more. Ex-m to nm.
Winning Bid $75.
Lot 375. 36 1950s Roy Rogers Exhibit Cards. Here is a beautifully nostalgic group featuring the king of the cowboys. The cards represent various sets, and there are 27 different poses or color variations. Ex overall.
Winning Bid $61.
Lot 376. 1952 Topps Wings Partial Set – 144 of 200 Plus 49 Duplicates. Perhaps you can take the dupes and have some old-fashioned fun trading to complete your set. Nm: 3 cards. Ex-m+: 3. Ex-m: 11. Ex+: 10. Ex: 20. Vg-ex: 23. Vg: 12. G-vg: 25. G: 24. F-g: 7. F: 6. The duplicates average g-vg with some in better and others in lesser condition.
Winning Bid $83.
Lot 377. 1953 Topps World On Wheels Near Set – 143 of 160. Ex+: 2 cards. Ex: 12. Vg-ex: 42. Vg: 42. G-vg: 24. G: 17. F-g: 5. The set is complete except for #23, 27, 31, 34, 49, 62, 67, 71, 95, 99, 110, 111, 126, 134, 145, 151, 157.
Winning Bid $68.
