Lot 268. 1912 Wills “Historic Events” Set of 50 Color Cards. These cards depict and describe events in British history from 55 B.C. until 1910. Among the significant historical figures are Becket, King John, King Henry VIII, Sir Walter Raleigh, Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth, Cromwell and Napoleon. The set averages vg-ex.
Winning Bid $35.
Lot 271. 1915 Wills “Famous Inventions” Set of 50 Color Cards. Watt’s steam engine, the microscope, the camera, the grand piano and the modern submarine are among the inventions shown and described in these cards. The set averages vg+ to ex.
Winning Bid $35.
Lot 272. 1916 Wills “Mining” Set of 50 Cards. The set provides an illustrated tutorial on extracting various elements, minerals and products from the earth. The set averages vg-ex.
Winning Bid $20.
Lot 273. 1916 Player & Sons “Napoleon” Set of 25 Color Cards. T his set outlines Napoleon’s life from his birth in 1769 until his abdication in 1814. The set is predominantly a mix of vg and vg-ex cards.
Winning Bid $10.
Lot 274. 1917 Wills “Allied Army Leaders” Set of 50 Cards. Presenting portraits on the fronts and biographical information on the backs, these cards include Generals Foch and Petain, King George V of England and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. The set averages vg.
Winning Bid $25.
Lot 275. 17 Different 1920s-40s Cowboy or Western Exhibit Cards – Hoppy, 5 Roy Rogers, Etc. Four cards depict warfare between Indians and settlers. The 13 others have images of big-screen cowboy stars: Roy Rogers (5, including on with Trigger); Gabby Hayes, Gary Cooper, William Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy), Bill Elliott, John King, Ken Maynard, Charles Starrett and Russell Hayden. These cards are from at least five different sets. Four cards are vg to vg-ex. The other 13 generally are f.
Winning Bid $40.
Lot 276. 1922 Wills “Do You Know” Set of 50 Cards. This is the initial series, which provides information on such subjects as the origin of the wedding ring, how to distinguish a toadstool from a mushroom, the reasons for colors in the sky at sunset and how crickets chirp. The set averages vg-ex. 1
Winning Bid $129.
Lot 277. 1924 Ogden’s “Leaders of Men” Set of 50 Color Cards. Wonderful, diverse set with color portraits on the front and biographies on the back. Historical figures include Attila, Charlemagne, Columbus, Captain Cook, Cromwell, Darwin, Galileo, Hannibal, Joan of Arc, Julius Caesar, Lincoln, Lord Nelson, Peter the Great, Plato and George Washington. The set is generally a mix of vg and vg-ex cards.
Winning Bid $92.
Lot 278. 1924 Wills “Merchant Ships of the World” and 1939 Player “Modern Naval Craft” Sets. Each set contains 50 cards with an image of a ship on the front and information on the back. Among the merchant vessels are the S.S. America, S. S. George Washington and the S. S. Leviathan. Naval ships include the H.M.S. Hood and the Sunfish, the Admiral Graf Spee, the Nagato of Japan and the Colorado. The “Modern Naval Craft” cards have adhesive backs. The “Merchant Ships of the World” set averages vg-ex. The “Modern Navel Craft” set averages vg+ to ex.
Minimum Bid $25.
Lot 280. 1926 Wills “Wonders of the Past” Set of 50 Cards. The Sphinx of Gizeh, Tutankhamen’s Tomb, the Great Wall of China and Stonehenge are among the subjects of these color cards with informational backs. The set averages vg+ to ex.
Winning Bid $42.
