Lot 382. N86 Duke Scenes of Perilous Occupations set of 50. It's hard to imagine this difficult 19th century set in this condition. Every card is ex-mt or better. The only possible flaw is some minor toning on the back of some of the cards.
Winning Bid $1,465
Lot 383. E3 American Caramels 1910 Navy Caramels complete set of 21. Colorful set with color renditions of battleships surrounded by a red stripe and a white border. Well above average condition for these, the breakdown is as follows: 2 cards very-good to excellent, 5 cards very good, 8 cards good including 4 cards with a black "HON" overprint on the rear (see scan), 2 cards fair-poor.
Minimum Bid $500
Lot 387. Huge Collection of 153 complete British sets from 1910 to 1950. Well over 4,000 cards. Includes a wide variety of subjects and has manufacturers from the well known to the obscure such as Churchman (11 sets), Wills (26 sets), Godfrey Phillips (8), John Player (19), Carrera (9), Lambert & Butler (4), Gallaher (7), Stephen Mitchell (2), Mills (6), Illingworth Senior Service (6), Major Drakin (2) and others. Almost all sets are in their original wrappings and are near mint to mint.
Winning Bid $4,183
Lot 388. Beautiful collection of 34 F4-5 Dixie Lid Premiums from 1934 to 1942. There are 3 premiums from the Black & White 1934 issue including the difficult front and back covers and Margaret Sullivan, 18 from the color 1935 including the front and back covers and Kathryn Hepburn, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard, Baby Leroy, Ruby Keeler, Loretta Young, N. Shearer, Ginger Rogers, Wm Powell, Dick Powell, Tim McCoy, Ken Maynard, Myrna Loy, Jackie Cooper and Claudette Colbert. Later 1937-1942 premiums include Warner Baxter, Ken Maynard, Madeliene Carroll, Gene Autry, Bobby Breen, Tex Ritter, Tyrone Power, Jane Withers, John Payne, Ray Milland, Bill Elliott, Robert Cummings, Jackie Cooper and Geirge O'Brien. Almost all premiums are excellent.
Winning Bid $350
Lot 389. R41 Dick Tracy Complete Complete Set of 144. Dick Tracy sets, based on the artwork of Chester Gould, are few and far between. Offered here is the first one we've ever seen and in remarkable nice condition. 122 cards in very good-excellent condition with many excellent plus and near mint. The very good ones suffer only corner wear and have no creases. 22 cards have some light creasing, some of which is nearly invisible to the naked eye.
Winning Bid $4,189
Lot 390. R41 Dick Tracy pack with Wrapper and Dick Tracy Candy bar wrapper. The R41 pack has been opened. There are two cards inside, both probably near mint or mint and there are fragments of a piece of gum. The wrapper is very rare and is well preserved. Also included is a wrapper from a Schutter Johnson candy bar, in excellent condition but for a repaired 1" tear at the left side.
Winning Bid $275
Lot 392. V289 Hamilton Gum Hollywood Picture Stars set of 40 plus 16 of the corresponding American cards from R68 Shelby Gum. The attractive set of 40 includes 6-Loretta Young (vg), 8-Jean Harlow (vg), 13-Tom Mix (ex+), 16-Shirley Temple (vg-ex), 18-Joan Crawford (vg-ex), 27-Oliver Hardy (ex+), 28-Helen Hayes (vg-ex), 35-Stan Laurel (vg), 39-Clark Gable (ex). Balance: 5 cards excellent, 17 cards very good, 9 cards good; The 16 American counterparts, which have the same subjects, but are renumbered, include 19-Hardy (vg), 24-Hayes (vg), 39-Harlow (vg-ex). Balance: 3 cards excellent, 5 cards very good, 5 cards good.
Winning Bid $587
Lot 393. R89 Mickey Mouse wrapper, 2 R89 Mickey Mouse Albums and a circa 1930 Mickey Mouse unopened Chocolate Bar with a colorful wrapper. (Eat at your own risk). The wrapper in wrinkled but no tears. The chocolate bar is unopened shows some very slight soiling and is in otherwise excellent condition. The first series album for cards #1-48 is in excellent + condition and is near mint inside. The first series album for cards #49-96.has a name written in the owner's spot and has 10 cards glued in to the appropriate spots, most of which appear to be in near mint condition except for being glued in.
Winning Bid $1,044
Lot 394. R89 1935 Gum Inc. Mickey Mouse set of 96. One of the hobbies classic sets in exceptional condition. A crossover set appealing to non-sport card collectors, Disney collectors and of course Mickey Mouse collectors. We count 55 cards excellent or better with about half ex-mt, 29 cards grade near excellent and 12 cards very good +.
Winning Bid $2,684
Lot 395. R90 1935 Gum Inc. Mickey Mouse and the Movie Stars complete set of 24. Certainly the most desired set of all the 1930 non-sport issues and among the most desired in all of cartophily. Although appearing to be a continuation of the R89 Mickey Mouse set of 96, the Mickey Mouse and the Movie Stars has long been considered a separate entity. The appeal of the set is Mickey Mouse, movie stars stars as Groucho and Harpo Marx, Laurel & Hardy, Greta Garbo, Charlie Chaplin, etc. and of course the incredible rarity. Offered sets are seldom seen and are far rarer than the hobbies rarest cards. The condition while appearing at first glance to be quite average is really exceptional for these. Condition Breakdown: 2 cards ex-mt, 10 cards excellent including 3 with names written neatly on the back, 2 cards vg-ex, 4 cards very good, 2 cards gd-vg, 3 cards good and 1 card fr-gd. A detailed listing of the grading for each card is available on request.
Winning Bid $5,317
Lot 396. R114 1932 U.S. Caramel Presidents near set 30 complete with 10 cards highly graded by SGC Missing is the almost impossible-to-find McKinley card. Four cards have blue backgrounds and the balance are red, although an argument could be made that some are orange. The 10 graded cards include 1 card SGC 86 NM+ 7.5, 1 card SGC 84 NM 7, 5 cards SGC 80 EX-MT 6, 2 SGC 70 EX+ 5.5 and 1 card SGC 60 EX 5. The balance include 4 cards ex-mt, 12 cards excellent and 4 cards very good; A very similar set with 3 PSA 7's and 6 PSA 6's went for $3,400+ in a recent Mastro auction.
Winning Bid $3,146
