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lot # 591 - Collectibles cigarette cards

Tuesday Apr 12, 2022 12:00 Australia/Sydney

Colossal old-time accumulation (60,000 cards!). Strength in Wills with over 90 diff types (est cat £48,000) inc 1898 Conundrums (30, £300), 1902 Soldiers of the World (100, £900), 1903 Actresses (250, £800). 1903 Aust/English Cricketers (90, £1500), 1905 Aust Club Cricketers (70, £1225), 1905 Sporting Terms Illustrated (40, £560), 1906 Horses of Today (350, £1120), 1906 Melbourne Cup Winners (200, £1700), 1906 Wild Animals (250, £1800), 1907 Prominent Aust/English Cricketers (70, £1000), 1907 Time & Money (400, £600), 1908 Flag Girls of all Nations (500, £1000), 1909-10 Cricketers (30, £480), 1910 Aviation (1000, £2200), 1912 Birds of Australasia (1100, £1650), 1913 (Aust Rules) Football Club Colours & Flags (50, £275 & under-rated), 1915 Recruiting Posters (50, £350), 1915 Victoria Cross Heroes (250, £625), 1915 War Incidents (350, £840), 1916 Merrie England Studies (100, £700). Silk Emission (2750) with 12 diff types 1910-16 (cat £7500). Then John Player & Sons with over 40 diff types (est cat £6800) inc 1923 Characters from Dickens (200, £280), 1925 Gilbert & Sullivan (250, £300), 1926 Football Caricatures (200, £260), 1934/38 Cricketers (225, £300), 1935 Aircraft (200, £200) & 1936 Tennis (300, £300). Gallaher with 18 diff types (cat £2250) inc 1915 Great War VCs (50, £200), 1915 The Great War (150, £400), 1934 Dogs (150, £250) & 1936 Famous Jockeys (150, £200). Also other cigarette brands inc Ardath 1934-35 Film Stars/Film Scenes (950, cat £1750), Kensitas 1934 National Flags (silk, 500, cat £500). Ogdens 1901 Victoria Cross Heroes (80, £1280). 1900-01 Guinea Gold (600, £600), 1900 Actresses (400, £500), 1902 General Interest (1600, £1400) & 1907 British Birds (75, £150). BDV Cigarettes 1930s Sporting Personalities (200, £800). Magpie Cigarettes 1921 Jockeys (25, £175). Turf Cigarettes 1933 Film Stars (300, £400), Major Drapkin 1928 Cricketers (100, £240). Taddy's 1901 Boer War Leaders (30, £810) & 1901 VC Heroes (19, £437). Trade Cards are not forgotten with Allens (600, £1600) all 1930s types (9 diff) inc (Aust) Footballers (40, £300), Sports & Flags of Nations (40, £140), Fighting Planes (65, £230) & Britains Armed Forces (100, £250). Goblins 1930s Motor Cars (300, est £600). Hoadleys 1938 Wild West (400, £1000) & Sweetacres 1930s Ships (100, £350). Some sl mixed condition as to be expected in such a massive hoard. Strong possibility of a good variety of comp sets to be extracted from the vast quantity present (too many for us to check). An outstanding opportunity for the astute collector/internet dealer. Total Murray cat approx £70,000 = A$130,000. (60,000) (P)
Estimate A$6000

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