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LOT 2591
Seven British Cigarette Card Sets in Booklets
20TH-21ST CENTURY A.D.
7 1/4 x 4 3/4 - 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (473 grams total, 18.5 x 12 - 18.4 x 13.2 cm).
Comprising six Brooke Bond Picture Cards sets, including History of the Motor Car, Police File, The Story of Britain's Police in Action, Introduced by Shaw Taylor, British Costume, Prehistoric Animals, Wildlife in Danger, and Tropical Birds; and an Album of Railway Engines by W.D. & H.O. Wills. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market at auction.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2591
Seven British Cigarette Card Sets in Booklets
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Ten British Cigarette Card Sets
20th-21st century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: John Player & Sons, Imperial Tobacco Ltd, The Doncella History of the V.C., full set of 24; John Player & Sons, Tom Thumb, Britain's Maritime History, full set of 30; Stephen Mitchell & Son, 1997 reproduction, full set of 25; Ensign Fishing Tackle, reproduction from an original by Graham Payne, nos.1-20; The House of Craven, Craven Black Cat, Sport Fish, full set of 50; Imperial Tobacco Ltd, 'A Nostalgia Reprint, 24 cards; John Player & Sons, Imperial Tobacco Ltd, Tom Thumb History of Britain's Railways, full set of 30; Grandee, Britain's Nocturnal Wildlife, full set of 30; W.D. & H.O. Wills, Imperial Tobacco Co, Wills's Cigarettes, Flags of the Empire, full set of 25; Brooke Bond Foods Ltd, Natural Neighbours, Wildlife in tea-growing lands, full set of 40. 681 grams total, 89 x 50 mm - 27.5 x 18 cm
Acquired on the UK art market at auction. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Ten British Cigarette Card Sets
20th-21st century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: Sweetule Products Ltd, A Nature Series of 25, full set of 25; Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd., Brooke Bond Tea and Tea Bags, Adventurers & Explorers, full set of 50; W.A. & A.C. Churchman, Imperial Tobacco Co., The Story of Navigation, full set of 50; Allen & Ginter, 'A Nostalgia reprint', Celebrated American Indian Chiefs, 54 cards; Brooke Bond Tea, Asian Wild Life, full set of 50; Kane Products Ltd, Football Clubs & Colours, 1st series, full set of 25; Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd., Brooke Bond Tea and tea bags, Inventors & Inventions, full set of 50; W.D. & H.O. Wills, Railway Equipment, full set of 50; Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd., A Journey Downstream, full set of 25; Carreras Ltd, Arcadia Works, 'Do You Know?', full set of 50. 740 grams total, 25 x 17.6 - 28 x 17.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market at auction. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Seven British Cigarette Card Sets in Booklets
20th-21st century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising six Brooke Bond Picture Cards sets, including History of the Motor Car, Police File, The Story of Britain's Police in Action, Introduced by Shaw Taylor, British Costume, Prehistoric Animals, Wildlife in Danger, and Tropical Birds; and an Album of Railway Engines by W.D. & H.O. Wills. 473 grams total, 18.5 x 12 - 18.4 x 13.2 cm
Acquired on the UK art market at auction. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
