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LOT 2587
Ten British Cigarette Card Sets
20TH-21ST CENTURY A.D.
9 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. (850 grams total, 25.2 x 18 cm each).
Comprising: Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd, Inventors & Inventions, cards issued with all Brooke Bond tea and tea bags, a full set of 50; Wills's Cigarettes, W.D. & H.O. Wills, issued by the Imperial Tobacco co, Life in the Tree Tops, full set of 50; Wills's Cigarettes, W.D. & H.O. Wills, authorised reprint, 1991, Fish & Bait, nos.1-50; Brooke Bond Oxo Limited, Small Wonders, nos.1-30; Wills's Cigarettes, W.D. & H.O. Wills, Gardening Hints, full set of 50; Tom Thumb, History of British Aviation, issued by John Player & Sons, Imperial Tobacco Ltd, full set of 30; Grandee, British Mammals, full set of 30; W.A. & A.C. Churchman, issued by the Imperial Tobacco Co., Treasure Trove, a full set of 50; Grandee, British Birds Collection, full set of 32; W.D. & H.O. Wills, Imperial Tobacco Limited, Embassy, World of Speed, full set of 36. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market at auction.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2587
Ten British Cigarette Card Sets
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: Brooke Bond Foods Ltd, Olympic Challenge 1992, full set of 40; Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd, Brooke Bond Tea and Tea Bags, History of Aviation, full set of 50; John Player & Sons, Imperial Tobacco, Tom Thumb, History of Britain's Railways, full set of 30; John Player & Sons, Imperial Tobacco Ltd, The Doncella History of the V.C., full set of 24; John Player & Sons, Struggle for Existence, full set of 25; Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd., Brooke Bond Tea and Tea Bags, Inventors & Inventins, full set of 50; W.D. & H.O. Wills, Branch of The Imperial Tobacco Co., Garden Flowers, full set of 50; Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd., Brooke Bond Tea and Tea Bags, Adventurers & Explorers, full set of 50; Golden Era, Classic British Motor Cycles of the 1950s & 1960s, nos.1-24; Brooke Bond Tea and Tea Bags, Trees in Britain, full set of 50. 788 grams total, 25 x 18 - 28 x 17.5 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: Wrights Biscuits Limited, South Shields, Marvels of the World, full set of 24; W.D. & H.O. Wills, Wills's Cigarettes, Flower Culture in Pots, full set of 50; Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd, Wonders of Wildlife, nos.11-50 with two sets of nos. 41-50; W.A. & A.C. Churchman, 1993, Prominent Golfers, full set of 50; Cope Bros. & Co. Ltd, 'A Nostalgia reprint', Cope's Golfers, full set of 50; Grandee, Britain's Endangered Wildlife, nos. 1-30 (including some duplicates; Grandee, British Birds Collection, full set of 32; Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd, 40 Ways to Play Better Soccer, full set of 40; Brooke Bond Foods Ltd, The Magical World of Disney, two full sets of 25 cards. 743 grams total, 25.5 x 18 - 27.5 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.
