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LOT 2593
Ten British Cigarette Card Sets
20TH-21ST CENTURY A.D.
9 7/8 x 6 7/8 - 11 x 6 7/8 in. (740 grams total, 25 x 17.6 - 28 x 17.5 cm).
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. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market at auction.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2593
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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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. -
Over 1,000 British Cigarette Cards in Part Sets
20th-21st century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd., Discovering Our Coast, nos. 1-30 and 41-50; Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd., 40 Ways to Play Better Soccer, nos.1-20-40; John Player & Sons, Modern Naval Craft, nos.1-50, with some duplicates; Brooke Bond Tea and Tea Bags, The Sea- our other world, nos. 1-50, two sets of 41-50, three sets of 1-10, one set of 31-50, two sets of 11-30; John Player & Sons, From Plantation to Smoker, nos.11-20; John Player & Sons, Coronation Series, Ceremonial Dress, nos. 1-30, 41-50; Golden Era, Series of Nine Morris Minor, nine cards; W.D. & H.O. Wills, Flowering Trees & Shrubs, nos. 1-50; Modern Naval Craft, nos.2-6, 9-23, 25-27, 30-33, 36, 38-39, 42-50; Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd, Incredible Creatures, Under Tea Ground, nos.1-5, 7-8, 10-11; Grandee, Famous M.G. Marques, nos.1-26; Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd, Incredible Creatures, In The Air, nos. 5, 12-14, 18-24, 26-31, 33-34, 36, 38-39; Coopers Tea, Strange But True, nos.46-50; Tom Thumb, History of Britain's Railways, nos. 1-4, 6; Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd, Unexplained Mysteries of the World, nos. 1-30, two sets of 31-40; Grandee, Britain's Wayside Wildlife, nos.24-29; Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Dimension X Escapade, nos.9-12, 1-10, 1-8, 11-12; Grandee, Britain's Endangered Wildlife, nos.1-2, 4-18, 20-25, 27-32; Treasure Trove, nos.1-3, 5-6, 9, 11-13, 15, 17-19, 21-25, 26-29, 31-32, 34-35, 38-50; Coopers Tea, Strange But True, nos.26-40; Wonders of Wildlife, nos.1-40 with some duplicates; The Doncella Golden Age of Sail, nos.1-12, 14-24; British Lorries, nos.1-5; John Player & Sons, Birds & Their Young, nos. 41-50; From Plantation to Smoker, nos.1-10, 21-25; Texaco Trophy Cricket Cards, 20 cards; The Daily Telegraph, England World Rugby Cup 1995, 18 cards; Small Wonders, nos.1-10, 31-40; John Player & Sons, Birds & Their Young, nos.1-40; British Birds and Their Nests, nos.1-20; Wills's Cigarettes, 1990 reprint, Fish & Bait, nos.1-20, 31-50; Criketers Caricatures by 'RIP', 1997 reprint, nos.1-50; Dandies from Paintings by Christopher Clark, nos.1-50 with some duplicates. 2.2 kg total, 25.5 x 18.2 - 28 x 17.7 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: Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd., Incredible Creatures, full set of 40; W.D. & H.O. Wills, Imperial Tobacco Co., The Sea-Shore, full set of 50; W.D. & H.O. Wills, 1992 reproduction, Railway Engines, full set of 50; John Player & Sons, Coronation Series, Ceremonial Dress, full set of 50; John Player & Sons, Wild Animal's Heads, full set of 50; John Player & Sons, Wild Birds, full set of 50; W.D. & H.O. Wills, 1992 reproduction, Railway Engines, full set of 50; Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd., Brooke Bond Tea and Tea Bags, Prehistoric Animals, full set of 50; Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd., Woodland Wildlife, full set of 40; W.D. & H.O. Wills, Wills's Cigarettes, 1992 reproduction, full set of 50. 844 grams total, 24.8 x 17.5 - 28 x 17.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market at auction. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.