March 19, 2020: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/19/2020
Offered is a truly striking presentation of the elegant 1910-11 Murad Cigarettes College Series cards, a handsome and consistent complete set of the 5-by-8-inch premiums that are reminiscent of the famed T3 Turkey Red Baseball cabinet cards of the same era. The cabinets feature vivid images of a number of collegiate sports aligned typically with a school pennant and seal, all elements showcased in an attractive gold frame and gold leaf highlights on the school seals and three picturing only the seal and pennant. This scarce and popular issue is presented here in a highly collectible and consistent mostly VG-Ex or better overall grade, with only a handful of cards falling below the range. The issue is dominated by portrayals of track and field athletes (11), but the most sought-after are the half dozen cards picturing baseball, football, hockey and basketball, with the cards from the last two sports being among the earliest known for the hobby. The breakdown: Ex-Mt (3) – No. 5 CCNY, No. 10 Penn State and No. 25 Yale (about 1/8 of an inch short horizontal and vertical); Excellent (7) – No. 2 Brown, No. 14 Syracuse, No. 15 Texas, No. 18 Michigan, No.19 Missouri, No. 22 Denver and No. 23 Washington & Jefferson; VG-Ex (10) – No. 1 Amherst, No. 3 Columbia, No. 6 Dartmouth, No. 7 Fordham, No. 9 NYU, No. 13 Swarthmore, No. 16 California, No. 20 Penn, No. 21 Kansas and No. 24 Williams; Very Good (4) – No. 4 Cornell (cr.), No. 11 Princeton, No. 12 Rochester (cr.) and No. 17 Illinois (cr.); Good – No. 8 Harvard
1910-11 Murad Cigarettes College Series Cabinets Complete Set (25)
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