April 3, 2025: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/3/2025
Offered is one of the true rarities from the famed tobacco era of last quarter of the 19th century and first two decades of the 20th, the massive, oversized 1913-16 Fatima Cigarettes Posters that featured many of the legendary figures of the era. Two of the greatest hurlers in MLB history are pictured on this 12 ½-by-19-inch black-and-white photography, Walter Johnson and Grover Alexander, in a five-panel layout entitled “Advice to Tired Businessmen – Go to the Ball Game” that is neatly complemented by a black-and-white line drawing of the sponsor’s smokes, Piedmont Cigarettes, that offers a nice complement to the photos. This example presents in Very Good condition but has back damage from having been affixed to another surface, along with some pinholes, tiny creases and small tears.
1916 Fatima Cigarettes Johnson and Alexander Oversized Piedmont Poster
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