November 30, 2017: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/30/2017
While the baseball issues of the period command the spotlight, the very same tobacco companies also produced a wide range of truly striking nonsport offerings, typically with elegant, colorful paintings that depicted everything – and everyone – from actors, Indians, birds, animals, cowboys and, in this case, a marvelous compilation of American Lighthouses that dotted the American shoreline. The 2 1/2-by-3 ¼-inch beauties housed in nine-pocket sheets and a binder are found here in a fairly consistent presentation, mostly Very Good to Excellent, with a few below.
1911 T77 Hassan American Lighthouse Series Partial Set (31/50)
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