April 3, 2025: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/3/2025
Presented are four examples from 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. This group of four posters includes images of the 1916 Brooklyn Robins and MLB notables Gavvy Cravath, Pat Moran, Hank Gowdy, Jake Daubert, Elbie Fletcher and Larry Doyle, all elegantly pictured in the 12 ½-by-19-inch black-and-white photography that is neatly complemented by a full-color image of a pack of the sponsor’s smokes that seemingly accents the elegance of the piece (the Cravath piece is Star Tobacco). These examples present in mostly Fair condition (Moran/Gowdy/Daubert is Good), but all have significance back damage from having been affixed to another surface, along with some pinholes, moisture wrinkles and creases and small tears.
1916 Fatima Cigarettes Posters With Doyle, Cravath and Moran (4)
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