The Jacques Laperriere Auction - Fall 2008
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/21/2008
This wonderful group of 20 cigarette cards includes five 2” x 3” cards from British cigarette brands. Will’s Embassy cigarettes card No. 36 of a set of 48 features Lou Bates of the Wembley Lions, and No. 37 is Joe Beaton of the Richmond Hawks. G.A. Johnson is card No. 89 in a series of 96 “Sporting Events and Stars” while No. 31 is a shot of action from a game at Wembley Arena, which is also the scene of card No. 13 from another set of 48 by Senior Service Cigarettes. Among a group of yet smaller cards is a team photo of the Montreal Victorias, No. 9 in a series of 50 by Lambert and Butler from “The World of Sport”. Duke Campbell is No. 46 in a set of 50 cards by Turf Cigarettes and Les Anning is No. 44, while a color Alexander Hill card is no. 12 of a series of 50 by R. & J. Hill, Ltd. A group of 10 German cigarette cards has names and set numbers on the reverse. Five international team photos including the United States (No. 197), Czechoslovakia (209), Germany (200), Austria (205) and Poland (210), and five individual photos of international players Cetkovsky (199),Malecek (196), Pusbauer (207), Dorasil (193) and Johanson (201). A Russian card with a drawing of two opposing players completes this lot.
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