Auction #14 - June 2023

All > Pre-War Gum and Candy

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This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/25/2023

The R36 Fleer Gum Cops and Robbers set was one of Fleer's few issues of the 1930's. The cards pictured oddly named policemen and criminals and have one of what is apparently (5) different colors - beige or black, green, mauve or purple, salmon or dark pink or orange. Below the card itself, was what is known as an evidence tab. The evidence tabs are numbered 1-35 and could be redeemed for an amateur detective badge if all (35) were collected and sent to Fleer.

This lot includes what was previously likely one of the only known "packs" of R36 Fleer Cops and Robbers known. The "pack" was intact with the evidence tab still attached and the (3) sticks of glue attached to the evidence tab. The pack sold at Goldin Auctions and upon receipt of the pack the consignor sent it to PSA to get it graded. In what can only be described as on the more blatant injustices of grading incompetence at PSA, it was separated into two pieces. Ultimately, the consignor was compensated by PSA and what we have here is a VG card and an evidence tab that still has the (3) pieces of gum attached. No "pack" had ever been graded by PSA and this lot continues that tradition.