Auction #15 - October 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/29/2023
The R128 Western Strip card set is a 48 card set picturing cowboys and Indians and scenes of Western life. The set can be found in two different numbering schemes--1-48 and 201-248. The series two is the 201-248 and contains the same subjects as the series one but just a different numbering scheme. The set pictures famous cowboys like Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill Hickock, Jessee James, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone and Kit Carson among others. Scenes like Bronco Busting, Bull Dogging, Stampede, Stage Coach and Custer's Last Stand are also part of the set. And finally, famous Indians like Sitting Bull, Pontiac, Red Jacket and Tecumseh round out the subjects. The artwork, in most cases, is a more primitive version of the R73 Goudey cards of the same titles. Most of the photos have been reversed from the orientation of the Goudey examples. The backs of the cards are printed in blue with the card number and title printed on the back.
The R129 series of 48 Western Strip cards were published sometime in the mid-to-late 1930’s and were likely a point of sale premium for some type of candy or gum product. As with many of the strip card sets of the same time, they were printed in strips of eight cards and were made to be cut or torn apart. The cards are numbered 300-347 and contain some similar subjects to the R128-2 series that is also in this auction as well as some of the R73 Goudey Indian gum subjects. Some of the famous Indians include Geronimo and Samoset among others. Some of the famous Americans in the set include Andrew Jackson, John Paul Jones and Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Grant, among others. Some famous event cards in the set include the Declaration of Independence, Washington Crossing Delaware and the Discovery of the Mississippi.
This mixed lot of (24) R128/R129 Strip cards are in Fair to EX condition, averaging around VGEX.
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