Auction #2 - June 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/23/2019
No set typifies the 1930's gum card offerings of war and grit and strife more than the R69 Horrors of War set. Issued in 1938, before the United States had entered WWII, the set was printed on sheets of 24 cards with 10 sheets making up the base low number offering. Two sheets or 48 cards made up the high number section for a total of 288 cards. The cards pictured all manner of unspeakable acts from the beginnings of WWII perpetrated by those who would be come the Axis powers of the war.
This lot is for a single graded copy of one of the most iconic cards from the set. The final card from the low series set of 240, card #240, is entitled "The Frightful Cost of War" and pictures the grim reaper on horseback walking with injured soldiers alongside a cemetery as the orange sun sets. The back of the card spells out the cost of war in terms of dollars but more importantly in the impact of the participants lives. The card is in a clean PSA3 VG holder.
R69 Gum Inc Horrors of War #240 Frightful Cost of War PSA-Graded
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