Auction #3 - October 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/27/2019
The Duke N99 Battle Scenes series is a beautifully artistic take on a brutally ugly war. The Civil War had just wrapped up a little over 20 years earlier and was a popular topic to revisit in many advertising campaigns throughout the US. It was very much so on Duke tobacco advertising with a number of sets devoted to Civil War heroes and this set, picturing scenes of the Civil War. This set depicts numerous cards of generals on horseback, charging into battle, muskets blazing. Also pictured are the Monitor and Merrimac in their epic battle. The 25 card set can be found with either Honest Long Cut or Gail and Ax back advertising, neither of which commands any significant premium. The backs detail the battle depicted on the front with main combatants listed as well as a narrative of the events of the battle. The bottom half of the card checklists the 25 cards in the set in a pyramid of titles.
PSA is notoriously difficult grading the oversized Duke and Allen & Ginter cards and PSA3-PSA5 should be considered the midgrade on these cards. These two are squarely in that range at PSA4 VGEX and the titles include: Farragut Passing the Forts and Foote Supporting Assault on Fort... Both cards have clean vibrant colored fronts and darkly-printed backs.
N99 Duke & Sons Battle Scenes Pair of PSA4 VG-EX Graded Cards
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