Auction #16 - February 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/25/2024
The N375 Ellis Tobacco Breeds of Dogs series is a set of (25) cards issued by Ellis Tobacco with three different brands of their cigarettes--Triplex, Bengals Cheroots and Tiger cigarettes. The cards in the set can be found with bottom front advertising for each of these three brands offering up a total of (75) different variations for the set. Arguably the most beautiful dog cards of the 19th century tobacco cards, this set is very popular with collectors.
This complete N375 Ellis set has been completely graded by PSA and is currently #1 current finest on the PSA registry. The (25) cards range between 2.0 and 5.5 in grade and are clean and colorful. The overall grade on the set is 3.7 or somewhere between a VG+ and VG-EX average range. Within the set composition, there are (19) Tiger-branded cards, (3) Triplex-branded and (3) Bengal-Branded cards. The by-grade composition of the set is as follows: PSA5.5 EX+ (3 cards), PSA5 EX (2 cards), PSA4.5 VG-EX+ (2 cards), PSA4 VG-EX (4 cards), PSA3.5 VG+ (2 cards), PSA3 VG (9 cards), PSA2.5 Good+ (2 cards) and PSA2 Good (1 card). Absolutely amazing set rarely seen in complete form much less fully graded by PSA.
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