Inaugural January 2019 Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/27/2019
The R21 Ripley's Believe it or Not set is a 48 card set issued in 1937 by Wolverine Gum of Detroit, Michigan. The first 24 numbers are considered the low numbers and last 24 are high numbers. The low number set is relatively easy to complete and the high numbers are very difficult to complete. Ripley's Believe it or Not started in 1918 by Robert Ripley with facts, in some cases, so extraordinary that they were difficult to believe. They were often very dark in nature and included such topics as death, dismemberment and other atrocities. The entire goal was to shock the viewer using hyperbole and make them think. There are other lots in the auction containing a complete low number set and a lot of four high numbers.
This lot contains the wrapper from the popular set which, while available occasionally, is one of the scarcer wrappers from the mainstream "R" sets. This wrapper is in Fair to Good condition and, while it does display nicely, does exhibit a number of wear spots which have rubbed holes in the wrapper primarily at the corners of where it would have held cards. The wrapper does retain its vibrant coloring and phenomenal graphics.
R21 Believe it or Not Wrapper
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