Auction #18 - October 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/10/2024
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 complete set of R69 Gum Inc Horrors of War cards are generally in VG to EX condition with just a few lesser and quite a few that approach EXMT to NRMT. The color on the cards is fantastic and the backs are clean in almost all circumstances. Seven of the key cards in the set have been graded with the following results: #240 (SGC Auth (Color added)), #277 (SGC Auth (Color added)), #283 (SGC1.5), #284 (SGC5 EX), #285 (SGC Auth (Color Added)), #286 (SGC Auth (Color Added)), #288 (SGC3 VG). Close inspection of the "color added" cards is extremely difficult to discern any color added. The cards that are technically in lower condition still present extremely well. This set overall displays excellently and would be a great addition to any 1930's or 1940's "R" card collection.
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