Auction #8 - June 2021
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/28/2021
The oversized Allen & Ginter cards are beautiful upgrades to the smaller version cards. The oversized cards contain the artwork from the smaller version cards in the field of the card with some ornate graphics added around the inset smaller card. The cards were issued in the larger format 20 cigarette Allen & Ginter packs.
This near set of (40/50) cards from the N40 Allen & Ginter Game Birds large format set represents 80% of a complete set. Lots of large format Allen & Ginter cards are relatively rare and generally represent accumulations from many years of collecting. About 1/3 of the cards in this lot suffer from some form of back issue with paper loss or glue stains or other damage. The other 2/3 of the cards in the lot generally run from VG to EXMT condition, averaging mostly in VGEX. Missing from this lot include the following subjects: American Coot, American White Egret, Brent Goose, Canada Grouse, Great Blue Heron, Green-Winged Teal, Hooded Merganser, Mallard Duck, Pheasant and Yellow-Shank Tattler.
There are few opportunities to get this many of any Allen & Ginter large format set in a single lot long-time Allen & Ginter collectors understand the time and effort required to build these large format sets.
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