Auction #8 - June 2021
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/28/2021
The R158 Gum Inc Uncle Sam : Home Defense set is the followup set to the R157 Gum Inc Uncle Sam set. The set picks up with card #97 and there are (48) total cards in the set. The second group of (24) cards--numbering #121-#144 are significantly tougher than the lower numbered cards. The cards feature similar artwork to the first 96 cards of Uncle Sam.
This lot contains the original artwork for card #118 in the R158 Uncle Sam set. The card is titled "Public Shelter" The artwork is pen and ink on a board and the actual artwork is slightly larger than the finished card with the outer size of the board being 8.5 x 10 inches. The artwork is covered by the original glassine or wax paper and is in good overall condition. The color for the artwork is applied on the outer part of the glassine. The back of the artwork has some pencil marks in the middle and a strip of what appears to have been glue around the top where it was likely included in some type of album or story board. Like the other original artwork piece in the auction from the R69 Horrors of War set, it can't be stressed enough how rare it is to find original artwork from 1930's sets. The are a little slice of Americana and give us insight into how our collectibles were created.
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