Auction #13 - February 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/26/2023
The Allen & Ginter Editors set of the late 1880's conveyed just how much importance was placed on the power of the pen. Many of the editors pictured in the set were some of the most powerful men in the United States at the time. Pulizter, Belo and many more. The 50 card set employed great lithography and the cards were numbered on the back. This set, like some of the other A&G sets, seems to have used possibly some type of coating on the front which make them susceptible to flaking of the surface. The second half of the larger format set in this lot seems to be prohibitively more difficult than the first half to obtain. There is no reason to explain this, but many advanced collections are missing a number of cards in the 26-50 range.
This pair of N35 Allen & Ginter American Editors large format cards include the following subjects: #28 Page McCarty (EX looking but with pinhole top center and very clean back) and #42 Rothaker (poor condition with paper loss on about 30% of the back of the card.
N35 Allen & Ginter American Editors Lot of (2) Cards
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