Auction #2 - June 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/23/2019
S.F. Hess Tobacco was one of the multitude of tobacco companies that produced real albumen photo trading cards during the 1880's into 1890's. In addition to the actress cards, they also issued tough baseball cards of major leaguers, California league players and an odd set of "Newsboys". Most of the Hess series, including their full color chromolithographed sets, are more difficult to find than are the contemporary cards from A&G, Duke, Kinney and Kimball. Hess brands incliuded Creole cigarettes, Diadem, Railroad and others.
This lot contains (16) cards from the N330 S.F. Hess Actress series. The condition composition on the lot includes (10) cards that are in VGEX to EX condition and very clean, (3) cards that are poor condition and skinned from their thick backing to leave only the albumen photo and (3) additional cards that have been skinned from the thick backing and re-adhered to larger pieces of paper.
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