Auction #13 - February 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/26/2023
One of the many oversized sets Duke issued was this 25 card set of "Presidential Possibilities" of 1888. Two of the subjects would eventually become U.S. Presidents--Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and William McKinley of Ohio. Many of the other possibilities are mostly unknown but some were subject pictured on other card sets in the 1880's including Chauncey DePew, James Blain, David Hill and Walter Q Gresham--all pictured in the N567 Newsboy Tobacco set among others. The 25 different subjects represent a number of states with New York (5) and Ohio (4) having the most subjects. The fronts of the cards have nice color busts of the subjects and the backs include a checklist of the cards and advertisement for Duke's popular Honest Long Cut brand.
This lot of (4) N124 Duke Honest Long Cut Presidential Possibilities are in EX to EXMT condition and very clean unless otherwise noted. The subjects are Grover Cleveland of New York (small crease in lower right corner), Joseph R. Hawley of Connecticut (small pencil mark lower right), Jeremiah McL.Rusk of Wisconsin and Walter Q. Gresham of Illinois. Great lot
N124 Duke Honest Long Cut Presidential Possibilities Lot of (4) Cards With Cleveland
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