Auction #18 - October 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/10/2024
The R21 Ripley's Believe it or Not set is a 48 card set issued in 1937 by Wolverine Gum of Detroit, Michigan. The first 24 numbers are considered the low numbers and last 24 are high numbers. The low number set is relatively easy to complete and the high numbers are very difficult to complete. Ripley's Believe it or Not started in 1918 by Robert Ripley with facts, in some cases, so extraordinary that they were difficult to believe. They were often very dark in nature and included such topics as death, dismemberment and other atrocities. The entire goal was to shock the viewer using hyperbole and make them think.
This lot of (12) R21 Wolverine Gum Believe it or Not cards are in fantastic condition but about 1/2 of them are about 1/16" to 1/8" narrow or tight top to bottom. The group makes an excellent looking group to start a clean set with and represents 1/2 of the complete low-number set.
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