Auction #19 - February 23, 2025
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2025
The Mayfair company was a pretty prolific issuer of strip cards in the 1920's. The cards were typically point-of-sale advertising or premiums for likely buying candy. The Mayfair Nursery Rhymes set was a pretty common subject for strip cards of the 1920's. There are at least 2-3 different Nursery Rhyme sets and the subject was used on other trade cards of the day. The sheet contains the following subjects: Little Red Riding Hood, The Old Woman who Lived in the Shoe, Tom the Fiddler, Old Mother Hubbard, Old King Cole, Robin Red Breast, Stole a Pig and Away He Ran, Jack and Jill, Goosey Goosey Gander, Old Mother Goose, Tom the Piper's Son and The Old Mill.
The sheet is in overall EX condition with clean front and yellow hatchmark back.
W500 Mayfair Novelty Nursery Rhymes Sheet of (12) Cards
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