Auction #3 - October 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/27/2019
The R722 classification has been expanded to include (31) sets according to non-sport.com. The classification covers candy boxes with perforated cards meant to be punched out and collected into sets. Most are or were issued by the Novel or Leader Novelty companies of New York. Most sets contain (12) different subjects or boxes and generally they have some narrative and number printed on the back of the card or inside of the box.
The R722-22 group covers the boxes for Humphrey's Lunch Mobile. The cards on the back of this series picture Famous Fighters of U.S. History. It appears the series has been printed a couple times. There is a horizontal panel printing that is mostly in red tones and a vertical panel printing that is mostly in yellow/orange tones. Non-sport.com has cataloged (4) subjects and the John Paul Jones subject in this lot makes that total (5).
This lot is for a single complete R722-22 Humphrey's Lunch Mobile box for the subject John Paul Jones. The box is still fully intact and in about VG condition with just a couple blemishes. Phenomenal piece of candy and gum history from the mid-20th century.
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