Auction #4 - January 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/26/2020
Buchner Gold Coin Tobacco issued a number of sets of cards during the 1880's/1890's that have come to be very collectible today. In addition to the baseball cards that are so well known, Buchner issued cards of Police and Firefighters in both the N284 and N288 series. In addition to the cards, Buchner also issued a set of 200 bifold subjects called Offenders and Defenders or N283.
The set pictured both criminals (offenders) and police (defenders) and are particularly difficult to find. They're printed on thin paper and were gathered to be redeemed towards one of Buchner's many redemption offers. In addition to the Offenders and Defenders cards, there is a matching hardbound album that they produced that pictures all 200 of the subjects with similar artwork. As the only known bound album from the Tobacco issuers, the Offenders and Defenders album, classified A70, is frequently found in better shape than most of the other tobacco albums.
This lot is for a single N283 Buchner Gold Coin Defenders and Offenders of Alfred Clegg. The booklet has been separated at the center but is extremely difficult to find in any condition.
N283 Buchner Gold Coin Defenders and Offenders - Alfred Clegg
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