Auction #5 - June 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/28/2020
The N563 Patterson Tobacco Lucky Strike set is what is believed to be a set of (5) cards but could possibly be more. The cards are larger than most 19th century tobacco cards, measuring in at 2-3/4" by 4-1/8" in size. They're printed on typical trade card type stock and picture children. The backs of the cards have advertisement for R.A.Patterson Tobacco Company of Richmond, Virginia and their "Lucky Strike" brand. Lucky Strike was a brand that started here as plug tobacco but evolved into a cigarette company by the early turn of the 20th century. The cigarettes were some of the best selling cigarettes of the 1930's and 1940's. Although the Lucky Strike brand is still active today, it is owned by a British tobacco concern.
This lot is for a group of (4) Lucky Strikc cards from the N563 series that are in VG to VGEX condition and generally clean. The four pictured cards are the only (4) pictured at www.non-sport.com in the checklist database although they note a fifth, unpictured subject titled "woman with long hair, red hat". These cards are rarely seen, so to get a group of four that represents the lion's share of the set is a great opportunity for an advanced 19th century card collector to add a difficult near-set to their collection.
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