Auction #6 - October 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/25/2020
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 R722-8 group covers the boxes for Wild West Adventures. The set pictures scenes and characters associated with the Wild West like Wild Bill Hickock, Buffalo Bill and others. At 24 subjects, the R722-8 set is the largest of the Novel Package box series of cards.
This lot is for a lot of (5) R722-8 Novel Package Wild West Adventures cards including the following subjects #2 Wild Bill Hickock, #3 Kit Carson, #6 Billy the Kid, #17 Tom Smith and #24 Annie Oakley. Other than the Tom Smith card in Poor condition, the other (4) cards are in VGEX to EX condition and very nice.
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