Auction #20 - June 2025
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/13/2025
The R21 Ripley's Believe it or Not set is a 48 card set issued in 1937 by Wolverine Gum of Detroit, Michigan. The first 24 numbers are considered the low numbers and last 24 are high numbers. The low number set is relatively easy to complete and the high numbers are very difficult to complete. Ripley's Believe it or Not started in 1918 by Robert Ripley with facts, in some cases, so extraordinary that they were difficult to believe. They were often very dark in nature and included such topics as death, dismemberment and other atrocities. The entire goal was to shock the viewer using hyperbole and make them think.
This R21 Wolverine Gum Believe it or Not Near Complete Set of (44/48) Cards largely falls between Fair and VGEX with most in the GVG to VG range. The near set is very uniform and is only missing #31, #32, #33 and #47. One of the most interesting sets of the 1930's and 1940's, this lot represents a near set of these popular cards.
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