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← Sporting Memorabilia 7th & 8th September 2021

Good album of cigarette cards featuring horse racing, ranging from mid-19th century to 1930s, including seven rare and early cards entitled Famous

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Unsold
Estimated Price:

£250 - £350

Good album of cigarette cards featuring horse racing, ranging from mid-19th century to 1930s, including seven rare and early cards entitled Famous Running Horses, published 1889 and issued, interestingly, by Kinney Bros. Tobacco Co. of New York although the horses depicted are all Epsom Derby winners (7 from a set of 25, some duplication), Derby Winners of the mid 19th and early 20th century, published 1913 by F&J Smith (19/50), Racing Caricatures by Players, issued 1925 (25/40), 1936 Famous Jockeys by Gallaher (23/48), Derby Winners by Smith's Glasgow Mixture, late 19th century (7/50), plus full sets of series including Winners on the Turf 1925 by Alexander Boguslavsky (25/25) plus a few from larger edition (7/25), 1926 Racehorses by John Player & Son (25/25), 1928 Derby Entrants by Ogden's (50/50), 1929 Derby Entrants by Ogden's (50/50), 1931 Australian Racehorses by Muratti Sons & Co., London (7/24) and three odds from same series, four sets of 1933 Derby and Grand National Winners by Players (50/50); two sets of 1933 Derby and Grand National Winners (Transfers) by Players, two sets of 1934 Prominent Racehorses of 1933 by Hignett Bros & Co (50/50), 1938 Racing Scenes by Gallaher (48/48), Owners Racing Colours & Jockeys by Ogden's (50/50), all good, clean condition in slip-cased pages, some duplication