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Lot 607

[CIGARETTE CARDS]. A Group of Various Cigarette Cards of Ac...

Estimate: $100 - $200

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[CIGARETTE CARDS]. A Group of Various Cigarette Cards of Actors, Actresses, or Stage Characters. [V.p., ca. 1900s-1940s]. Cards with color portraits of mostly performers on fronts, advertising text on versos. Cards approximately 2 x 3? and smaller. Some wear, soiling, occasional scuffing, creasing (all ungraded). Cards include: ?Actors Series? by ?Between the Acts? Little Cigars cards (49 cards), ?Gilbert and Sullivan Series? by Player?s Cigarettes (22 cards), ?Actress Series? by Fatima (15 cards) and Richmond (11 cards), ?Film Stars? by Player?s Cigarettes. Some of the performers featured include Richard Mansfield, Joseph Jefferson, Sir Henry Irving, George M. Cohan, Edwin Booth, David Belasco, Maurice Berrymore, Fred Astaire, Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and many more.