Opening Day Auction Closing May 9th
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/10/2015
Each card has been graded or assessed by PSA. Presented is a 50-card complete set of N76 "Great Americans" non-sports cards issued by Duke Cigarettes in 1888. With its 2.76 GPA, this assembly merits "#3 Current Finest" placement on the PSA Set Registry! This set is popular among non-sports collectors due to it's subject content (notable names include Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington), and it's incredible artwork and detailed lithography. Includes: Graded
PSA EX-MT 6: 1 card, Franklin (MC);
PSA EX 5: 8 cards w/Grant, Greeley, Key, Stanley, Girard (MC), Hamilton (MK), Poe (MC) and Sheridan (MC);
PSA VG-EX+ 4.5: 2 cards w/P. Cooper and Jones;
PSA VG-EX 4: 8 cards w/J. Cooper, Hancock, Howe, Morse, Scott, Lincoln (MC), Logan (MK) and Longfellow (MK);
PSA VG+ 3.5: 1 card, Forrest;
PSA VG 3: 5 cards w/Barrett, Beecher/Facing Right, Irving, Wayne and Webster;
PSA GD+ 2.5: 9 cards w/Booth, Garfield, Hawthorne, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Seward, Smith and Sumner;
PSA GD 2: 13 cards w/Adams, Clay, Edison, Ericsson, Fulton (MC), Holmes (MC), Kane, Payne, Penn, Washington, Webster, West and Whittier;
PSA Authentic: 3 cards w/Clemens, Farragut and Henry. The lower graded cards present nicer than their technical grades suggest, but were downgraded due to glue/glue residue on the backs.