Spring 2020 Premium Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/20/2020
Each card has been graded by PSA. Presented is a 48-card complete set of R21 Wolverine Gum "Ripley's Believe it or Not" non-sports cards issued in 1937. With its 3.18 GPA, this assembly merits "#4 Current Finest" placement on the PSA Set Registry! Advanced collectors have toiled for years to locate and acquire single cards, especially the rare "High Numbers" (#'s 25-48), from this classic 1930s issue. One of only two card sets produced by the obscure Wolverine Gum Company of Detroit, Michigan, this colorful product features scenes and situations from the "Ripley's Believe It or Not" archives of Robert Ripley. The cards' subjects include such titles as "The Tower of Skulls," "The Ship That Shot Itself," and "Dead Man Wins a Fight," and the widely sought-after card number 34 pictures the great boxer, John L. Sullivan. Includes: Graded
PSA EX-MT 6: 4 cards w/#'s 15, 18 (MC), 21 and 24;
PSA EX+ 5.5: 1 card, #11;
PSA EX 5: 8 cards w/#'s 3, 7, 8, 19, 22, 46, 47 and 48;
PSA VG-EX 4: 9 cards w/#'s 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 20, 23, 26 and 27;
PSA VG 3: 5 cards w/#'s 1, 2, 14, 16 and 31;
PSA GD 2: 8 cards w/#'s 13, 17, 30, 32, 39, 42, 43 and 45;
PSA FR 1.5: 10 cards w/#'s 10, 28, 29, 33, 34, 37, 38, 40, 41 and 44;
PSA PR 1: 3 cards w/#'s 25, 35 and 36 (MC).