Spring 2019 Premium Auction Closing May 11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/12/2019
Offered is a 47-card partial set of R25 American Chicle "Thrilling Stories" non-sports cards issued in the 1930s. This production features the exploits of eight different characters; Corporal Blake, Crafty Keen, Flash Brown, Hal Hunter, Mirtho the Clown, Operator No.7, Reckless Steele and Yip Roper. Four of the series' feature eight cards; the other four contain seven cards. The covers mimic miniature books, with the name and volume number listed on the spine. All the pages are intact, and complete. Contents of the partial set includes:
Corporal Blake of the Northwest Mounted (8) - Complete sub-set of 8 cards;
Crafty Keen the Detective (7) - Complete sub-set of 7 cards;
Flash Brown (5) - Partial sub-set of 5 cards. Missing Foiling the Kidnapper, Fight against Death and World Spies;
Hal Hunter Among the Savages (7) - Complete sub-set of 7 cards;
Mirtho the Clown (3) - Partial sub-set of 3 cards. Missing A Fatal Wreck, A Thief in the Dark, A Ferocious Lion Loose and The Battle with the Tramp;
Operator No.7 of the Secret Service (6) - Partial sub-set of 6 cards. Missing Trail of the Bills;
Reckless Steele/Soldier of Fortune (4) - Partial sub-set of 4 cards. Missing War on Gangsters, Desert Bandits, The Man Man and Doomed by the Savage King;
Yip Roper the Young Cowboy (7) - Partial sub-set of 7 cards. Missing The Runaway. Grades 21% EX to NM, 68% VG to VG/EX, 11% lesser.