Spring 2019 Premium Auction Closing May 11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/12/2019
Offered is a 141-card partial master set of Fleer "Cops and Robbers" non-sports cards issued in the 1930s. Each card has had the "evidence tab" removed. These tabs were once attached to the top border of each card and could be redeemed for prizes, resulting in cards with tabs a challenge to obtain for modern hobbyists. Each subject can be found with one of six different background colors (Red, Green, Purple, Orange, Gray/Brown and Rust) and subjects include such colorful characters as Pinto Pete, Shifty Sam, Bruiser Bill, Terry the Terror, Gaston-the Gorilla, Dead Eye Dick and Hong Kong Wow. Includes:
Red (16/35) - #'s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 17, 20, 23, 24, 26 and 27;
Green (29/35) - Missing #'s 2, 3, 10, 13, 17 and 29;
Purple (19/35) - #'s 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 38 and 34;
Orange (29/35) - Missing #'s 24, 26, 28, 31, 32 and 34;
Gray/Brown (30/35) - Missing #'s 7, 21, 29, 32 and 33;
Rust (18/35) - #'s 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 33 and 35. Overall, the cards grade 14% VG to VG/EX (few slightly nicer), 20% GD to GD/VG, 66% lesser (including a handful trimmed; many of the cards in the lesser category have writing on them).