Winter 2020 Catalog Auction Ending Feb 22
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2020
Eight different complete sets are presented. Each of these colorful issues offers a cavalcade of the most memorable cinematic scenes from the first third of the twentieth century, and, in so doing, captures some of the period's most prominent Hollywood stars. The sets and a few of their highlights include:
1925 Rothmans Ltd. "Cinema Stars" Complete Set (24) - a black-and-white photo set, including #'s 6 Norma Talmadge, 11 Lillian Gish and 19 Jackie Coogan.
1934 Abdulla & Co. "Cinema Stars" Complete Set (32) - a hand-tinted, black-and-white photo set, including #'s 1 Gary Cooper, 6 William Powell, 10 Greta Garbo, 11 Joan Crawford, 17 Harold Lloyd and 31 Buster Keaton.
1935 Gallaher Ltd. "Famous Film Scenes" Complete Set (48) - including #'s 7 W.C. Fields, 8 Carole Lombard, 9 Laurel & Hardy, 26 Douglas Fairbanks, 39 Gary Cooper/Shirley Temple and 45 Ginger Rogers/Fred Astaire.
1935 Gallaher Ltd. "Film Partners" Complete Set (48) - including #'s 10 Gary Cooper/Joan Crawford, 11 Clark Gable/Joan Crawford, 15 Myrna Loy/Cary Grant, 19 George Burns/Gracie Allen, 39 William Powell/Jean Harlow and 47 George Raft/Carole Lombard.
1938 Ogden's Ltd. "Actors, Natural and Character Studies" Complete Set (50) - including #'s 14 W.C. Fields, 27 Boris Karloff and 40 Laurence Olivier.
1938 John Player & Sons "Film Stars - Third Series" Complete Set (50) - including #'s 3 Fred Astaire, 8 Gary Cooper, 9 Joan Crawford, 10 Bette Davis, 15 Errol Flynn, 22 Vivien Leigh, 24 Laurence Olivier, 45 James Stewart and 48 Spencer Tracy.
1939 Gallaher Ltd. "My Favourite Part" Complete Set (48) - including #'s 12 Errol Flynn/"Robin Hood," 13 Judy Garland/"Wizard of Oz," 15 Vivien Leigh, 16 Greta Garbo, 17 Spencer Tracy, 18 Joan Crawford, 22 Laurence Olivier, 24 Clark Gable, 26 Olivia De Havilland and 46 Bette Davis.
1939 Godfrey V. Phillips Ltd. "Famous Love Scenes" Complete Set (36) - including #'s 1 Greta Garbo, 3 Errol Flynn/Olivia DeHavilland, 5 Joan Crawford, 6 Greta Garbo, 10 Laurence Olivier/Vivian Leigh, 16 Marlene Dietrich, 17 Joan Crawford/Spencer Tracy, 19 Greta Garbo, 23 James Stewart, 24 Clark Gable/Myrna Loy, 26 Clark Gable, 28 James Stewart and 32 Clark Gable/Myrna Loy.
The sets grade EX to NM or finer (a few cards lesser).