Spring 2020 Premium Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/20/2020
The complete set of 25 cards is presented. This offering consists of a seldom-encountered, full-set assembly of Kinney Bros.'s tribute to history's "Leaders." These artistically refined, 1-3/8" x 2-3/4" tobacco insert cards reveal lithographic, portrait images of 25 deservedly famous people, their likenesses showcased beautifully against individual fields of pure white; a checklist of subjects appears on each card's reverse. The roster includes: Alexander the Great, Miss Mary Anderson, Marie Antoinette, Joan D'Arc, Julius Caesar, Catherine II Russia, Empress Eugenie, Com. Farragut, Gen. U.S. Grant, La Fayette, Gen. R.E. Lee, Mme. Recamier, Mme. De Stael, Napoleon, Lord Nelson, Jenny Lind, Louisa of Germany, Marshal Ney, Mary Queen of Scots, Patti, Gen. Scobeloff, Gen. Winfield Scott, George Washington, Martha Washington and Wellington. Grades 44% EX to EX/MT, 20% VG to VG/EX, 36% lesser.