2020 Late December Auction Closing January 3
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/3/2021
Five complete sets – containing a total of 186 cards – are presented. These fascinating collectibles display photographic celebrity likenesses covering a wide spectrum of early 20th Century Hollywood talent. Condition range is generally EX/MT to NM or finer (a few cards lesser). The quintet includes:
1925 Godfrey Phillips Ltd. "Cinema Stars - Black & White" Complete Set (30) - Highlights include: #'s 5 Fay Wray, 6 Clara Bow, 8 Greta Garbo, 21 Richard Dix, 24 Janet Gaynor, 27 Norma Shearer, 28 Bebe Daniels;
1929 Carreras Ltd. "Paramount Stars" Complete Set (27) - Highlights include: #'s 1 Bebe Daniels, 3 Fay Wray, 5 Gary Cooper, 7 Jack Holt, 12 Clara Bow, 14 W.C. Fields, 25 Wallace Beery, 26 Noah Beery;
1929 Nicholas Sarony & Co. "Cinema Studies" Complete Set (25) - Highlights include: #'s 2 Delores Del Rio, 3 William Desmond, 6 Richard Talmadge, 12 Constance Bennett, 19 Jack Hoxie;
1934 United Kingdom Tobacco Co. (Anon.) "Cinema Stars" Complete Set (50) - Highlights include: #'s 2 Marlene Dietrich, 5 Carole Lombard, 9 Claudette Colbert, 13 Harold Lloyd, 14 George Raft, 17 Jimmy Durante, 20 Joan Crawford, 24 Lionel Barrymore, 27 Norma Shearer, 31 Warner Baxter, 34 Jackie Cooper, 35 Clara Bow, 37 Jean Harlow, 40 Clark Gable, 44 Garbo, 49 Janet Gaynor, 50 Zasu Pitts;
1937 John Sinclair Ltd. "Film Stars" Complete Set (54) - #'d 55-108. Highlights include: #'s 55 Marshall/Garbo, 67 Brent/Garbo, 67 Raft/Lombard, 72 Grant/Landi, 73 Fonda/Sidney, 74 Powell/Russell, 77 MacMurray/Hepburn, 78 Temple/Leroy, 83 Gable/Bennett, 85 Joan Bennett, 86 Crosby/Carlisle, 89 March/Garbo, 90 Garbo/Bartholomew, 93 Greta Garbo, 94 Astaire/Rogers, 95 Henry Fonda, 102 Bing Crosby, 104 March/Garbo, 106 Astaire/Rogers, 107 Cooper/Dietrich, 108 Tracy/Harlow.