1938 GUM INC. HORRORS OF WAR COMPLETE CARD SET (288) CGC GRADED.
Item Description
2.5x3.25". Complete set of 288. ©1938. ACC# R69. Originally developed as a 240 card set about the second Sino-Japanese War, the second Italo-Ethiopian War and the Spanish Civil War, the company added a second series of 48 cards illustrating the rise of Adolf Hitler, Nazi Germany and the beginnings of World War II. Each card front has choice full color art with often incredibly violent and intense graphics depicting the ravages of conflict and other war settings, with detailed text on the reverse. The CGC grades for the set breakdown as follows- 8 NM-Mint(6), 7 NM(14), 6.5 EX-NM+(3), 6 EX-NM(26), 5.5 EX+(27), 5 EX(62), 4.5 VG-EX+(52), 4 VG-EX(50), 3.5 VG+(19), 3 VG(26) and 2.5 Good+(3). Total GPA of the set is 4.7, which in comparison to the PSA set registry, it would rank approximately fifth highest there. A rare opportunity to acquire a fully graded set and with a total of 15 cards in elusive high grades of 7 NM and 8 NM-Mint. John Grossman Collection. See the following seven related lots.
Grades and number of cards per are as follows-
8 NM-Mint- #'s 58, 75, 156, 161, 176, 178
7 NM- #'s 6, 19, 22, 24, 49, 65, 80, 91, 104, 113, 130, 143, 189, 221
6.5 EX-NM+- #'s 70, 135, 146
6 EX-NM- #'s 4, 10, 13, 14, 16, 33, 37, 38, 40, 48, 52, 53, 54, 68, 79, 95, 117, 123, 152, 171, 172, 181, 196, 204, 216, 238
5.5 EX+- #'s 2, 12, 18, 20, 30, 36, 57, 66, 74, 85, 94, 96, 115, 118, 120, 132, 170, 182, 191, 205, 213, 217, 222, 232, 233, 248, 270
5 EX- #'s 3, 7, 9, 11, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 42, 44, 46, 56, 59, 61, 62, 69, 77, 81, 92, 93, 99, 100, 101, 105, 125, 133, 134, 140, 153, 155, 158, 160, 166, 169, 174, 179, 185, 188, 193, 198, 203, 206, 208, 209, 212, 225, 227, 234, 235, 242, 251, 255, 256, 263, 266, 267, 273
4.5 VG-EX+- #'s 8, 17, 27, 39, 41, 43, 45, 51, 63, 78, 82, 83, 102, 103, 107, 109, 119, 122, 148, 150, 151, 163, 173, 180, 184, 186, 192, 194, 201, 202, 207, 210, 214, 215, 219, 224, 226, 229, 230, 239, 240, 243, 247, 253, 258, 271, 274, 278, 279, 281, 284, 285
4 VG-EX- #'s 1, 4, 15, 50, 55, 60, 67, 72, 76, 84, 87, 89, 98, 106, 108, 110, 111, 114, 121, 124, 126, 127, 128, 131, 139, 145, 157, 165, 168, 183, 197, 199, 200, 211, 223, 231, 236, 237, 241, 244, 245, 254, 259, 262, 265, 269, 272, 275, 283, 286
3.5 VG+- #'s 64, 73, 88, 90, 136, 141, 144, 149, 154, 159, 167, 175, 187, 190, 228, 249, 277, 280, 282
3 VG- #'s 21, 47, 71, 86, 97, 112, 116, 129, 137, 138, 142, 162, 164, 177, 195, 218, 220, 250, 252, 257, 260, 261, 264, 268, 276, 287
2.5 Good+- #'s 147, 246, 288
