1934 GOUDEY BIG THRILL CHEWING GUM BOOKLETS COMPLETE SET WITH BUCK ROGERS CGC GRADED.
Item Description
2-3/8x2-7/8". Set of 24. ACC# R24. Each is an eight page booklet w/great cover art, story text is accompanied by both bw and full color illustrations. There are four subsets w/six booklets per subset for: Buck Rogers, Buck Jones, Dick Tracy and Tailspin Tommy. The CGC grades for the set breakdown as follows - 6 EX-NM (2), 5 EX (4), 4 VG-EX (3), 3.5 VG+ (2), 3 VG (5), 2.5 Good+ (6) and 2 Good (2). Rarely offered as a complete set. See previous lot for rare wrapper. John Grossman Collection.
Grades are as follows-
Buck Rogers subset:
Thwarting Ancient Demons- 6 EX/NM, A One-Man Army- 2 Good, An Aerial Derelict- 5 EX, The Fight Beneath the Sea- 5 EX, A Handful of Trouble- 4 VG/EX, Collecting Human Specimens- 2.5 Good+.
Buck Jones subset:
A Timely Arrival- 5 EX, A Murder Mystery- 6 EX/NM, Shot from Ambush- 3 VG, Hand to Hand Struggle- 3.5 VG+, A Den of Wolves- 2.5 Good+, Avenging Secret Service- 2.5 Good+.
Dick Tracy subset:
Saved in the Nick of Time- 2 Good, Valuable Information- 2.5 Good+, Vault of Death- 3 VG, Cross-Country Race- 2.5 Good+, Uncovers the Dope Ring- 2.5 Good+, Smashes the Bombing Racket- 3 VG.
Tailspin Tommy subset:
The Smugglers' Last Flight- 3 VG, The Jump into Mystery- 4 VG/EX, Trailing the Bank Bandits- 3.5 VG+, The Woman in Black- 4 VG/EX, The Doomed Express- 3 VG, The Battle in the Air- 5 EX.
