"WAR NEWS PICTURES" GUM CARD STORE SIGN.
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Winning Bid:
$2,087.25 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
13
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, June 5, 2008 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, June 5, 2008 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction 194 - Part II
Item numbers 881 though 2534 in auction 194
Value Code:
J - $700 to $1,000 Help Icon
Item Description
7.5x9.5" paper sign used to promote the card set by Gum, Inc. issued 1939-1940. Features same image as card #80 with text reading "Blasted Pigs! French Send Ahead Pigs To Touch Off Hidden German Mines Along The Mozelle River. It's Hard On Piggy, But It Saves Men!" Additional text at bottom reads "War News Pictures And Chewing Gum 1¢/For Sale Here." Light trace of margin wear/aging. Overall clean and Exc. A rare gum card advertising piece, the first we've seen.
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