"FRANK BUCK" GUM CARD SET PLUS SIGNED AUTOGRAPH ALBUM PAGE.
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Winning Bid:
$487.02 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
3
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #205 - Part II
Item numbers 1427 through 3167 in auction 205
Value Code:
J - $700 to $1,000 Help Icon
Item Description
Set of 48 cards issued in 1938 by Gumakers Of America Inc. Each 2.5x3-1/8" w/great color art fronts and text backs. Action scenes of Buck, natives and others with wild and exotic animals of all types. Four cards show wear and are VG, about 10 others are VG/Exc. The vast majority of the set has just typical margin/corner tip wear/aging but remain clean. These grade Exc. to Exc./NM. A fantastic card set. Also included is 4x5" autograph album page boldly signed in ink by Frank Buck. Exc. Comes w/Hake's and Todd Mueller COA's. Great compliment to the set for this Pop Culture legend. Animal trainer and trapper Frank Buck (1884-1950) achieved international fame after WWI as a jungle explorer whose claim that he never intentionally harmed a wild animal led to his motto "Bring 'Em Back Alive." Buck had success on radio, film and print and was featured at the 1934 and 1939 World's Fairs.
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