"CHEERIOS" CEREAL BOX & "HALL OF FUN" BOX BACK SET FEATURING FAMOUS COMEDIANS.
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Auction #211 - Part II
Item numbers 1197 through 2870 in auction 211
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Item Description
10" tall, 10.5 oz. size assembled box w/top neatly sliced open to remove cereal contents. ©1949. From a set of eight different box backs, each w/same simulated frame containing portrait of famous comedian w/die-cut slots on face for inserting cardboard pieces included on side of cereal boxes. Assembled box has Groucho Marx back, w/pieces on side panel to be cut out. Box is worn w/tears at top flaps crease and is missing one inner flap. VG. Box comes w/other seven box backs in series, each w/side panel w/pieces to be cut out. These include - Eddie Cantor, Jerry Colonna, Mischa Auer, Hugh Herbert, Jack Oakie, Joe E. Brown and Harpo Marx. Jerry Colonna has had pieces cut out and assembled in place. Other have been cut from cereal box and comes w/uncut pieces. Scattered lt. aging, top/bottom margins a bit uneven but all remains complete and unused as far as the pictures are concerned. Fine. Rare as a set.
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