Lot 205

Magic and related Cigarette Card Collections, comprising

Album 1:

£1,125

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST

Description

Henry (Kensitas), 4 cards;

Cards (Scissors Cigarettes), 50 cards;

Hand Shadows (Ardath Tobacco), 20 cards;

Picture Puzzle Series (Carreras Cigarettes), 50 cards;

Radio Celebrities (Will’s Cigarettes), 48 cards;

Shadowgraphs. (F. & J. Smith Cigarettes), 25 cards;

Shadowgraphs, (B. Morris & Sons), 24 cards;

In Town Tonight (WA and AC Churchman), 50 cards;

Optical Illusions (B.D.V. Cigarettes), 25 cards;

Optical Illusions (Faulkner’s Cigarettes), 25 cards; (2 sets);

Hey Presto. (Edward Sharp), 25 cards;

Famous Clowns (Marlow Civil Engineering), 25 cards;

The Circus, 24 cards;

Circus Scenes (Barkers Bubblegum), 24 cards;

Lucky Charms (Will’s Cigarettes), 50 cards;

What the Stars Say (De Reszke Cigarettes), 50 cards;

Puzzle Pictures (Major Drapking & Co.), 25 cards;

Catch-my-pal Cards. (The Hotspur), 16 cards;

Catzweale Magic Cards, 20 cards;

Album 2:

Grenadier Cigarettes, W. & F. Faulkner, 12 cards;

Lloyds Tricks and Puzzles, 20 cards;

Shadows (Duke Cigarettes), 7 cards;

Hand Shadows (Ardath Tobacco Co.), 15 cards;

Magical Puzzles (Gold Flake Honeydew Cigarettes), 50 cards;

Horoscope (B. Morris & Sons), 12 cards;

The Circus (American Tea), 25 cards;

Magic (A & B.C. Chewing Gum), 36 cards;

Box of Tricks. (C & G Confectionary), 50 cards;

Do you Know ? (Wills Cigarettes), 2 cards;

Optical Illusion (Ogden’s Cigarettes), 25 cards;

Lloyd’s Tricks & Puzzles. 25 cards;

Hey Presto (Edward Sharp), 25 cards;

How ? (Cadet Sweets), 25 cards;

Interesting Experiments (W.A. & A.C. Churchman), 25 cards;

Do you Know ?, 50 cards;

Box of Tricks (C & G. Confectionary), 50 cards;

The Magical World of Disney (Disney), 25 cards;

Billiard Tricks (Standard Cigarettes), 9 cards;

Magical Puzzles (Gold Flake), 50 cards;

Wise Cracks (Barratt & Co.), 30 cards;

Wise Cracks (Barratt & Co.), 50 cards;

Wise Cracks (Barratt & Co.), 20 cards;

Ali Cat Magicards (Geo Bassett), 40 cards; in 2 large cloth albums with pockets, some reprints

Footnote

Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson