1888 N472 Yum Yum Tobacco "Presidents" SGC-Graded Near-Complete Set (17/23)

Sold For:

$1,620

Year:

1888

Auction:

2020 Spring

Lot #:

2552

Category:

Non-Sports Cards/Sheets/Card Artwork

Near-complete set of seventeen cards (out of twenty-three) featuring various U.S. Presidents from the 1888 N472 Yum Yum Tobacco series. All seventeen cards are professionally graded and encapsulated by SGC. Missing only JQ Adams, Jefferson, Jackson, Polk, Grant and Arthur for completion. SGC Grading Composite: EX/NM 80 (2 cards): Lincoln and Madison. VG/EX 50 (3 cards): Cleveland, Fillmore and Johnson. VG 40 (3 cards): Adams, Garfield and Washington. GOOD 30 (5 cards): Hayes, Monroe, Taylor, Tyler and Van Buren. FAIR 20 (3 cards): Buchanan, B. Harrison and W. Harrison. Authentic (1 card): Pierce. A very appealing collection of cards, which are naturally highly prized by both historical collectors and nineteenth-century nonsport tobacco-card collectors. Total: 17 cards. Reserve $200. Estimate (open).