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Auction of Cricket, Wisden Cricketers' Almanacks, Football and Sporting Memorabilia - 3 Day Auction (#2) 09/07/2021 10:30 AM BST Closed

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Lot #249Wills's Cigarettes 'Cricketers'. W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London, 1896. An early and rarely seen full set of fifty unnumbered cigarette cards with colour portraits of cricketers of the period with printed name and county to lower portion to front, and decorative floral green backgrounds. The cricketers featured are Attewell, Bainbridge, Baldwin, Bean, Board, Briggs, Chatterton, Daft, Dixon, Druce, Ferris, Flowers, Fry, Grace, Lord Harris, Lord Hawke, A. Hearne, J.T. Hearne, Hewett, Jackson,

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Lot closed - Winning bid:N/A
Estimate: £800 - £1,200

Auction of Cricket, Wisden Cricketers' Almanacks, Football and Sporting Memorabilia - 3 Day Auction (#2) 09/07/2021 10:30 AM BST Closed

Starts Ending 09/07/2021 10:30 AM BST

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  • Wills's Cigarettes 'Cricketers'. W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London, 1896. An early and rarely seen full set of fifty unnumbered cigarette cards with colour portraits of cricketers of the period with printed name and county to lower portion to front, and
  • Wills's Cigarettes 'Cricketers'. W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London, 1896. An early and rarely seen full set of fifty unnumbered cigarette cards with colour portraits of cricketers of the period with printed name and county to lower portion to front, and - 2
  • Wills's Cigarettes 'Cricketers'. W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London, 1896. An early and rarely seen full set of fifty unnumbered cigarette cards with colour portraits of cricketers of the period with printed name and county to lower portion to front, and - 3
  • Wills's Cigarettes 'Cricketers'. W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London, 1896. An early and rarely seen full set of fifty unnumbered cigarette cards with colour portraits of cricketers of the period with printed name and county to lower portion to front, and - 4
  • Wills's Cigarettes 'Cricketers'. W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London, 1896. An early and rarely seen full set of fifty unnumbered cigarette cards with colour portraits of cricketers of the period with printed name and county to lower portion to front, and - 5
  • Wills's Cigarettes 'Cricketers'. W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London, 1896. An early and rarely seen full set of fifty unnumbered cigarette cards with colour portraits of cricketers of the period with printed name and county to lower portion to front, and - 6
  • Wills's Cigarettes 'Cricketers'. W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London, 1896. An early and rarely seen full set of fifty unnumbered cigarette cards with colour portraits of cricketers of the period with printed name and county to lower portion to front, and - 7
  • Wills's Cigarettes 'Cricketers'. W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London, 1896. An early and rarely seen full set of fifty unnumbered cigarette cards with colour portraits of cricketers of the period with printed name and county to lower portion to front, and - 8
  • Wills's Cigarettes 'Cricketers'. W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London, 1896. An early and rarely seen full set of fifty unnumbered cigarette cards with colour portraits of cricketers of the period with printed name and county to lower portion to front, and - 9
  • Wills's Cigarettes 'Cricketers'. W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London, 1896. An early and rarely seen full set of fifty unnumbered cigarette cards with colour portraits of cricketers of the period with printed name and county to lower portion to front, and - 10