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Discussion in 'Art' started by Paul Lloyd, Jan 29, 2025.

  1. Paul Lloyd

    Paul Lloyd Member

    Hello to all at Antiquers! I'm hoping someone is able to advise me on what these are. I understand they are likely cigarette cards or along those lines, but why have these particular ones been mounted like this, it makes me question whether these are particularly collectable or rare to be given this attention. I can't find these particular cards anywhere online so far. Many thanks in advance for any advice. I am tempted to get into the back, to see if there is advertisement on the back of the cards, I will update if I do this.

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  2. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    Can you show an image of the back?
     
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  3. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Well, color printed. So not old, old. Look like they're brass plaques meant to be screwed down. What is their size? First three British writers: Lord Byron, Sir Philip Sydney, Sir Walter Scott. Can't identify the last two.

    Debora
     
  4. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Love the cut velvet behind them. They were given that attention because they were produced when printed color images were rare and someone thought they were pretty/interesting.

    Debora
     
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  5. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    I suggest you don't open the frame up until you've posted a photograph of the back.

    Debora
     
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  6. Paul Lloyd

    Paul Lloyd Member

    Thank you for your time and advice on these, I will be picking this up this coming Sunday so I can take a photo of the back, and measure them, I will take your advice not to open the frame yet
     
  7. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    'Celebrities of British History'

    Produced by Carreras Ltd, 1935. (Carreras Cigarettes)

    If they are cigarette cards there should be 50 in a set, and they should measure 68 x 36mm.

    In the 70's and 80's many sets were broken up and framed and displayed in pubs and hotels.

    This is from my Cigarette Card catalogue.



    Description: The famous people selected for inclusion are from all walks of life and span 700 years from Thomas A'Becket down to late Victorian notabilities and including Chaucer, Drake, Raleigh, Shakespeare, Cromwell, Wren, Cook, Nelson, Wellington, Darwin and Dickens through to Florence Nightingale. The pictures are taken mostly from paintings, many of which are in the National Portrait Gallery, and it's interesting to note that Dr. Johnson on no. 25 is from a painting in the Tate by Sir Joshua Reynolds who himself appears in a self-portrait on no. 28. Text backs summarise each subject's place in British history.

    Cat value per set £50.
     
  8. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    I might add that by the early 90's with the advent of colour photocopying many cards and sets got copied and sold as genuine, this was the beginning of the decline in Cartophily
     
  9. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Re: Davey's input on 'Cartophily',it seems in the States we certainly had Cigarette Cards, but the UK really seems to have taken it to heart in a big way, and the enthusiasm lasted for decades. Even today on Brit talk shows-celebrities and politicians still talk fondly of their favorite and most precious ciggy cards.
     
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  10. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    I found thousands upon thousands in an attic of a clearance 2 years ago, some were in sets inside 1970's cig packets and many were loose.
    I purchased plastic sleeves and albums for them to go in, I bought partial sets to make up full sets, I bought a catalogue, and now I have around 100 albums containing up to 20 sets each valued between £15 - £20K in total.

    I now have to sell them:D

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  11. sabre123

    sabre123 Well-Known Member

    That is an incredible collection, Davey. Sounds like you have a bit of time into procuring the missing cards. Good luck with the sale(s).
     
  12. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    That's a PILE. My family never had cigarette cards; no one smoked. I don't know anything about the British cards.
     
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