Re: [CR] Player's Cigarettes Cards-Cycling

(Example: Production Builders:Tonard)

Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:21:00 -0400
From: "Harvey Sachs" <hmsachs@verizon.net>
To: <ternst1@cox.net>, <veronaman@gmail.com>, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Player's Cigarettes Cards-Cycling


Value is in the eye of the beholder, of course. Beloved Spouse gave me a mounted frame of these, and one of motorcars. I trust she paid much less. Most of the bikes in my set are pre-1900, of weird and wonderful types that did not survive the end-of-Cretaceous extinctions when autos came to rule the world. The crafting is very nice, and I've enjoyed everything about them, except knowing that they were manufactured to promote the sale of cigarettes. Probably another item our heirs can fight over - who has to take them. :-)

harvey sachs mcLean va

Angel Garcia wrote:
   >>A local antique shop has a complete "cycling" collection of Player's
   >> Cigarette cards from England. The 50 cards are mounted between glass, the
   >> cards are prevented from moving by the 50 cutouts in the mat and the
   >> glass.
   >> Framed. The shop specializes in cigarette card collections....I don't know
   >> anything about them. Just passing the info along in case anyone is
   >> interested. $350.00.
   >>
   >> One problem: the owner says they do not ship, have had too many problems
   >> with damage.
   >>
   >> If anyone is interested act quickly as they are taking this piece to an
   >> antiques show this weekend....
   >>
   >> Across the Pond Antiques
   >> 908.850.1792
   >>