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THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR
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14 MAY 2016 AT 1PM
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Cigarette cards collection
Includes: Will’s ‘Hurlers’ (set of 50); Mac’s ‘Various Uses for Rubber’ (set of 50); Wills Rugby Internationals
(41); Players ‘Football Caricatures by “Mac” (24);
Estimate €80- €120 £60-£90
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 421422
Ballooning. Royal Vauxhall Nassau Balloon, poster.
Constructed & Directed by M. Green A public Ascent with this celebrated Balloon fromThe Barracks, In the
rue de Faubourg Poissonnire. To be conducted by Mr Green, being his 227th Ascent, printed bill on yellow
paper, ink stamp at head, some light creasing, Paris, 19th December, 1836; and a bill for his second and last
ascent (2)
17 x 10_in. (43.18 x 26.67cm)
Estimate €150- €200 £110-£140
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 422