Lot 213
Scarce Vintage Aguilitas Cigar Company Cuba, 120 Hollywood Star Trading Cards ca. 1935. " Aguilitas Estrellas Del Cine". From the Aguilitas Cigar Company in Cuba, and taking their cue from cigarette companies in the US, tobacco companies found people enjoyed collecting images of their favorite stars of Hollywood. The 1930s proved to be Hollywood's Golden Age so the stars in these collection are legendary: Jean Harlow, Carol Lombard, Bette Davis, Thelma Todd, Jeanette McDonald, Mary Astor, Barbara Stanwyck, Oliver Hardy, Richard Dix, Buck Jones, Al Jolson, Frederic March, Dick Powell, Leslie Howard and more. Besides the portraits there are several films highlighted dedicating a full page to collecting scene stills from those films, including IMITATION OF LIFE with Claudette Colbert and Louise Beavers, and MADAME DU BARRY with Dolores Del Rio
120 cards from the full set of 360. More information on http://www.moviecard.com. Cards and album in very good condition but have been mounted into the album as was the custom. 2¼ x 2" each card, 15 per page. Estimated Value $100 - UP
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