This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/26/2012
Beautiful 1889 N187 Kimball Fancy Bathers partial set (25/50) of cards glued onto a vintage album page, probably sometime in the early 1890's.(the other half of the set was lost over the years) Incredible color imagery still bright and fresh after all these years, protected by being placed inside an album. The 11 1/2" by 16 3/4" page has 25 cards, lined up neatly 3 rows across. The page has held up well over time and is not as brittle as most of the others from this vintage find. The vast majority of cards present in EX-MT to NM or better from the front. The fact this person had so many complete sets with so many different cards leads us to believe that the original owner possibly worked in the company that produced them. The cards are: Cherbourg, Boulogne, Dieppe, Calais, Bath, Cette, Livorno, Helgoland, Val Andre, Mont Saint Michel, Granville, Sainte Brelade, Saint Clement, Greve D'azette, Brighton, Frouville, Torquay, Ostende, Saint Malo, Parame, Rotheneuf, Dinard, Saint Enegat, Saint Briac, And Tregastel. Beautiful group!