This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/26/2012
Beautiful 1890 N377 H. Ellis & Co. near set (19/25) cards glued onto a vintage album page, probably sometime in the early 1890's. The Generals are - Union: Sheridan, Sherman, Grant, Burnside, Hooker, Meade, Butler, Kilpatrick, McDowell, and Thomas. Confederate: R. E. Lee, Jackson, Stewart, Ewell, Beauregard, S. Johnston, J. Johnston, Hampton, and F. Lee. Missing - Early, Halleck, Hancock, Hill, Longstreet, and McClellan. 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 19 cards, lined up neatly 3 rows across. It appears this was all the person could obtain as the re is no indication that any other cards were ever glued on at any time. The pages are cracking and very brittle, as are most of the others from this vintage find. The vast majority of cards present in EX-MT to NM range 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. Beautiful group!