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In addition to modern sets and Barry Larkin cards, another thing that I enjoy collecting are original 1800s era Allen & Ginter cards. A few years ago, I actually built a full set of the 1889 Allen & Ginter 50 Fish from American Waters set (see here for that). Once that set build was complete, I decided to try and build two more original Allen & Ginter sets, one from 1887 and one from 1888.
Today, I have another new-to-me card for my 1888 Allen & Ginter City Flags set build - a card of New Guatemala.
This card has definitely seen better days - it's full of creases and much of the back of the card has been lost to (presumably) being glued into some sort of collector's book. That said, it's from 1888 - you can't expect much better than this on my type of budget so for me, I love it! Heck, the extra "character" you get from beat-up cards seems super fitting for cards from the 1800s so I'm super happy to add this one to my collection.
Even better, with New Guatemala now in my set binder, I'm down to needing only seven more City Flag cards before I'll have my second 1800s era Allen & Ginter set complete! Talk about things that I never imagine I would have done back when I got into this hobby!
For the record, here's what I'm still searching for out of the set:
1888 Allen & Ginter City Flags (N6)
Catalonia
Leghorn
Nice
Rotterdam
Rouen
Saint-Etienne
Toulouse
What's a standard price for these? There are a few on the CL that I'd like (eg San Francisco) but am there's not that many which pop up.
ReplyDeleteThe non-rare ones can be had for under $10, especially in the condition that I often buy them in! The other Ginter set I'm working on has a number of variations and short prints that drive prices up (even for cards in terrible condition).
DeleteLovely card, apart from the paper loss on the back. Never heard Guatemala City referred to as New Guatemala before, but apparently it's still the official name.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to believe that in just a couple of years that set will be 140 years old.
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