Lot # 2804: 1940 "Glamour Girls" Mutoscope Pinup Cards Complete Set (32): #1 PSA Set Registry (9.06 GPA)

Presented is an exceptionally attractive ultra-high-grade complete set of "Glamour Girls" Mutoscope cards, entirely graded and encapsulated by PSA. The complete set is ranked first on the PSA Set Registry with an extremely impressive overall GPA of 9.06. In the style of Exhibit cards of the era, from 1940 to 1945 the Mutoscope Reel Company issued cards featuring beautiful pinup artwork by the top illustrators of the day, for sale in penny arcade machines. The public's appetite for pinup art exploded during this era, with images by artists such as Gil Elvgren, Zoe Mozert, and Earl Moran appearing on everything from matchbook covers to ink blotters to calendars. Fortunately, youngsters were not left out of this impressive production of printed matter, as the Mutoscope Company made these (for the times) very risqué images available to kids throughout the land at amusement parks and anywhere arcade machines could call home. A total of six different series were issued during this period. Included among the cards found in this set are two with sports themes, which makes them extra popular among collectors: A Knockout (boxing) and Sure Shot (archery). Each card measures approximately 3.25 x 5.25 inches. PSA Grading Composite: GEM MINT 10 (8 cards): A Good Hook-Up, Ankles Aweigh, Dat-A-Ble, Disturbing Elements, French Dressing, Out on a Limb, Sitting Pretty, and Water Proofed. MINT 9 (17 cards): A Knockout (boxing), A Live Wire, A Peek-A'-Knees, A Perfect Pair, And the Wind Blew, Doctor's Orders, Flaming Youth, Forced Landing, Free as the Breeze, Free Wheeling, In the Dough, Man's Best Friend, Palette-Able, Short on Sails, Social Security, Sure Shot (archery), and Thar She Blows. NM-MT+ 8.5 (2 cards): Figures Don't Lie and Just the Type. NM-MT 8 (5 cards): Lady in Red, Leg-Ion-Aire, Pink of Condition, Playing Safe, and Two Cushion. This is a remarkably ultra-high-grade and particularly scarce complete set of this classic 1940s pinup series worthy of the finest nonsport-card collection. Total: 32 cards.