Lot # 2914: 1944 "Follies Girls" Mutoscope Pinup Cards SGC-Graded Partial Set (17/32) - All with Postcard Backs

Collection of seventeen different (out of 32 in the set) Mutoscope cards (all postcard back) from the "Follies Girls" series, each graded and encapsulated by SGC. 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, with 1944's installment, "Follies Girls," the rarest of the sets. Included among the cards found in this partial set are three with sports themes, which makes them extra popular among collectors: Net Results (tennis), Plenty on the Ball (golf), and See-Worthy (boating). SGC Grading Composite: EX+ 5.5 (2 cards): Net Results (tennis) and Teeter Taught Her. EX 5 (6 cards): Current Event, Double Trouble, Out of Control, Plane View (SGC 60), Plenty on the Ball (golf, SGC 60), and What's Cooking. VG/EX+ 4.5 (1 card): See-Worthy (boating, SGC 55). VG/EX 4 (4 cards): Bird's Eye View, Catch On, Knots to You (SGC 50), and Pay Off. VG+ 3.5 (1 card): Sleepy Time Girl. VG 3 (1 card): Sit Down Stripes (SGC 40). GOOD+ 2.5 (1 card): Good Looking (SGC 35). GOOD 2 (1 card): One for the Books (SGC 30). This is a very attractive and particularly scarce partial set of this classic 1940s pinup series. Total: 17 cards. The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot.