Lot # 2840: Nineteenth-Century "K" Arbuckle Coffee Trade Cards Complete and Near-Complete Set Collection (8 Sets, 449 Cards)

Offered is a complete set run (minus one card) of eight different sets issued by Arbuckle Coffee in circa 1890. These sets were assembled by a longtime advanced collector over a period of many years. This collection consists of the following: 1) K1 Zoological Animals Complete Set (50): Ranging from Pr to Vg-Ex (averaging Gd). 2) K2 Cooking Complete Set (50): Ranging from Pr to Vg (averaging Fr). 3) K3 Principal Nations of the World Complete Set (50): Ranging from Pr to Vg-Ex (averaging Gd). 4) K4 Sports and Pastimes of All Nations Complete Set (50): Ranging from Pr to Vg-Ex (averaging Gd). Keys: #1 United States (Vg) and 24a Alaska (tiny pencil marks on reverse, otherwise Vg). 5) K5 History of the U.S. & Territories Complete Set (50): Ranging from Gd to Vg-Ex (averaging Gd-Vg), with a couple lesser. 6) K6 Illustrated Atlas of the United States Complete Set (50): Ranging from Pr to Vg-Ex (averaging Gd). 7) K7 Illustrated Jokes Near-Complete Set (99/100): Ranging from Pr to Vg-Ex (averaging Gd). Key: #58 Baseball (Gd). Missing #76 Repose for completion. Many of the illustrations in this set would unquestionably be considered politically incorrect and racially insensitive by today's standards.+). 8) K8 Views From a Trip Around World Complete Set (50): Ranging from Pr-Fr to Vg-Ex (averaging Gd+), including a couple Ex and a few with small marks on the reverse. Included are two additional unnumbered Arbuckle's "Ariosa" Coffee trade cards (Vg and Fr). Total: 451 cards.