Lot # 2829: 1945 Mutoscope "Artist Pin-Up Girls" SGC-Graded Partial Set (48/64)

Collection of forty-eight different (out of 64 in the set) Mutoscope cards from the "Artist Pin-Up Girls" series, each graded and encapsulated by SGC (except for one PSA). The collection is composed of one MINT 96, one NM/MT+ 92s, eleven NM/MT 88s, four NM+ 86s, fifteen NM 84s, three EX/NM 80s, six EX+ 70s, three EX 60s, three VG/EX 50s, and one VG 40. 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. This is a very attractive group of this classic 1940s pinup series. Total: 48 cards. The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot.