Lot # 3432: Nineteenth-Century "K" Arbuckle Coffee Trade Cards Collection (423)

Offered is a very substantial collection of 423 assorted trade cards issued by Arbuckle Coffee circa 1890. The collection is highlighted by partial and near-complete sets, with representation from seven different series. Condition ranges from Pr to Vg (averaging Fr), with a couple Vg-Ex and a few trimmed. This collection consists of the following: 1) K1 Zoological Animals Collection (21/50 cards) Plus Seven Duplicates: Missing the following twenty-nine cards: #1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 30, 32, 33, 34, 39, 41, 45, 47, 48, 49, and 50. Duplicates: #2, 31, 37, 38, two 40, and 46. 2) K2 Cooking Set Collection (12 cards): #1, 6, 18, 20, 23, 36, 37, two 44, two 48, and 49. 3) K3 Principal Nations of the World Partial Set (34/50 cards) Plus Sixteen Duplicates: Missing the following sixteen cards: #51, 55, 56, 58, 65, 66, 76, 81, 83, 85, 87, 90, 92, 96, 99, and 100. Duplicates: two #52, three 54, 60, 61, two 82, 84, two 88, 94, and three 95. 4) K4 Sports and Pastimes of All Nations Near-Complete Set (44/50 cards) Plus Thirty-Six Duplicates: Missing the following six cards: #1, 3, 6, 13, 22, and 48. Variation: #24a. Duplicates: #5, three 8, 9, 10, two 12, four 14, 15, three 16, two 17, 18, 19, 20, three 21, two 30, 32, 33, 34, two 35, 38, 39, 40, 42 and 47. 5) K5 History of the U.S. & Territories Near-Complete Set (41/50 cards) Plus Fifty-Three Duplicates: Missing the following nine cards: #8, 22, 29, 32, 33, 39, 40, 45, and 46. Duplicates: #1, 3, three 4, three 5, two 6, 9, three 10, two 11, two 13, three 14, two 15, 16, three 17, 18, 20, two 23, two 24, 26, 27, 30, three 31, two 34, 36, two 37, 38, two 42, two 44, 47, two 48, and 50. 6) K6 Illustrated Atlas of the United States Near-Complete Set (43/50 cards) Plus Fifty-One Duplicates: Missing the following seven cards: #55, 66, 71, 72, 92, 93, and 99. Variation: #58a and 94a. Duplicates: three #51, 52b, 53, 56b, 57, two 58b, 59b, two 60, 61, two 62, three 64, 65, two 67, two 68, two 69, three 70, 75, three 80, two 83, three 85, 87, 88, 89, three 90, three 94b, 96, two 97, and two 100. 7) K8 Views From a Trip Around World Set Partial Set (34/50 cards) Plus Twenty-Eight Duplicates: Missing the following sixteen cards: #1, 9, 13, 18, 19, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, 43, 44, 48, and 49. Duplicates: #4, 5, 6, 7, two 10, 11, two 12, two 20, two 22, 23, two 31, 32, two 37, two 38, two 41, 45, three 46, and 50. Total: 423 cards.