76 Down--1945 Mutoscope Artist Pin Up Girls Completed in PSA 8 or Better

Davalillo

When Jason Wormack, a fellow New Jersy collector, e-mailed me and said he had my next complete set with all cards 8 and better for the PSA Set Registry I was a little skeptical. I was aware of the American Beauty set and I have a few of those cards but I was unaware of the Mutoscope sets. After he showed me one of the cards I knew I had to have them. Some 64 beautiful girls in poses or outfits that no doubt would have been considered risque for its time. I subsequently found out from Jason that Mutoscope cards were produced in the 1940s and dispensed by vending machines for around two cents each. The Artists Pin Up Girls is the sixth of six sets put out by Mutoscope from 1940-45. This represents my 76th vintage or semi-vintage set I have completed with every card PSA 8 or better.

The set is 64 cards and the one Jason sold me has 5 PSA 10s, 23 PSA 9s, 18 PSA 8.5s and 18 PSA 8s and a set rating of 8.66.
This ranks it 3rd on the PSA Set Registry behind Carl Riegger(#1 also in American Beauties and Civil War News) and Jason's first set. I will let it rest at this level.

The goal remains 100 vfintage or semi-vintage sets in PSA 8 or better. I appreciate the help of all collectors and dealers in helping me achieve my goal.

Completed Sets in PSA 8 or better are as follows:

BASEBALL(36):

1936 S&S
1948 Bowman
1951 Topps Red Back
1952 Bowman
1954 Bowman
1954 Red Heart
1954 Topps
1955 Bowman
1956 Topps
1957 Topps
1958 Topps
1959 Fleer
1959 Topps
1960 Fleer
1960 Topps
1961 Golden Press
1961 Nu Card Scoops
1961 Topps
1961-62 Fleer
1962 Topps
1963 Fleer
1963 Topps
1964 Topps
1964 Topps Giants
1965 Topps
1966 Topps
1967 Topps
1967 Red Sox Stickers
1968 Topps
1968 Topps Game
1969 Topps Super
1970 Kelloggs
1970 Milton Bradley
1970 Rold Gold
1970 Topps Super
1974 Topps Deckle Edge

FOOTBALL(22):

1950 Bowman
1951 Bowman
1954 Bowman
1955 Bowman
1955 Topps All-America
1956 Topps
1958 Topps
1959 Topps
1960 Mayrose Franks
1960 Topps
1961 Fleer
1961 Nu-Card
1961 Topps
1962 Fleer
1962 Kahn's Weiners
1963 Fleer
1963 Stancraft Playing Cards
1964 Philadelphia
1965 Philadelphia
1967 Topps
1968 Topps 4-in-1
1976 Wonder Bread

BASKETBALL(7):

1948 Bowman
1957 Topps
1961 Fleer
1969-70 Topps
1970-71 Topps
1972 Icee Bear
1976-77 Topps

HOCKEY(3):

1962-63 Parkhurst
1962-63 Topps
1963-64 Parkhurst

MULTI-SPORT(2):

1933 Goudey
1954 Sport Oddities

NON-SPORTS(6):

1945 Mutoscope Artist Pin Up Girls
1955 Barbers Tea Ltd. Cinema & TV Stars
1956 Topps U.S. Presidents
1958 T.V. Westerns
1960 Fleer Spins & Needles
1962 ABC Colorstars

jamesgotpoorman

Must be a nice collection to see!!!

jamesgotpoorman

What is vintage to you 1980?


james

mickeymantle24

Congrats!

Classiccarl

For anyone who is interested in buying a great looking, vintage set like Jim has I have an 8.71 GPA set of 1945 Mutoscopes Artist Pinup's for sale. This is a complete set of all 64 cards graded by PSA, and the set has not been listed on the PSA Registry as of yet. The set has ( 7 )-PSA 10's, ( 27 )-PSA 9's, ( 10 )-PSA8.5's, ( 19 )-PSA8's and ( 1 )-PSA7.5 You can contact me at classiccarl@hotmail.com for price, scans, and additional info.

Davalillo

James,

I consider vintage 1959 and earlier, semi-vintage 1960-70. I have three or four from the 70s I think and I like tghem for some reason so I arbitrarily include them.

Jim

SDSportsFan

Congratulations Jim

I have a bunch of the Mutoscope cards raw, and absolutely love 'em

One nice thing is that included in the Mutoscopes, are cards duplicating the 1944 American Beauties (of course, in the larger format). Over all, they're great companion sets to the American Beauties


Steve

divecchia

Congrats Jim...That's a lot of cards in PSA 8 or better.

Donato

Griffins

Dav the perv!

Seriously, that is an incredible set, even more notable by the high grades. It really captures the era and transcends mere card collecting, as they are truly cultural items.
Congrats Jim!

mikeschmidt

Congrats, Dav!

For those unfamiliar with the issue, here's an example of what they look like:

Classiccarl

They also look like this. This is one of the cards in the 8.71 high grade set that I am selling.

Classiccarl

P.S. Did not want to show all the kid's the card!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Davalillo

One set like this is fine but I wonder if I am overdoing it by trying to do 1944 American Beauties as well--nah, you can never have too many pretty girls.

Carl--do you have any extra American Beauties hanging around in 8 or better?

Jim

WarHoundR69

Jim:

Congratulations on finishing another set.

Classiccarl

Hi Jim:

I do not have any extras at this time. Marshall Barkman is selling off 2 set's ( 48 cards ). Not all of them are 8's but he does have some nice 8 and 8.5's. I think there is one on ebay now.

Carl

FB

Jim,

Always nice to see you knock off another set! Congrats!!!

Frank B

Davalillo

Carl,

Thanks--I have contacted him and hopefully he will "bring the noise"

baseballfan

congrats!! another one down!

what a collection it must be

shouldabeena10

Hey Jimbo,

Congrat's on knocking off another set.

Personally, I like to combine my vices ... so I choose the vintage American Beauties Poker cards:






I also like um raw, in perfect condition, and never played with.

Mike

Davalillo

Mike,

Long time no cards--Fuzz gave up--its all on my shoulders to take on the Evil Empire.

What have you got for me?

Dav

rbdjr1

Isn't it amazing how much cellulite is lost on those legs for each passing decade!


rd


P.S. I cannot imagine how many of these cards exist in high grade?

rbdjr1

And a newbie recently posted these scans. No modern stuff for you Jim?

rd

Davalillo

RD,

Wow!

If there is anything that will get my to collect newer cards it is that.

Jim