Any Ogden's Guinea Gold Experts on here?

bowlarama

I was approached by a gentlemen in his 40's at a recent card show. Apparently his grandfather died recently and left him some tobacco cards including Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarette cards, Churchman's, and some Wills as part of the estate. This is not my area of expertise. Rather than spend a couple hours online researching them, I figured I would reach out to my fellow PSA members.

Specific questions are:

Ogdens mostly consist of famous people like Mozart, Edison, Shakespeare, etc. Nice condition. But appear to be some size variations on the cards even though they have the same #, same photo, etc. Is that normal OR should I be concerned that some are not authentic?

Churchman's Boxing cards. Are these worth grading prior to selling? There are 2 full sets plus some additional singles.

Some odd-ball soccer including Famous Footballers by WWAC and Well-Known Footballers by Sinclair. Worth grading? How to tell authenticity?

He was trying to get me to make an offer on the lot OR accept them as consignments to sell on Ebay.

I just wanted to make sure there is some value here before getting involved PLUS make sure they are legit before I consider a purchase or consignment.

I will try and post some scans shortly if that helps

ReggieCleveland

All are massively produced English sets (some over the course of multiple years and many printings). I think they would be worth slabbing if they were PSA 8 or higher grade but even then you're not going to set the world on fire with them. Even at that grade, they're not difficult to find. You can do a quick completed ebay search for the Churchmans to see what I'm talking about.

Keep in mind, there are Australian cards from the Ogdens set that are phenomenally difficult to find, but I seriously doubt the consignor has any of them. The soccer cards aren't worthless, but you're talking about a couple bucks a piece.

eagles33

What year is the famous footballers set. The Barrat famous football set with George best rookie is fairly valuable. I think its 1964. The Best card sells for about 150 raw. I've never seen a high grade for sale but think it would do well

ReggieCleveland

I assume he's talking about the Ogdens set from the 1930s.

bunt

<< <i>I assume he's talking about the Ogdens set from the 1930s. >>




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