Lot # 1351: 1938-1951 Mutoscope/Elvgren Pin-Up Girls Collection (168)

With the stress of World War II omnipresent, pin-up girls provided a much-needed morale boost to American soldiers and the male population at large. The buxom beauties found in the offered 1938-1951 collection of (168) keepsakes are still quite the attraction after all these decades! Highlights include:

1938-1948 Elvgren Superior Match Pin-Up Girls: (75 matchbook covers, average EX-MT) with (1) Salesman’s flat, (3) Set 1, (5) Set 2, (5) Set 3, (5) Set 4, (5) Set 5, (9) Set 6, (5) Set 7, (5) Set 8, (5) Set 9, (5) Set 10, (5) Set 11, (5) Set 12, (5) Set 13, (5) Set 14, (5) Set 15;   

1940s Mutoscope Doubles: Catching Om/Trim Limbs (VG-EX);

1940s N. Orenstein & Son Pin-Up Girls: (54 cards, average EX to EX-MT) with Lazy Days are Here Again (VG-EX);

1940 Mutoscope Glorified Glamour Girls: (23 cards, average EX-MT) with Thar She Blows (VG);

1941 Mutoscope All-American Girls: (8 cards, average VG-EX to EX) with No Stares (VG-EX), Peek-A-View (EX);

1942 Mutoscope Yankee Doodle Girls: (4 cards, average VG);

1944 Mutoscope Follies Girls: (2 cards, average EX);

1951 National Requirement Service: Worth a Gander header (EX-MT)