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Lot 488: 1967 Planet Of The Apes Test Set

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Reserve: $300.00
Winning Bid: $356.93
Price Realized: $426.53
Auction Date:11/30/2005 9:00 PM EST

What kid wasn’t scared out of his or her wits after watching the harrowing story of marooned astronaut Charlton Heston reduced to a loincloth trying to survive the wrath and whips of leather-clad horse-riding simians in the 1968 classic science fiction thriller ‘Planet of the Apes’? This outstanding and extremely rare 1967 Planet of the Apes Test Set includes two sets of 44 cards. One set of GAI-graded cards includes (1) GAI 2.5 - #43, (5) GAI 3’s: # 2, 15, 30, 33 and 35, (1) GAI 4 - #9, (1) GAI 4.5 - #13, (3) GAI 5’s - # 4, 20 and 25, (3) GAI 5.5’s: # 14, 34 and 40, (1) GAI 6.5 - #42, (5) GAI 7’s: #’s 3, 5, 22, 31 and 41, (1) GAI 7.5 - # 27, (5) GAI 8’s: #’s 1, 18, 23, 24 and 32, (2) GAI 8.5’s - #’s 12 and 28, (13) GAI 9’s: #’s 6, 7, 8, 10, 11,16, 17, 19, 29, 36, 37, 39 and 44, and (2) GAI 9.5’s - # 21 and 26. Also included is the finshed product of the test issue ie the set which was released in wax packs. This is a complete set of 44 cards. These are all very sharp and clean and in overall NM or better condition however about half are off center.

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