1927 Hudden Famous Boxers Set and Checklist

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	Hudden Famous Boxers
Year	1927
Size	1 3/8″ x 2 9/16″
Images	Black and White
Type	Tobacco
Number in Set	25

1927 Hudden Famous Boxers Set Overview

1927 Hudden Boxers Georges Carpentier Boxing These cards were distributed by international tobacco company, Hudden & Company, a British firm. The cards are quite rare and, often today, you will see the reprint version printed in the early 1990s more than the actual, authentic cards.

The set included black and white pictures of boxers on the front. If for nothing else, they are distinguished by their thick black borders. Despite the small checklist of only 25 cards, the set includes a few boxers with more than one card, such as Hall of Famers Jack Johnson and George Carpentier.

Cohen Weenen Parallel

The issue parallels an earlier set produced by Cohen, Weenen & Company in 1912, using the same pictures and checklist. It is unsurprising that the cards were used for more than one maker. In addition to cards with the Cohen Weenen name, those cards have also been seen with blank backs, giving the idea they were to be used by multiple distributors and vendors.

While the same pictures were used, a few things were different. First, the fronts of these added a name and card number. The backs were also different. The Hudden backs, for one thing, actually called this the Famous Boxers set while the Cohen Weenen cards did not. The Cohen Weenen cards also had a biography of the fighter while the Hudden backs included an advertisement for their tobacco products.

That is similar to stock trade cards, which left a portion of the card blank where a specific business could add their company name to it.