Outstanding 1888 N162 Goodwin Champions complete set of 50 cards glued onto a pair of vintage album pages probably sometime in the late 1880's or early 1890's. Included in the magnificent N162 set are baseball players Cap Anson(HOF) Dan Brouthers(HOF) Tim Keefe(HOF) Mike Kelly(HOF) Ed Andrews Bob Caruthers Fred Dunlap and Jack Glasscock. All these appear to be in great NM condition from the front. Other key cards in this set considered by many to be the most beautiful of all 19th Century tobacco issues are Buffalo Bill John L. Sullivan and Edwin Beecher Captain of the Yale Football Team. Beecher & Buffalo Bill present NM but the Sullivan does have some paper loss to the front surface most noticeable at the left edge. The incredible color imagery on these cards is still bright and fresh after all these years protected by being placed inside an album. The 11 1/2" by 16 3/4" pages each have 25 cards per page lined up neatly 3 rows across. Both pages are fairly brittle as were most of the others from this vintage find.(The non-sport sets were sold earlier this year) The vast majority of cards present in EX-MT to NM or better from the front. A few cards do have some area of front paper loss with the most notable being Steinitz Rowe Duncan Teemer Muldoon Sullivan and Dempsey. The reason there were so many complete sets with so many different cards in this collection with no duplication stems the fact that the original owner a relative of the consignor worked for the company that produced them. Beautiful group!