William Clarke & Son, founded in 1830, was a prominent Irish tobacco manufacturer. In the early 1920s, tobacco advertising designed to attract and retain consumers expanded rapidly, and Clarke’s products were promoted through a wide range of materials, including advertising signs, coupons and cigarette cards. In 1924, Clarke’s were acquired by Ogden’s and with such a short production period their cigarette cards are highly sought after and very desirable for any private collector and dealer.
Warwick & Warwick has the pleasure to auction a range of Clarke’ s cards in our 19th November 2025 specialist cigarette card auctions, which proved extremely popular and made record-breaking figures. Some highlights include Lot 27, a part set of 1901 Boer War Celebrities, which sold for £130.
Lot 28 was one of our standout lots and certainly caught the eye of our cigarette card buyers. This fantastic lot featured a part set of 1901 Cricketers Series, including W.G. Grace, and sold for an amazing £2,200.
Lot 29 was the star of the show with a part set of 1902 Football Series, including W. Meredith. This absolutely blew us away by selling for a staggering £3,500.
Lot 30 sold for a respectable £430 and included a 1900-part set of Sporting Terms. Lot 31 sold for £130 and featured a part set of 1900 Well-Known Sayings.
Warwick & Warwick received some fantastic Cigarette card values for the Clarke cards that were included in the Auction, and can help you if you have any Cigarette cards for sale or Trade cards for sale.
If you would like a free cigarette card valuation or a free trade card valuation and would like to speak to one of our cigarette card experts and trade card experts, visit our Cigarette Cards department page for more information or call us on 01926 499 031 and ask to speak to one of our experts.
