Arsenal Captains Platinum
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Planned to release 1886 sets, this being the date of the club commencement. Numbers 1-188 came in a Leather Bound Album and numbers 189 onwards came in the Buckram Bookcloth Bound Album. Retail price was £149 for the Leather Bound Album and £99.75 for the Buckram Bookcloth Bound Album. Each card of the set is individually numbered with set number on the back of the card. Production problems plagued the set and it was eventually agreed with the printers to cease production at no more than 400 completed sets, making the completed sets extremely rare.
Below are the cards found in the collection.
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Introduction
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John Julian 1889
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Gavin Crawford 1891
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Joseph Powell 1892
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Caesar Jenkyns 1895
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John Dick 1898
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James Jackson 1899
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Percy Sands 1902
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Joseph E Shaw 1907
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Charles Buchan 1909
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William Blyth 1914
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Alfred Baker 1919
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Thomas Parker 1926
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Edris Hapgood 1927
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Charles Jones 1928
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Alexander James 1929
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Charles Male 1929
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Leslie Compton 1931
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Lawrence Scott 1937
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James Logie 1939
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Walley Barnes 1943
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Joseph Wade 1944
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Joe Mercer OBE 1946
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Clifford Holton 1947
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Harry Goring 1948
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David Bowen 1950
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Dennis Evans 1951
28. Vic Groves 1955
29. Terry Neill 1959
30. Frank McLintock MBE 1964
31. Pat Rice 1964
32. Edward Kelly 1966
33. Robert McNabb 1966
34. Alan Ball 1971
35. David O’Leary 1973
36. Graham Rix 1974
37. Paul Davis 1978
38. John Hollins MBE 1979
39. Kenny Samson 1980
40. Marton Keown 1981
41. Tony Adams 1982
42. Nigel Winterburn 1987
43. Steve Bould 1988
44. David Seaman MBE 1990
45. Ian Wright 1991
46. Phil Kelso 1904
47. Herbert Chapman 1925
48. Cliff Bastin 1929
49. Denis Compton CBE 1932
50. Tom Whittaker MBE 1947
51. George Graham 1986
52. Checklist 1
53. Checklist 2
54. Checklist 3