TWO Original 1950 & 1951 WATKINS GLEN GRAND PRIX AUTO RACE PROGRAMS Both Xlnt+

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AMAZING PAIR (lot) OF TWO DIFFERENT, SCARCE, AUTHENTIC, ORIGINAL, VINTAGE, 1950 and 1951 WATKINS GLEN GRAND PRIX AUTO RACE OFFICIAL PROGRAMS  - - - FROM THE GOOD 'OLE DAYS WHEN THESE EARLY U.S. GRANDS PRIX WERE STILL RUN THROUGH THE STREETS OF THE SLEEPY LITTLE VILLAGE OF WATKINS GLEN! The 1950 race won by Erwin Goldschmidt in his Allard J2 Cadillac and, notably, Briggs Cunningham came in second in his Healey Special Cadillac - - - The 1951 race won by Phil Walters in his Cunningham C2-R
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See all 12 images including close-ups AND see the 12-inch ruler in images for size perspective! The 1950 measures 11" X 8.5" and has a WHOPPING 40 fully illustrated pages on heavy stock, high quality paper including the semi-stiff card covers - - - WITH fantastic front cover artwork by the iconic auto racing and motorsport artist "PETER HELCK", as shown - - - The 1951 measures 8.5" X 11" and has a WHOPPING 60 fully illustrated pages on heavy stock, high quality paper including the semi-stiff card covers (front cover artwork by V. Thurston)! COLLECTIVELY LOADED with a multitude of B&W photographs of many of the 1950 / 1951 Grand Prix drivers and their cars; some "action scenes" from previous 1948 and 1949 (and/or 1950) Watkins Glen Grand Prix races; photo-illustrated sections titled "Sketches of Popular Sports Cars"; both with MAPS of the Watkins Glen Grand Prix street circuit; both with unused bound-in Lap Charts; PLUS BOTH jammed with amazing advertisements for sports cars, specialty cars, race cars, and/or automobile racing equipment, tools, and/or products!
AN INCREDIBLE PAIR (lot) OF ORIGINAL PROGRAMS OF THE 1950 and 1951 WATKINS GLEN GRANDS PRIX OF THE UNITED STATES - - - NOW MORE THAN 70 YEARS OLD - - - HARD TO FIND IN ANY CONDITION SO VERY SCARCE THIS NICE - - - AND
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THE 1950 LOOKS UNUSED AND APPEARS TO BE NEW-OLD-STOCK (NOS) FROM 1950 - - - The 1951 shows some very light long-term storage wear, soiling, and/or age-toning to the covers AND the bound-in "Entrants List" at the centerfold has come loose from the staples - - - OTHERWISE COMPLETELY UNMARKED and in excellent or better condition; OVERALL BOTH are in excellent or better VINTAGE condition!
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