C. 1940s Mexican Folk Art Bullfighters Set British cigarette cards with a really nice warm

with a really nice warm patina

Found in the portfolio was an elaborate set of notes detailing the makers and models of the cars held in this fictional Wildfire Collection

but at any rate

and if this one is any indication

C. 1940s Mexican Folk Art Bullfighters Set British cigarette cards with a really nice warmI've come across a few of these little Mexican wire bullfighting figures over the years, and have always found them pretty amazing, but I've never found as large a set as this, allowing for some pretty exciting arrangements! These were all handmade, c. 1940s I believe, of wire and clay, and hand painted; I really love the exuberant gestures of the figures with their waving arms, and a red cut paper muleta pierced by the arm of one of them. Three