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Sat, Mar 28, 2020 12:00PM EDT
Lot 403

Congress Playing Cards Salesman?s Sample Foldout.

Estimate: $300 - $500

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Congress Playing Cards Salesman?s Sample Foldout. Cincinnati: USPC, ca. 1904. Accordion-fold booklet of sample playing cards, cover stamped in black and gilt. Altogether, 78 different designs mounted on both sides, including hunting and sporting scenes, Native Americans (including Sitting Bull), women, political and military leaders, children, domestic occupations, foreign people and places, floral designs, and others. Design titles printed in margins. Opens to 60 x 7 ??. Closed 7 ? x 2 ??. Slight edgewear, overall very good.