Ante Up: Gambling Memorabilia
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Lot 249
Historie Des Empereurs Deck. Paris: Goddard, ca. 1820. 48 c...
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
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| $30 | $10 |
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| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Historie Des Empereurs Deck. Paris: Goddard, ca. 1820. 48 cards bearing small engravings at the top, and explanatory text in French below. Plain backs. In an attractive slipcase box tooled and titled in gilt. Bright, attractive, and possibly unused. Scarce. One of fifteen instructional decks produced by the team of Victor-Joseph ?tienne de Jouy (artist) and Pierre-Fran?ois Godard (engraver) between 1800 and 1830. Other subjects treated in the series include French history, geography, and a history of animals. This pack mentions several early details about the nascent United States, calling its major rivers the Delaware, Mississippi, and Ohio.
