Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part I
Sat, Oct 30, 2021 12:00PM EDT
Lot 122
Kellar, Harry (Heinrich Keller). Kellar Playing Cards. Cinc...
Estimate: $1,500 - $3,000
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Kellar, Harry (Heinrich Keller). Kellar Playing Cards. Cincinnati: USPC, ca. 1920. Custom-made pack of gilt-edged double-faced Congress-brand playing cards, custom printed for Harry Kellar to his own specifications. In a slipcase-type cloth-covered box, the recto stamped with Kellar?s name in gilt, the verso bearing a lithographed portrait of Kellar with a red imps perched on his shoulders. With original tax stamp. A rarity; one of but a handful known. A note of provenance accompanying the deck states: ?Owned by Harry Kellar. Autographed by a nephew Frank Harry Kellar to Ted Banks. Gift to Percy Abbott from Ted Banks. Given to me by Abbott.?
