Gambling Memorabilia Day 1
Sat, May 6, 2017 11:00AM EDT - Sun, May 7, 2017 11:00AM EDT
![[Playing Cards] Two Historical Works on Cards.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/xl/2415/2415239.jpeg?t=1EMCea)
Lot 418
[Playing Cards] Two Historical Works on Cards.
Estimate: $150 - $250
Bid Increments
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| $100 | $25 |
| $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 |
[Playing Cards] Two Historical Works on Cards. Including The Devil’s Picture Books (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1893) by Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, with green publisher’s cloth, stamped in silver, illustrated with color plates, small 4to; and The History of Playing Cards with Anecdotes of their use in Conjuring, Fortune-Telling, and Card-Sharping (London: John Camden Hotten, 1865), ed. by Rev. Ed. S. Taylor, with brown publisher’s cloth, gilt-stamped, illustrated with 48 plates, 16mo. First volume missing frontispiece, detached flyleaf and title page, else good; replaced endpaper on latter.
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