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Ante Up: Gambling Memorabilia

Sat, Jan 30, 2021 12:00PM EST
Lot 40

[Poker] Judge?s Library No. 37. ?Ante Up?. New York: Judge ...

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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[Poker] Judge?s Library No. 37. ?Ante Up?. New York: Judge Publishing, 1892. April, 1892 issue, entirely devoted to poker. Color lithographed wrappers depicting a Black man at the card table, his hand holding four jumbo aces, poker chips stacked at his side. 4to. p. 29, [8, ads]. Cartoons and illustrations, many stereotypical depictions of Black gamblers, by Eugene Zimmerman (?Zim?), Charles H. Johnson, and others. Wrappers with small pieces chipped at edges, light soiling internally. One of fewer than six known copies.