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The Games We Play: Puzzles, Games, & Playing Cards

Thu, Feb 19, 2026 11:00AM EST
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Following on the heels of our 'Artifacts of Play' auction, this sale will celebrate the pastimes of yesteryear and the recent past. The auction will feature antique and modern playing cards and gambling memorabilia, elaborate vintage board games, and puzzles and curiosities, including an extensive offering of rare paper dolls, from various collections.
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Lot 322

[PUZZLES]. Nuts to Crack. Group of 6 puzzle prints. Circa m...

Estimate: $700 - $1,000
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$350

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[PUZZLES]. Nuts to Crack. Group of 6 puzzle prints. Circa mid-19th century. Including: Nuts to Crack, Part I; Nuts to Crack, Part III; Nuts to Crack, Part IX; Nuts to Crack, Part XXIII (large loss). All published by R. Macdonald, [London]. –With: Lloyd’s Plums for Puzzlers. Or Funny Fancies for Funny Folks, No. 1. London: Lloyd, at the office of the “Penny Sunday Times.” – Goode’s American Nuts and Crackers, Part 1. Letterpress broadsides illustrated with wood-engraved illustrations, each filled with riddles, puzzles, conundrums, etc. Size generally 19 ½ x 14 ½”. Scattered losses and staining at folds, some losses in print areas, old repairs on versos.

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