$750
[Trade Cards] 200 magic trick, shadowgraph and puzzle cigarette/trade cards. A complete set of 70 cards, colored illustrations and advertisement panel on fronts, instructions in English on backs, some slightly stained, Brussels, Chocolat Ruelle, [c.1920]; Experiences Amusants, 14 of 44 cards, colored illustrations, instructions on backs, Chocolat del Union, [ca. 1920]; Richs Experimenter, a complete set of 18 cards, colored illustrations, instructions on backs, [Denmark, 1927]; [Tricks and Puzzles, complete set of 36 cards, colored illustrations, blank backs, [c.1930]; Magia Blanca, compete set of 36 cards, colored illustrations of wizards performing or assisting with tricks, instructions in Spanish on backs, [Amattler Chocolate, ca. 1935?]; Bosco s Magic Cards, 5 “age” cards in pictorial envelope with instructions, [c.1930]; and other cards of the same period, in a neatly organized album.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-02-08