Sold for:
$1,500
$1,500
Will & Finck Faro Playing Card Press. San Francisco, Will & Finck, ca. 1890. Press holds 12 decks of playing cards and the brass screw is well marked. With lid, lock and key. Exc. Because early playing cards were printed on thick paper or made of glued-together layers, they had a tendency to warp with humidity. Card presses were necessary to straighten decks or to keep them from becoming warped.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-06-01
