$200
Accumulation of Gambling-Related Prints and Pictorial Art. Various sizes, dates and publishers. More than 125 items including both originals and facsimiles, comprising posters, magazine illustrations, loose and matted. All images are associated with gambling, including original hand colored “Gambling Scene at Pike’s Peak” (1864); original Musee Grotesque no. 23, L’Ecarte, Paris (ca. 1800); original Ladies Playing Cards (Japanese Woodblock print) ca. 1900; original 1796 “Peeping Tom Spying out Pope Joan, London; various Bernhardt Wall original prints (1785); U.S. Playing Card Co. Museum Reprints of Poker Series Prints (2); Metropolitan Museum of Art E. Gentle reproductions of 17th. c. Tarot cards (4); “No Monkeying” Inner Cigar Label; various product labels featuring playing cards; 1989 posters of the Festival de la Vieille, illustrated with 1793 Revolution playing card set; Smithfield Sharpers, 1790s etching facsimile; The Skin Game photo reprint; Poster of 1979 Exposition, illustrated with playing cards; Le Jeu de l’Ecarte, large size lithograph (appears to be facsimile); various other window cards, including “The Gin Game” with Jessica Tandy and Paul Davis (1977); The Executive and Pat Hand, full color prints by Gary Patterson; New Jersey 3 of Kind Lottery poster (Brendan Byrne, Governor); The Hazard Room, 1790s facsimile; Poker Dogs prints by D. M. Coolidge; Saturday Evening Post Congress and Bicycle Playing Cards 2 page colorful 1928 advertisement; and many more, housed i
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-27
