Sold for:
$100
$100
Max B. Sheffer Playing Card Co. “Betsy Ross”. Racine, WI, ca. 1920. 52 + J + EC + OB. Sheffer’s name is on the extra card but not the ace of spades, joker or box. It is said that Sheffer, the first president of American Playing Card Co., bought the business before selling it to Western Press. An attractive colored ace of spades and joker, with a depiction of Betsy Ross sewing the American flag on the back. Nice slip-case. NM. Hoch (149).
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-28
