Mediaeval Playing Cards. NYCC, ca. 1897. 52 + J + OB (top flaps missing), VG (AS has slight damage). Backs printed in five colors, courts in six. Hochman states: “Perhaps the most beautiful deck ever produced by NYCC.” Inner slipcase bears the name and manufacturer rather than the outer cover. Hoch. NY55. Rare.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-06-01
USPC “Circus #47” Playing Cards. Cincinnati, ca. 1896. 52. The second version of the deck. In the first the “P” in Playing Cards ran into Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-28
Translucent Pack of Playing Cards. French, ca. 1870. 52. Not an erotic pack; instead, the figures, when backlit, seem to be performing acrobatic acts. Courts Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-28
Erotic Translucent Pack of Playing Cards. French, ca. 1865. 52. Hold a card to the light and view a hidden erotic scene, including the courts. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-28
USPC “Hustling Joe #1” Playing Cards. Cincinnati, ca. 1895. 52/52 + J + OB. VG. Box lacking top and bottom flaps, and two cards have Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-28
USPC “New Era No. 46” Playing Cards. Cincinnati, ca. 1896. 52 + J. A pack of cards announcing a “New Era” for USPC. Beautiful Joker Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-28
Erotic Pack of Etched Playing Cards. French [?], ca. 1810. 32/32 + Case (likely a replacement). Cards are non-transparent, with explicit depictions of sexual positions, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-28
Joker “Darling Pin-Up” Playing Cards. Germany, ca. 1955. 52 + 3J + OB (plastic). Cards designed by Europe’s finest pin-up artist, Heinz Villiger. Every card Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-28
Levis & Cook “Playanlearn” Playing Cards. Chicago, ca. 1918. 52 + J + OB. Except for the Ace of spades every card has a common Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-28
Erotic Translucent Pack of Playing Cards. French, ca. 1830. 32/32. An erotic transparent deck also incorporating political satire. KS (Louis XVIII), KD (Charles X), KC Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-28
A. Ball & Bro. “Faro” Playing Cards. Chicago, ca. 1910. 52. Likely printed by the New York Consolidated Card Co. for A. Ball. The KH Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-28
