Lot 0363

Folding Jack of Spades and “Mystery” Gimmick Possibly

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Folding Jack of Spades and “Mystery” Gimmick Possibly

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Herrmann, Alexander. Folding Jack of Spades and “Mystery” Gimmick Possibly Owned by Alexander Herrmann. A late nineteenth century playing card, red and blue plaid back, finely gimmicked to fold into thirds, plus a pair of old painted metal gimmicks of unknown utility, from the John Daniel Collection in matching paper folders labeled, respectively: “From a collection of Alexander Herrmann’s Tricks; folding card; square-cornered card; for ‘card in bottle’/Martinka No. 184” and “Alexander Herrmann’s ‘Mystery’ gimmick. What was it used for?”.