Gambling Memorabilia & Rare Playing Cards II 2017-05-07 Auction - 369 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 2
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Watling Mfg. Co. 5 Cent Upright Dewey Slot Machine.Collection of Crooked Dice.Mutoscope Reel. Girlie Geography Lesson.
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Chicago, IL, United States
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Gambling Memorabilia & Rare Playing Cards II

Our May auction features gambling memorabilia in a wide range of categories, from a first edition of Erdnase's famous book on cheating at cards, to slot machines and trade stimulators, to the world-class playing card collection of Rhonda and Bob Hawes.
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Cold Deck Device.: Cold Deck Device. Phoenix: Bill Gusias, ca. 2000. Mechanical device worn on the cheater’s body allows him to silently and quickly switch a shuffled pack for a stacked or “cold” deck. Silent
0659: Cold Deck Device.Est. $600-$800
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Bean Shooter Holdout.: Bean Shooter Holdout. Arizona: Bill Gusias, ca. 1990. Brass and Plexiglas device used to secretly steal cards from and deliver cards to the card sharper’s hand. 6 ¼” long.
0660: Bean Shooter Holdout.Est. $100-$200
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Brass Card Punch.: Brass Card Punch. American, ca. 1900. Finely made brass device that creates a bump on the back of a card that could then be felt by the dealer to determine the denomination. For instance a bump on
0661: Brass Card Punch.Est. $600-$800
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Brass Card Punch.: Brass Card Punch. American, ca. 1970. Brass device used to create a bump on the back of cards for playing the “peg” or “punch.” 2 1/8” long.
0662: Brass Card Punch.Est. $100-$200
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Table Punch.: Table Punch. American, contemporary. Tiny metal punch secretly marks cards by adding bumps to their backs. Housed in a small block of material. For use, the punch is hidden under a tablecloth. Cards
0663: Table Punch.Est. $150-$250
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Gaffed Prism Shoe.: Gaffed Prism Shoe. Circa 1990. Specially designed dealing shoe allows the cheater to deal the second card from the top at will, and also know the top card’s identity, thanks to a concealed prism.
0664: Gaffed Prism Shoe.Est. $700-$900
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Two Bug Holdouts.: Two Bug Holdouts. Cheating devices secretly affixed underneath a card table and used to “hold out” cards from the deck. One a spring steel device, the other homemade from brass and wire. The
0665: Two Bug Holdouts.Est. $100-$200
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Gaffed Traveling Ball Drop Game.: Gaffed Traveling Ball Drop Game. Circa 1940. Black hinged case houses a nail maze through which a dropped ball travels. Hand painted layout in bottom of case for the placement of bets. Includes two
0667: Gaffed Traveling Ball Drop Game.Est. $600-$900
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Gaffed Spindle Game.: Gaffed Spindle Game. Chicago: H.C. Evans, ca. 1940. Felt covered wooden board with 48 twisted wire spindles. Wooden arrow with celluloid indicator. Used to play for merchandise and money
0668: Gaffed Spindle Game.Est. $500-$1,000
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Gaffed Silver Wheel Spindle Game.: Gaffed Silver Wheel Spindle Game. American, ca. 1930. Wheel-shaped arrow/spindle game with nickel plated rim and twisted metal spokes. Includes two arrows and attractive leather case. Secretly gaffed
0669: Gaffed Silver Wheel Spindle Game.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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Loose-Legged Cast Iron Camel Back Arrow.: Loose-Legged Cast Iron Camel Back Arrow. American, ca. 1930. Operator controls where gaffed arrow will stop by pressing one of the three legs that extend below the table. Primarily used in carnivals.
0670: Loose-Legged Cast Iron Camel Back Arrow.Est. $200-$300
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Gaffed Chuck-A-Luck Cage.: Gaffed Chuck-A-Luck Cage. American, ca. 1950. German silver cage rotates on axis to roll the dice inside. With three large magnetic (“mag”) dice inside that can be controlled by the operator.
0671: Gaffed Chuck-A-Luck Cage.Est. $200-$400
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Card Sharper’s Tinted Contact Lenses.: Card Sharper’s Tinted Contact Lenses. Circa. 1960. Red tinted lenses housed in a fitted case along with a short metal tube with two end caps. Faux leather covered case. Sold together with a modern
0672: Card Sharper’s Tinted Contact Lenses.Est. $300-$350
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Gambler’s Daub Canisters.: Gambler’s Daub Canisters. American, ca. 1930. Seven tins of daub used for secretly marking cards. Shades vary. Several metal containers with attached safety pins, for securing under the coat.
0673: Gambler’s Daub Canisters.Est. $200-$300
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Marked Cards and Dealing Shoes.: Marked Cards and Dealing Shoes. Including a pack of Fon-Du-Luth casino cards marked by the manufacturer by accident, two double-decks of KEM cards, and various marked Bee decks, along with a deck of
0675: Marked Cards and Dealing Shoes.Est. $150-$250
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Card Marking Devices and Supplies.: Card Marking Devices and Supplies. Including two brass card punches, an envelope filled with tiny slivers of sandpaper for marking cards, a brass template for marking or pegging cards used by Bill
0676: Card Marking Devices and Supplies.Est. $200-$300
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“Flash” Card Marking Templates.: “Flash” Card Marking Templates. Set of eight precision metal templates used to mark cards with geometric patterns. From the workshop of Bill Gusias of Arizona, a well-known maker of crooked
0677: “Flash” Card Marking Templates.Est. $200-$300
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Chip Cup Cheating Device.: Chip Cup Cheating Device. Hollow stack of seven chips used to steal chips from the casino table or as a holdout for a pair of dice. With thirteen matching grey and black embossed $1 chips from the
0678: Chip Cup Cheating Device.Est. $300-$350
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Cheating Match Box with Mirror.: Cheating Match Box with Mirror. American, [n.d.]. An apparently innocent matchbox conceals a small mirror (“shiner”), allowing the dealer to secretly glimpse cards as they pass over the mirror.
0679: Cheating Match Box with Mirror.Est. $200-$300
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Pipe Shiner.: Pipe Shiner. American, early or mid twentieth century. Crooked gambling reflector concealing a convex mirror in the pipe-bowl, inconspicuously placed on the card table and used to read the cards as
0680: Pipe Shiner.Est. $250-$350
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Shiner Ring.: Shiner Ring. Circa 1920. Heavy metal ring fitted with a tiny mirror in place of a stone. Used by card sharpers to discreetly read cards as they are dealt off the pack.
0681: Shiner Ring.Est. $250-$350
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Gamblers’ Shiners.: Gamblers’ Shiners. Including over one dozen tiny mirrors, one attached to a US penny, and another slightly larger mirror. Used by cheats to peek at cards while dealing.
0682: Gamblers’ Shiners.Est. $100-$200
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