Gambling Memorabilia 2018-05-19 Auction - 548 Price Results - Potter & Potter Auctions in IL - Page 6
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Gambling Memorabilia

Featuring the collection of Bob Rosenberger, the sale includes an array of truly scarce and rare material related to gambling, poker, playing cards, and other games of chance. A strong selection of books and periodicals, cheating devices (holdouts, crooked dice, etc.), vintage gaming tables, and faro equipment will be offered. Other highlights include an important grouping of gambling and knife-maker trade catalogs, Old West material, cased gaming chip sets, vintage playing cards, and ephemera, all with a gambling or card-related theme. Catalogs ship approximately three weeks prior to the auction. Previews take place in our Chicago gallery May 16 - 18, from 10:00am to 5:00pm.
Auction Curator:
Gabe Fajuri
Gabe Fajuri
President
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19th Century Black Art, or Gambling Exposed.: Quinn, John Philip. 19th Century Black Art, or Gambling Exposed. Chicago: Quinn Publishing Co., 1891. Rebound in one-third leather over marbled boards. Wood-engraved frontispiece of the author,
0121: 19th Century Black Art, or Gambling Exposed.Est. $400-$600
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Gambling and Gambling Devices.: Quinn, J.P. Gambling and Gambling Devices. Canton: Quinn Co., 1912. Green cloth, gilt stamped. Portrait frontispiece. Illustrated. 8vo. Spine toned, inscription on ffep, otherwise good.
0122: Gambling and Gambling Devices.Est. $100-$200
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Why Gamblers Win.: Quinn, John Philip. Why Gamblers Win. New York: Clyde W. Powers, 1913. 12pp. Bright pictorial wraps. Illustrated. Very good. Scarce.
0123: Why Gamblers Win.Est. $300-$400
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Prospectus for Fools of Fortune.: [Quinn, John Philip] Prospectus for Fools of Fortune. Chicago: G. L. Howe & Co., (1890). Saddle stitched pamphlet containing reviews from prominent politicians, reverends and academics. 18 pp. 8vo.
0124: Prospectus for Fools of Fortune.Est. $100-$200
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Advantage Card Playing and Draw Poker.: Ritter, F.R. Advantage Card Playing and Draw Poker. N.p., 1905. Brown cloth stamped in gold. Illustrated with photographs. [1 – 2] 3 – 117 [118] + 2 blank leaves. 4to. Light shelfwear and minor
0126: Advantage Card Playing and Draw Poker.Est. $6,000-$8,000
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The Sharper Detected and Exposed.: Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène. The Sharper Detected and Exposed. London: Chapman and Hall, 1863. First English translation, predating the more common Hoffmann translation. Brown cloth, spine gilt
0127: The Sharper Detected and Exposed.Est. $200-$300
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Tricks of the Greeks Unveiled.: Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugéne. Tricks of the Greeks Unveiled. New York: John W. Lovell Company, (1882). Brown cloth stamped in black and gold. Illustrated. 8vo. Foxed, else near fine.
0128: Tricks of the Greeks Unveiled.Est. $150-$250
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Charges, and Extracts of Charges, on Moral and: Rush, Jacob. Charges, and Extracts of Charges, on Moral and Religious Subjects. New York, 1804. Full brown leather with red gilt-stamped title label on spine. 8vo. Boards worn but holding, label and
0130: Charges, and Extracts of Charges, on Moral andEst. $200-$300
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Make Your Game;…A Narrative of the Rhine and: Sala, George Augustus. Make Your Game;…A Narrative of the Rhine and Thereabouts. London: Ward and Lock, 1860. Three-quarter leather on marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine. Frontispiece and
0131: Make Your Game;…A Narrative of the Rhine andEst. $80-$150
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Spotlight on the Card Sharp.: Scaife, Lawrence. Spotlight on the Card Sharp. Wellington: Albert Doney, 1933. Green pictorial wraps. Illustrated. 8vo. Very good.
0132: Spotlight on the Card Sharp.Est. $100-$200
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Poker. Illustrated. (Two later editions).: Schenck, J. Prescott. Poker. Illustrated. (Two later editions). New York, 1887. Both in publisher's wraps (one advertising cigars from J.W. Stevens & Co., Albany), and containing chromolithographed
0133: Poker. Illustrated. (Two later editions).Est. $100-$200
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Rules for Playing Draw Poker.: Schenck, Robert C. Rules for Playing Draw Poker. Reprinted from the New York Tribune, ca. 1875. Pale purple printed wrappers. 12pp. Minor wear at extremities; very good. Rare.
0134: Rules for Playing Draw Poker.Est. $500-$750
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Draw Poker.: Schenck, Robert C. Draw Poker. Published for the Trade, 1875. Printed wrappers, upper nearly detached. 8pp. Good. Rare.
0135: Draw Poker.Est. $300-$500
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Draw. Rules for Playing Poker.: Schenck, Robert C. Draw. Rules for Playing Poker. Brooklyn: Privately printed, 1880. Brown cloth, gilt stamped. Elzevir Card Tracts No. 1. 16mo. Front hinge weak, else very good. Scarce. Schenck, a
0136: Draw. Rules for Playing Poker.Est. $250-$350
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Robert Schenck ANS and Signed Mailing Cover.: Schenck, Robert C. Robert Schenck ANS and Signed Mailing Cover. The first a clipped autograph and inscription, "Very respectfully yours, Robt. C. Shenck, Washington, Oct. 29, 1889" and the second a
0137: Robert Schenck ANS and Signed Mailing Cover.Est. $150-$200
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Researches Into the History of Playing Cards; with: Singer, Samuel Weller. Researches Into the History of Playing Cards; with Illustrations of the Origin of Printing and Engraving on Wood London: T. Bensley and Son, 1816. One of 250 copies printed.
0138: Researches Into the History of Playing Cards; withEst. $1,200-$1,800
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Poker to Win.: Smith, R.A. Poker to Win. N.p: Author, 1925. First edition. Black printed wrappers. 111pp. 8vo. Faint tide mark, minor wear to cover. Scarce. A treatise on card sharping, including false shuffles,
0139: Poker to Win.Est. $300-$500
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The “Soapy” Smith Tragedy.: The "Soapy" Smith Tragedy. Skagway: Shea & Patton, 1907. Green wraps decorated in silver. Photographs, including images of "The notorious "Soapy" Smith in the morgue, July 8th, 1898." Oblong 8vo.
0140: The “Soapy” Smith Tragedy.Est. $300-$500
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The Annals of San Francisco.: Soule, Frank, John Ghion and James Nisbet. The Annals of San Francisco. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1855. One-quarter leather over marbled boards. Engraved frontis., wood engravings, six
0141: The Annals of San Francisco.Est. $400-$600
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If Christ Came to Chicago.: Stead, William T. If Christ Came to Chicago. London: The Review of Reviews, 1894. British edition. Green cloth, spine gilt stamped. Colored folding map, frontispiece. 8vo. Cloth bumped, rear panel
0142: If Christ Came to Chicago.Est. $150-$250
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A Straight Flush “Called” by 4 Sixes.: A Straight Flush "Called" by 4 Sixes. N.p.: (George W. Allen, 1895). Colorful pictorial boards over cloth spine. Illustrations in two and three colors. Square 16mo. Very good. A combination of poetry
0144: A Straight Flush “Called” by 4 Sixes.Est. $100-$200