Kepplinger Holdout Playing Card Cheating Device

This ingenious card cheating device was made in the late 19th Century to swap cards out by means of a jointed device strapped to the forearm and triggered with a string attached to the legs. It is mad

This lot consists of: 1 - Faro Case Keeper manufactured by Will & Finck of San Francisco. 1- Playing card corner rounder cheating device, 3-1/2"D x 4-1/4"W x 4-3/4"T. Condition: (Very Good). Dimension

In good working condition and appears to be complete, is not marked, 54" long.

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 large

This Lot of thirteen is comprised of: 1- Le Banquier card dealing shoe. a 3/4" crack is present in the off-white base. 4-1/2"W x 16"D; 1 - Jacob's Ladder sleeve holdout device, 3"W x 6-1/4"D; 2 - Brow

Kepplinger Holdout Device. Bill Gusias [?], ca. 1980. Brass and steel with reinforced flexible tubing. Secret device strapped to the cheater’s arm and body delivers a card (or cards) into the hand.

Kepplinger Holdout Device. American, ca. 1910. A knee spread device that straps to the knees and arm and when the knees are spread apart delivers a card into the hand. Straps and strings renewed, with

Kepplinger Holdout Device. Arizona: Bill Gusias, ca. 1980. Brass and steel with reinforced flexible tubing. Secret device strapped to the cheater’s arm and body delivers/removes a card (or cards) in

Kepplinger Holdout Device. American, unmarked, ca. 1960. Brass and steel with reinforced flexible tubing. With a page of instructions, photographically illustrated, that demonstrates how the machine d

Wood and glass box with hinged lid, filled with 13 Wizard card cheating devices. (Good - Very Good). 6"W x 6"L.

Oil on canvas. In ornate frame of two young men playing cards while one is cheating. Unsigned. Damage to two corners of frame. 29 x 39 sight.

De Kolta Card Cascade. Middleburg: Collectors Workshop, ca. 1995. Secret device shoots playing cards in the air from a pocket, top hat, or other receptacle. Original box, instructions, and accessories

Oil on canvas, untitled, children playing cards with boy of course cheating. Signed lower right. Housed in beautiful carved frame. Sight 24" H x 30" W. Frame 32-1/2" H x 38" W.

Giuseppe Armani "The Cheaters" Figural Grouping, resin grouping depicting three boys playing/cheating at cards with onlooker, mounted on oval wooden base, unsigned, no box, 14" x 8.5" x 8" high

Card Trimmer and Corner Rounder. Asuza: Owen Magic Supreme, ca. 1999. Magnificent machined brass devices used to alter playing cards. Adjustable settings make possible the creation of short, narrow, a

This print shows gentlemen playing cards and one apparently gets caught cheating. The overall size 25 ½ " x 20 ½ " and appears to be in great shape with no damage or repairs. See all photos. Thank y

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 Sou

Will & Finck Bench Card Punch. San Francisco, ca. 1880s. Brass device used to make precise and subtle marks onto the surface of a playing card to later assist the crooked dealer in identifying them. C

This is an extremely early gaming device that was made to cut playing cards, made by the Joseph H. Matthews Company out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. CONDITION: Oak cabinet shows wear, with original lo

This is an extremely early gaming device that was made to cut playing cards, made by the Joseph H. Matthews Company out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. CONDITION: Oak cabinet shows wear, with original lo

Small counter top trade stimulator with five reels and hinged marquee. Each of the reels bears suits of playing cards and appear to be original to the device. Winning reel combinations earn the player

TAYLOR, Edward Samuel (ed.), et al. The History of Playing Cards. London: John Camden Hotten, 1865. 8vo. Colored frontispiece, illustrated, colored woodcut device. Later cloth with titles gilt stamped

Hill Bros. Catalog No. 18. Salida, Colo., ca. 1930s. Stapled wrappers printed in two colors. Illustrated. 32 pages. Loaded dice, marked cards, a dozen different hold-outs and other cheating devices. V

Lot of Miscellaneous Parts for Holdout Devices. Including a miscellany of straps, thieves, tubing, strings, a Wizard cuff holder card and three cuff holders (which were also used to hold out cards).