Set Reminder2022-03-18 12:00:002022-03-18 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Gambling, Playing Cards, Coin-Op, & Advertising https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/gambling-playing-cards-coin-op-advertising-21953 A two-day auction kicks off our spring schedule. The first day will feature the collection of the late Robert Eisenstadt, who amassed thousands of casino and gambling chips including numerous rarities and uncommon sets that will be offered fresh to the market.
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Huestis & Levy Playing Cards. New York, ca. 1855. 52. One-way courts. Scattered even browning and finger-soiling to faces; short closed tear to KD; scattered small white ink spotting to edges not affecting faces. Hochman NY19. A RARE early American deck from the partnership of John J. Levy and ?Huestis,? whose identity has never been traced. The address printed on the Ace of Spades, 177 & 179 Grand St, New York, was the location of the Union Card Manufactory building. As noted in Hochman, this was the first American deck to utilize five-color printing.