Set Reminder2018-04-14 00:30:002018-04-14 00:30:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Gambling Memorabilia https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/gambling-memorabilia-22013 Our May Gambling Auction featured the collection of Bob Rosenberger. The sale included an array of truly scarce and rare material related to gambling, poker, playing cards, and other games of chance.
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Will & Finck Gambling Catalog in Original Mailing Envelope, and Miscellaneous Ephemera. San Francisco, 1884. 16 pages. 4 x 3?. Including original insert for ?Tinting Colors? for shading cards; original purchase receipt from East Coast Casino Antiques; catalog description in East Coast Antiques auction in May of 1982; letter from East Coast Antiques to Rosenberger congratulating him on his purchase and explaining the catalog?s rarity, reproduction of catalog, envelope and insert. Will & Finck got around using the word ?gambling? by calling the items in the catalog ?Sporting Goods.? Other gambling supply houses used this terminology also. The only known original Will & Finck gambling supply catalog in private hands. Near fine. Will & Finck acquired an international reputation for their faro tools and other gambling gear, barber and saloon supplies, and ornate California-style cutlery. Professional gamblers the world over spoke of the firm in almost reverent terms and they treasured their Will & Finck card holdouts and gaffed dealing boxes.