POTTER & POTTER AUCTION JUNE 27th & 28th, 2015

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I have been negligent! I promised to post some photos of playing cards coming up in our June auction and I have not done ANY. I know you all have been waiting with bated breath, so here is the first one. It is a Nathaniel Ford deck ca.1840. U1 in Hochman. I am not even going to mention how rare it is. Oh by the way, the auction is the last weekend in June in Chicago with a nice get together planned for Friday night. Would really like to see some of you.

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Another auction deck.

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The response has been overwhelming so I am posting another fabulous and rare pack of cards. Below is the auction description. ENJOY:

Reynolds & Sons “Crowquill”, Alfred (pseudonym of Alfred Henry Forrester). London, ca.1845. 52. VG. Cards lightly soiled but no cards bent or torn. Some call this a transformation deck but it is not listed in Field’s book on transformation cards.  The courts are all caricatures perhaps political in nature. Playing Cards in the Victorian Albert Museum, pg. 42.

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Yet another fantastic pack!

National Cards (The Bad Joker) Playing Cards, B.W. Hitchcock, NY, ca.1883. 52 + J (facsimile). G+, deck is well used, soiled, and some cards creased or torn. The suit symbols (eagles, flags, shields and liberty) are the same as used in the Union Deck of 1862. Courts are different: Jacks, Navy; Queens, Miss Liberty, and Kings, Presidents (Lincoln, Jackson, Washington and Arthur [1861-1865] ). This deck never comes up for sale in any condition and I know of only one other. Hoch. P2