29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Playing Cards - Joseph Hunt and Successors.
A collection of playing cards, comprising:
Hunt (1790-1801), 34 (of 52) cards, dust marked;
Hunt & Son, Successor to Gibson, [c.1803], 32 (of 32) piquet cards;
Gibson Hunt & Son, [c.1803], 52 cards,
Hunt & Sons (1821-1840), six decks of playing cards, four considered earlier than 1821 by the late previous owner, with an incomplete seventh pack
Bancks Brothers (1849-1889), nine decks of playing cards including two in a worn leather Besique case with De La Rou dial boards and an incomplete set in a Whist case.
Joseph Hunt & Sons, [?1880], 52 cards.
Hunts Playing Card …Ltd. [late 19th cent.], 52 cards. (21)
Sold for £900
Estimated at £150 - £250
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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