Erdnase & More - Auction This Weekend

[Potterauctions]

Potter & Potter's annual gambling memorabilia auction takes place this weekend.

It's our largest sale ever, and features gambling memorabilia in a wide range of categories, from a first edition of Erdnase's famous book on cheating at cards, to slot machines and trade stimulators, to the world-class playing card collection of Rhonda and Bob Hawes.

Also going on the block are unusual cheating devices (marked cards, gaffed roulette wheels, and fair ground games); books on cons, horseracing, and poker (including the first work in English to mention the game); posters, prints, and decorative objects with a playing card and gambling theme; and coin-operated machines from uprights to slots and beyond. Nearly 1100 lots in all will be offered over the course of the two-day sale.

View the catalog here: http://www.potterauctions.com/auctions/upcoming

Contact us at info@potterauctions.com or call us at 773-472-1442 for more information.

Potter & Potter Auctions
3759 N. Ravenswood Ave. Suite 121
Chicago, IL 60613
www.potterauctions.com

[Richard Hatch]

Day 1 of this two day auction just ended, with the first edition Erdnase fetching a hammer price of $8,500 bringing the total sale price with buyer's premium to $10,455.
The pictorial hardback 1905 Drake edition had a hammer price of $4,800, for total with buyer's premium of $5,904.