Potter and Potter Auctions: Ante Up: Gambling Memorabilia, 1108, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- 01/30/2021 - 01/30/2021
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black, Jack. | You Can’t Win. | New York | 1926 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 2 | Burroughs, Stephen. | Memoirs of Stephen Burroughs. | Hanover; and Boston | 1798; 1804 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 3 | Cameron, Judson J. | Cheating at Bridge: Go Home with the Winners. | Philadelphia | 1933 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 62.50 |
| 4 | [Carleton, Henry Guy] | Three Poker Club Titles by Carleton. | 1889 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 210.00 | |
| 5 | [Casinos-Las Vegas] Aladdin Casino. | “Make a Wish…” Salt Lake City: Paragon Press, ca. | 1976 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 60.00 | |
| 6 | Cotton, Charles. | The Compleat Gamester; or Instructions How to Play at all manner of usual, and most Gentile Games. | London | 1709 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,020.00 |
| 7 | Cotton, Charles. | The Compleat Gamester; or Instructions How to Play at all manner of usual, and most Gentile Games. | London | 1710 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 875.00 |
| 8 | Including: Smith, Matthew Hale. | Sunshine and Shadow in New York. | Hartford | 1868 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 112.50 |
| 9 | [Cruikshank, Robert] Smeeton, George. | Doings in London; or, Day and Night Scenes of the Frauds, Frolics, Manners, and Depravities of the Metropolis. | London | 1828 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 10 | Devol, George H. | Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi. | Cincinnati | 1887 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 11 | Dillon, John J. | Hind–Sights; or, Looking Backward at Swindles. | New York | 1911 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 120.00 |
| 12 | Duke, Thomas. | Celebrated Criminal Cases of America. | San Francisco | 1910 | USD 125.00 - 225.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 13 | Erdnase, S.W. | The Expert at the Card Table. | Chicago | 1902 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
| 14 | [Evans, Gerritt] “A Retired Professional,” pseudo. | How Gamblers Win. | New York | 1868 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 540.00 |
| 15 | [Evans, Gerritt] “A Retired Professional,” pseudo. | How Gamblers Win. | New York | (1868)/ (ca. 1890s). | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 468.75 |
| 16 | [Gambling] Pair of Juvenile Pulps Related to Swindling and Gambling. Includes: A Losing Game of Poker. | Glasgow & London, | ca. 1880s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 17 | [Gambling] Three Works on Confidence Games. | Including | 1933 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 300.00 | |
| 18 | [Gambling] Harte, Francis Bret (1836–1902). | The Heathen Chinee. | Chicago | 1870 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 156.25 |
| 19 | Grannan, Joseph. | Grannan’s Warning Against Fraud. | Cincinnati | 1889 | USD 80.00 - 125.00 | USD 48.00 |
| 20 | Green, J.H. | Gamblers’ Tricks with Cards. | New York | 1869/(1890s?). | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 21 | Green, J[onathan] H[arrington]. | The Secret Band of Brothers; or, the American Outlaws. | Philadelphia | 1848 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,080.00 |
| 22 | Green, Jonathan H. | An Exposure of the Arts and Miseries of Gambling… Philadelphia: G.B. | 1847 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 240.00 | |
| 23 | Green, Jonathan H. | Gambling Exposed. A Full Exposition of all the Various Arts, Mysteries, and Miseries of Gambling. | Philadelphia | 1857 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 24 | Green, Jonathan H. | Gambling in its Infancy and Progress; or, A Dissuasive to the Young Against Games of Chance. | New York | 1853 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 25 | Green, Jonathan H. | Gambling Unmasked! Or, the Personal Experience of the Reformed Gambler. | New York | 1844 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
