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Group of ten hand-colored phénakistiscope discs
Germany and/or France: circa 1835. Group of ten hand-colored lithographed phénakistiscope discs, printed on card, each measuring seven inches in diameter. Edgewear to several of the center holes, where the disc was mounted to a handle or stand; marginal smudge to tightrope walker disc. Accompanied by a cardboard backing disc.....
Price: $5,000.00
Jeu du Jardin Zoologique. Thiergarten-Spiel
Wissembourg: Wentzel, circa 1860s. Lithographic broadside, printed recto only, measuring 15.75 x 11 inches. Hand-colored en pochoir with gilt highlights. “No. 70” printed at top right corner; instructions printed below game board. Faint center crease, lightly browned at edges.
Price: $850.00
The Laughable Game of What D'ye Buy, by Professor Punch
London: J. Passmore, 18, Fleet Lane, Farringdon Street, circa 1855. Card game: twelve hand-colored engraved cards, measuring 2.4 x 2 inches, depicting shopkeepers; seventy-two letterpress stock cards (six per shop), measuring 1.6 x 1.9 inches; instruction booklet, measuring 5.1 x 4 inches, entitled “Explanation to The Laughable Game of What.....
Price: $4,800.00
Noah’s Dominoes
Montrose, Pennsylvania: Crandall’s of Montrose, circa 1875. Twenty-eight wooden dominoes, each measuring 4 x 2 inches, cut one quarter-inch thick. Chromolithographed images of animal heads and tails mounted to rectos; versos printed with domino patterns in black ink directly on wooden surface. Lightest edgewear. Housed in manufacturer’s wooden box, measuring.....
Price: $1,000.00