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Auction archive: Lot number 10

Set of playing cards issued by The White Pass and Yukon Route, with a different photo on the face of each card

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 10

Set of playing cards issued by The White Pass and Yukon Route, with a different photo on the face of each card

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Title: Set of playing cards issued by The White Pass and Yukon Route, with a different photo on the face of each card Author: ** Place: Seattle Publisher: Date: [1900] Description: Complete set of 52 cards, plus a joker, a card with a map of the route to the Nome Gold Fields, a card with tables of distances, and a card printed on both sides with description of the route; two-part slipcase, the outer box of which is lettered in gilt on one side "The White Pass and Yukon Route Souvenir Cards", with a card showing its color pictorial back mounted on the other. 3¾x2¾x¾". Playing cards commemorating the "Scenic Railway of the World," with photographs of the scenic wonders of Alaska, the rail lines and bridges, railroad cars, towns and stopovers, majestic mountains, etc. On the back of the cards is a design in red, white and blue with depiction of a train crossing a bridge through the mountains. The edges of the cards are gilded. Lot Amendments Condition: Just a little rubbing and extremity wear to box, very good or better. Item number: 227674

Auction archive: Lot number 10
Auction:
Datum:
29 Mar 2012
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Set of playing cards issued by The White Pass and Yukon Route, with a different photo on the face of each card Author: ** Place: Seattle Publisher: Date: [1900] Description: Complete set of 52 cards, plus a joker, a card with a map of the route to the Nome Gold Fields, a card with tables of distances, and a card printed on both sides with description of the route; two-part slipcase, the outer box of which is lettered in gilt on one side "The White Pass and Yukon Route Souvenir Cards", with a card showing its color pictorial back mounted on the other. 3¾x2¾x¾". Playing cards commemorating the "Scenic Railway of the World," with photographs of the scenic wonders of Alaska, the rail lines and bridges, railroad cars, towns and stopovers, majestic mountains, etc. On the back of the cards is a design in red, white and blue with depiction of a train crossing a bridge through the mountains. The edges of the cards are gilded. Lot Amendments Condition: Just a little rubbing and extremity wear to box, very good or better. Item number: 227674

Auction archive: Lot number 10
Auction:
Datum:
29 Mar 2012
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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