This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/28/2020
Tiffany & Co. Harlequin Playing Cards. New York, 1879. Designed by C.E. Carryl. 52 + EC (blank). Transformation deck, pip cards with humorous and witty captions accompanying occupational, racial, and political designs; courts also humorously depicted, Jack of Clubs with a pug in the crook of his arm, smoking a cigar; King of Diamond plays a banjo; and the King of Spades is badly injured, in a cane, sling, and foot bandage. All gilt edges. Original box [crudely taped, defective]. Hochman T4. Beautifully color lithographed, and widely regarded as the most artistic and skillful American transformation deck.