Raber Cleveland Antiques 9.23.26
Lot 463:
Description
This lot comprises an assortment of gaming and tobacciana accessories, featuring cigar boxes, dice, playing cards, and poker chips. The collection includes a hinged wooden cigar box with a multi-color interior lid label printed with Corina and Queen of Mild Cigars. A red banner within the graphic reads Notice The Hole In The Head. The interior base of the box is stamped Corina Larks and the front panel reads Larks Extra Mild. The exterior lid features a circular black stamp for Corina J.E.Y. Cia and handwritten text in dark ink reading Old Rubber Chips. Contained within this box is a collection of fifteen dice in various materials and colors including yellow, brown, cream, and white with red pips. Also included is a paper-covered wooden box printed with Hamilton Harris and Cos Key West Specials on the interior lid and Key West Specials on the exterior. It bears a partial green United States Internal Revenue stamp citing Twelve Cigars, U.S. Inter. Rev., Act of March 2, 1901, and Series of 1901. A deck of playing cards produced for the Ardath Tobacco Company is present, featuring card backs printed with Chief Whip Virginia, London, and Ardath. The Dutch text De Beste Voor Uw Gezondheid is printed in blue, and the cards are stored in a two-part silver-toned metal container. The queens in this deck are marked with the character D. The lot is completed by two sets of composition poker chips. One blue cardboard box is printed with 100 U.S. 1 1/2 inch Poker Chips Plain Assorted on the end panel and contains organized stacks of red, white, cream, and dark blue interlocking chips. A second red cardboard box holds a loose assortment of similar composition chips in red, blue, and cream.
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