Apr 20, 2017 - Sale 2443

Sale 2443 - Lot 287

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(ADAM CLARK VROMAN) (1856-1916)
The American Indian Souvenir Playing Cards.
Complete deck of 52 playing cards, each with vignetted reproductions of photographs of Native Americans in the Southwest. With reproductions of Vroman's group as well as individual portraits, village views, and images of native peoples performing dances, in Walpi, Kivi, Laguna, and Acoma pueblos. Original gilt-lettered boards slipcase, lightly worn. Los Angeles: Lazarus & Melzer, 1900

Additional Details

WITH--A group of 5 other decks of photographic playing cards, each with reproductions after photographs featuring a number of western scenes including gold mining, views of cowboys, early railroad construction, American Indians, and impressively grand landscapes. Including: The White Pass and Yukon Route, 1900 The Golden West, 1916 Montana and Yellowstone, 1898 Indians of the Southwest, 1909 The Great Southwest, circa 1916.

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