Jun 07, 2018 - Sale 2481

Sale 2481 - Lot 390

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(LOTTERY PUFFS.) Collection of approximately 85 printed English lottery puffs or advertisements. Letterpress on small sheets mostly in an 8vo format, several with wood engraved illustrations and/or humorous verses. Some clipped or with handbill binding edges; housed in a 20th century green cloth chemise and box. should be seen. Sold as property of the Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, NY, to benefit the collections fund. England, early 19th century

Additional Details

Nice selection of puffs issued by various broker companies such as Bish, Webb, Hornsby, Swift, Eyton, Carroll, Sivewright, Martin, Hazard, Pidding, Turner, and Perry. Including a double-leaf promotion for the Royal Botanical Lottery of Dr. Robert John Thornton's Temple of Flora, clippings relating to the Pigot Diamond, and other tempting offerings of promised riches.