May 27, 2021 - Sale 2570

Sale 2570 - Lot 368

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(PLAYING CARDS)
A complete deck of 36 Russian photographic prison playing cards, all featuring titillating nude women.
Silver prints, each card measuring 3 1/82 1/8 inches (7.9x5.4 cm.) overall, the diamonds and hearts hand-colored with pink. 1950s

Additional Details

Most Russian card games employ either the 36 card (games such as Durak) or the 32 card (particularly Preferans) decks.