Mar 11, 2021 - Sale 2561

Sale 2561 - Lot 346

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(THE FORBIDDEN CITY--BEIJING, CHINA)
The Forbidden City Pekin & Chinese Views Souvenir Playing Cards.


Complete deck of 52 cards (plus the Joker), each with vignetted reproductions of photographs of the imperial palace and its surroundings. Each image is captioned, and includes scenes of palatial buildings and rooms, Buddhist temples and priests, Boxers from the rebellion facing punishment, opium dens, and more. Original gilt-lettered boards slipcase with an additionally affixed card. Los Angeles: Grimes-Strassforth Stationery Co, 1901