May 19, 2022 - Sale 2605

Sale 2605 - Lot 137

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600

CHARLES EAMES (1907-1978) & RAY EAMES (1912-1988)

[GIANT HOUSE OF CARDS]. Group of 17 cards. 1953.


Each 11x7 inches, 28x19 3/4 cm.
Condition generally A-: minor creases and abrasions at edges; each on 8-ply cardboard, as issued. Without original box, and missing 3 cards.

This is the larger version of Charles and Ray Eames' cards, constructed from 8-ply cardboard. This edition was also manufactured by Tigrett Enterprises and was in production from 1953 until 1961 when the company went out of business (https://eames.com/en/giant-house-of-cards).