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Lot # 1721: Circa 1915 Buffalo Bill Sells-Floto Circus Promotional Playing-Card Deck in Original Sleeve

Starting Bid: $100.00

Bids: 2 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "2024 Fall Classic",
which ran from 9/27/2024 7:00 PM to
10/19/2024 10:00 PM



Rare complete deck of fifty-two playing cards, housed in its original sleeve, issued by the Sells-Floto Circus in promotion of the famed Buffalo Bill Wild West Show. The back of each card features a colorful portrait image of Buffalo Bill Cody in the center, with a different Western vignette pictured in each corner. Included with the deck is a Joker card depicting an image of an American Indian wearing a headdress, with the words "Me Heap Big Joker" written on his Tom-Tom. The front of the sleeve is lettered "Sells-Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill Himself - Admission 25 Cents." An image of the card reverse is pictured on the opposite side of the sleeve. Buffalo Bill performed with the Sells-Floto Circus in 1914 and 1915 after his Wild West Show went bankrupt in 1913, thereby dating the card deck to that two-year span. The cards display normal use but remain in overall Excellent condition. The sleeve displays small tears along some of the edges and a few moderate abrasions, as well as a remnant of the original seal. In Good condition overall.

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