The anonymous but well informed Grand Exposé of the Science of Gambling… sold by Pook & Pook for $3600 (£2770).
Tightly bound, clean and crisp, and “about the nicest copy we have seen” was the assessment by a specialist US saleroom of the biggest winner in its auction of a single-owner gambling memorabilia collection.
Part of a Potter & Potter (20% buyer’s premium) April 2 sale in Chicago, The Expert at the Card Table was bid to $14,000 (£10,770) and set an auction record for a work the auction house called “the most legendary tome related to gambling, cheating, and card sharping ever produced”.