Auction 85 · Lot 175
Jacob's Bible Cards. Designed by Raban.
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(RABAN, ZE'EV).
printer
Lion Playing Cards Factory
Place
Tel Aviv
Publication
circa 1950
Description
Six unopened twin-packs of boxed playing-cards, housed in the publisher's original box. MINT CONDITION.
summary
"Jacob's Bible Cards brings the romance and the colour of the Bible into the card-pack by substituting famous Bible characters for the conventional Kings, Queens and Jacks. These cards enable the players to combine education with pleasure.”
Cf. Israel Museum Catalogue, Bezalel no. 1372 and color plate 7; and Yeshiva University Museum Catalogue, Raban nos. 139-40.