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1896 Gambler’s Cheat Card Clip
1896 Gambler’s Cheat Card Clip
1896 Gambler’s Cheat Card Clip
1896 Gambler’s Cheat Card Clip
1896 Gambler’s Cheat Card Clip
1896 Gambler’s Cheat Card Clip

1896 Gambler’s Cheat Card Clip

$ 31.67

Availability: 100 in stock
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  • Condition: Used

    Description

    1896 Gambler’s Cheat Card Clip.
    Upon referencing the U. S. Patent office description referring to the WASHBURN PAT. MAR. 27. 94 (1894) - FEB 4. 96.(1896) clip, it is simply stated as being a cuff holder with patent 517,084 issued 3/27/1894 as a clasp. Gambling enthusiasts have long sought out these strange little clasps as a period card cheat, hold-out devise popularly utilized by unscrupulous gamblers. Capable of securing the proverbial ace up your sleeve with one end of the clip attached inside the sleeve-opening above the cuff and the other clipped to the card. Washburn's device would serve a slight of hand river boat slick or gambling hall cheat well regardless of the patent stated intent. The clip was invented by prolific inventor of clips, clasps and fasteners James V. Washburne of Morrison, Ill. A neat little piece of Americana, this hard to find relic of the late 1800s will lay well in any period playing card grouping.
    Note that the card holding end was definitely made for the thicker cards of the day.