Live Auction 1680Historic Cards and Games: The Stuart and Marilyn R. Kaplan Collection
Opera and Operetta Tarock, circa 1870, Vienna, Carl Titze & Schinkay, 54 of 54 cards, hand and stencil colored steel engravings, ace of hearts contains Austrian monarchic tax stamp, 15 kreuzer (valid 1858-1877), duty tax office number 86. Trumps are full-length figures of actors and mostly young actresses in fanciful stage costumes from operas and operettas of the time, such as II Landfrieden, III Afrikanerin, V Lohengrin, VII Sardanapal, XI Judith, XIII Orpheus, XVI Romeo u. Julie, etc., double-ended Roman numerals, courts are double-ended and unnamed, French suits, no indices, square corners. Backs are overall geometric pattern of small suns and dots in burgundy. Size 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm.) high, 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm.) wide. Cards in generally fine condition, original box with some damage. Kaplan I, 306.
Lot 88

Opera and Operetta Tarock, circa 1870, Vienna, Carl Titze & Schinkay, 54 of 54 cards, hand and stencil colored steel engravings, ace of hearts contains Austrian monarchic tax stamp, 15 kreuzer (valid 1858-1877), duty tax office number 86. Trumps are full-length figures of actors and mostly young actresses in fanciful stage costumes from operas and operettas of the time, such as II Landfrieden, III Afrikanerin, V Lohengrin, VII Sardanapal, XI Judith, XIII Orpheus, XVI Romeo u. Julie, etc., double-ended Roman numerals, courts are double-ended and unnamed, French suits, no indices, square corners. Backs are overall geometric pattern of small suns and dots in burgundy. Size 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm.) high, 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm.) wide. Cards in generally fine condition, original box with some damage. Kaplan I, 306.

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Opera and Operetta Tarock, circa 1870, Vienna, Carl Titze & Schinkay, 54 of 54 cards, hand and stencil colored steel engravings, ace of hearts contains Austrian monarchic tax stamp, 15 kreuzer (valid 1858-1877), duty tax office number 86. Trumps are full-length figures of actors and mostly young actresses in fanciful stage costumes from operas and operettas of the time, such as II Landfrieden, III Afrikanerin, V Lohengrin, VII Sardanapal, XI Judith, XIII Orpheus, XVI Romeo u. Julie, etc., double-ended Roman numerals, courts are double-ended and unnamed, French suits, no indices, square corners. Backs are overall geometric pattern of small suns and dots in burgundy. Size 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm.) high, 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm.) wide. Cards in generally fine condition, original box with some damage. Kaplan I, 306.