- TWO DICE HOLDOUT DEVICES.Two Dice Holdout
TWO DICE HOLDOUT DEVICES.Two Dice Holdout Devices. Makers unknown, ca. 1930. Metal construction. Pinned under coat to hold crooked dice.
- TRIO OF ANTIQUE HOLD-OUT THIEF ATTACHMENTS.Trio
TRIO OF ANTIQUE HOLD-OUT THIEF ATTACHMENTS.Trio of Antique Hold-Out Thief Attachments. For use with various Kepplinger-style holdout dices, including an extendable shiner and both a dice and card thief. Approx. 7” long each. Light or heavy oxidation and pitting.
- FIVE SHIRT HOLDOUTS.Five Shirt Holdouts.
FIVE SHIRT HOLDOUTS.Five Shirt Holdouts. Clear plastic device hidden between the buttons of a man's button-down shirt, used for switching cards in and out of play. Five units, two different designs.
- MARTINKA WAIST HOLDOUT.Martinka Waist
MARTINKA WAIST HOLDOUT.Martinka Waist Holdout. New York: Martinka & Co., ca. 1900. Brass belt-like device with cloth bag and canvas belt, worn around the waist and enabling the crooked gambler or magician to switch or substitute one set of dice or cards for another. New bag, Velcro closures added. Martinka hallmark on the push tab.
- FOUR “BUG” HOLDOUTS.Four “Bug”
FOUR “BUG” HOLDOUTS.Four “Bug” Holdouts. Used to conceal or “hold out” cards under a table for use by a card cheat. Brass, steel, and spring steel construction. Four different sizes, the longest 6 ½”.
- CHIP CUP CHEATING DEVICE.Chip Cup Cheating
CHIP CUP CHEATING DEVICE.Chip Cup Cheating Device. Hollow stack of seven chips used to steal chips from the casino table or as a holdout for a pair of dice. With thirteen matching grey and black embossed $1 chips from the Southern Club.
- COLLECTION OF 15 “WIZARD” CUFF-FASTENER
COLLECTION OF 15 “WIZARD” CUFF-FASTENER HOLDOUTS.Collection of 15 “Wizard” Cuff-Fastener Holdouts. American and European, 1880s – 1900s. All different examples of the popular style of fastener that some gamblers adopted as a means of hiding cards within shirt sleeves. Most hallmarked. Very good.
- TWO BUG HOLDOUTS.Two Bug Holdouts. Cheating
TWO BUG HOLDOUTS.Two Bug Holdouts. Cheating devices secretly affixed underneath a card table and used to “hold out” cards from the deck. One a spring steel device, the other homemade from brass and wire. The largest 4 ¾” long.
- BEAN SHOOTER HOLDOUT.Bean Shooter Holdout.
BEAN SHOOTER HOLDOUT.Bean Shooter Holdout. Arizona: Bill Gusias, ca. 1990. Brass and Plexiglas device used to secretly steal cards from and deliver cards to the card sharper’s hand. 6 ¼” long.
- KEPPLINGER HOLDOUT DEVICE.Kepplinger
KEPPLINGER HOLDOUT DEVICE.Kepplinger Holdout Device. Bill Gusias [?], ca. 1980. Brass and steel with reinforced flexible tubing. Secret device strapped to the cheater’s arm and body delivers a card (or cards) into the hand. With a variety of webbing straps and rubber bands. Restringing required, else fine.
- ARM HOLDOUT.Arm Holdout. American, ca.
ARM HOLDOUT.Arm Holdout. American, ca. 1920. Also known as a sleeve holdout, third hand or Jacobs ladder. Made of aluminum and brass with original canvas strap. Works smoothly.
- FULVES, KARL. LOT OF EIGHT MAGIC BOOKS.Fulves,
FULVES, KARL. LOT OF EIGHT MAGIC BOOKS.Fulves, Karl. Lot of Eight Magic Books. Teaneck, 1970s-80s. Including Faro Concepts (1977), Curioser (1980), Transpo-Trix (1978), Gene Finnell's Card Magic (1973), Impromptu Holdouts (1977), Close Up Mental Magic (1974), Covenant (1987), and A History of the Brainwave Principle (1983). Illustrated. 4tos. Very good.