— Publieke Verkooping Venduhuis.

[Leiden], J.J. Sleijser, [ca. 1855]. 29 loose cards with hand-colored images of items to be auctioned (lithographs mounted on cardboard, each 56 x 88 mm.), larger card with the same image as on the lid lid (lithograph mounted on cardboard, 87 x 164 mm.), and 30 small cards with the object names to be auctioned (lithographs mounted on cardboard, each 41 x 64 mm.). Together in orig. cardboard box [ca. 15 x 185 x 25 mm.]. - Box sl. worn; 1 cardboard side of the lid is missing.Rare late nineteenth-century Dutch card game with the theme of an auction sale. The lithographed lid features a charming hand-coloured image of a public auction. - All cards for the game are present. The original instruction sheet is missing. A simple, modern version of the instructions is included. - On the inside of the lid, two stamps have been placed by a presumed previous owner of the game. ("P.J. Langevee[n].Station Haarlemmerpl[ein]. Amsterdam").