11: A RARE AND DESIRABLE EVANS GAME WHEEL WITH 3-D FIGURES

Casino and gaming wheels by the H. C. Evans & Company of Chicago are always high quality and very colorful. Most often the Horse Race wheels are decorated with reverse painted panels of jockeys on horses in full stride around the perimeter. This rare example is instead set with three-dimensional polychrome cast metal horses mounted to the painted wood wheel. Each horse and rider are painted in great detail employing various color schemes and patterns throughout. The wheel is hand painted in eight colors and embellished with nickel-plated mounts. The brightly colored hand painted odds meter with numeric readout sits atop the tripod base.

Pictured on page 117 and back cover of Sellers' book (Figure 8.18). This is the only example the Tuckers have seen or heard of in their 30 years of collecting.
Measures 51.5 x 30.5 inches.
Very good condition throughout. There are no issues of damage, repair or heavy wear with the exception of the red wood hub at the center of the wheel and some light rubs nearby. The number read-out mechanism is intact but does not fully function.
$3,500 - $4,000