Gerard managed to get his hands on unique items from top players, such as the agenda and card box of the most famous player in the world Ely Culbertson. But also all kinds of other historical objects, such as the largest collection of trump pointers in the world (trump reminders), cards with a tax stamp and a table with a card shuffler. Conservator Wesll Deckers: “That is an invention of Laurens Hammond. At the time, it cost 25 dollars, which is about 1500 euros in today’s money. Bridge was really for the upper class of society at that time, they always had something to spend. And Hammond counted on that too, because he wanted to realize a dream, building Hammond organs. That would probably never have been possible without the sale of these tables.”
The only bridge museum in the world is in Leerdam: ‘A collection that got out of hand’
