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2024 • December
Fantasy Spanish-suited deck
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by Simon Wintle
Fantasy Spanish-suited deck by Bertschinger y Codina, Barcelona.
Virgil Solis
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by Simon Wintle
Remarkable pack of 52 animal-suited playing-cards designed and etched by Virgil Solis.
Trappola cards from Poland
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by Simon Wintle
Trappola cards published in Warsaw by J G Du Port during the 18th century.
Victorian grocer’s scale plate
Large flat plate decorated with highly coloured English cards and royal arms.
The UCR Deck
Giant-size cards designed by Thomas Sanders to advertise courses and facilities at UCR.
Bertschinger y Codina - Cartes Françaises
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by Simon Wintle
French ‘Paris’ pattern made by Bertschinger y Codina, Barcelona, c.1850.
Tarot Actuel 1984
Major arcana to cut out, issued with the French magazine Actuel, using photographic images.
Queen of Arts
A wide variety of women artists celebrated on cards with illustrations by Laura Callaghan.
Season’s Greetings
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by Ken Lodge
Wishing all those who visit my blog a very happy festive season and a very good 2025.
Fredericks & Mae playing cards
A rainbow pack from the design team of Fredericks & Mae and Benjamin English.
The Glasgow Pack
Issued to celebrate Glasgow’s reign as European City of Culture in 1990, with city views and works of art.
Verkeers Kwartet
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by Simon Wintle
A helpful quartet game celebrating the 75th anniversary of road safety exams making traffic safer.
Naipe Vizcaino
‘Naipe Vizcaino’ designed by Javier Urkiri and published by Industrias Gráficas Castuera and the Caja de Ahorros Vizcaína.
Cathedrals, Abbeys & Minsters playing cards
54 pictures of different famous cathedrals, abbeys and minsters in England and Wales.
Spanish pattern by Eugène Boisse
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by Simon Wintle
Spanish pattern published by Eugène Boisse, Bordeaux.
Baraja Turística del País Vasco
Basque poker deck of 55 cards published by Fournier with scenic views of the Basque Country.
Catalan pattern by B.P Grimaud
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by Simon Wintle
Standard Spanish Catalan pattern deck made in Paris by B.P Grimaud.
Baraja Vasca
Spanish Basque Country deck with original drawings by María Isabel Ibañez de Sendadiano.