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2015 • January

Selected Year: 2015
Selected Month: January
Total Articles: 4,448

Wüst “Encyclopedic Tarot”

Wüst “Encyclopedic Tarot”

“Encyclopedic Tarot” by C. L. Wüst with “bourgeois” views of life on the Trumps.

Collecting Playing Cards

Collecting Playing Cards

How I began Collecting Playing Cards by Robert S. Lancaster.

Jest Jokers

Jest Jokers

Peter Wood’s “Jest Jokers” comprising 54 different Joker designs made into a full pack of cards.

Cine Manual + Periquito

Cine Manual + Periquito

“Cine Manual” by Antonio Vercher Coll (1900-1934) and published by Reclamos Cimadevilla, Valencia, c.1927.

Naipes “El Castillo”

Naipes “El Castillo”

Hand-drawn designs by Inmaculada Gabaldón with suits based on traditional Spanish ones, published by Naipes de la Cigüeña, 1991.

The Valentine Group

The Valentine Group

The Valentine Group, Australia.

Drownin’ Surfer

Drownin’ Surfer

Drownin’ Surfer card game

Reed Paper Products

Reed Paper Products

Reed Paper Products of Waterloo manufactured playing cards until the late 1970s.

Star Wars Episode 1

Star Wars Episode 1

“STAR WARS Episode 1” playing cards printed by U.S. Playing Card Co., c.1999

Baraja Literaria

Baraja Literaria

“Baraja Literaria” Spanish pack with cartoons by Serafín, published by Asescoin and manufactured by Naipes Comas, 2002.

Drover’s Dilemma

Drover’s Dilemma

“Drover’s Dilemma” - a card game from Australia.

Creciendo Seguros

Creciendo Seguros

‘Creciendo Seguros’ road safety awareness playing cards from Argentina, 2006.

Veto

Veto

‘Veto’ is a Polish CCG game. Players compete for power and influence. The game is set in 17th century.

Disney Collectible Cards

Disney Collectible Cards

Disney collectable cards showing scenes from Disney animated movies, printed in Poland by KZWP-Trefl, 2003.

Casino No.240

Casino No.240

Piatnik-Ritter No.240 - Obchodní Tiskárny Casino No.240.

Playing Card Oracles - Alchemy Edition

Playing Card Oracles - Alchemy Edition

Playing Card Oracles - Alchemy Edition - by Charles J. Freeman and Ana Cortez

4 Elementos designed by Marcos Neila Muro

4 Elementos designed by Marcos Neila Muro

“4 Elementos” playing cards designed by Marcos Neila Muro promoting ecology and environmental sustainability.

Rufford Playing Cards

Rufford Playing Cards

Rufford playing cards is one of several brand names used by Boots for their stationery department, and probably the most popular.

Australian Excise Duty

Australian Excise Duty

Excise Duty was introduced on Australian playing cards in 1932

Gumppenberg of Milan

Gumppenberg of Milan

Fine playing cards made by Gumppenberg of Milan evoking the style of antiquity, c.1830

Quickie Wheelchairs

Quickie Wheelchairs

Uncut sheet of ‘Quickie’ Wheelchairs Quartet card game, made in Poland 2004