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African art playing cards

African art playing cards

African art and symbolism on playing cards designed by John J. Beckvermit III, USA, 1994.

Branded Tarot Decks and Modern Mystic Lifestyle

Branded Tarot Decks and Modern Mystic Lifestyle

Taking a closer look at the rise of media tie-in branded tarot deck and esoteric lifestyle of younger generations.

Buffalo soldiers

Buffalo soldiers

“Buffalo soldiers” playing cards commemorating African American military men who helped change the face of America.

Charlie Brown Plays Baseball card game

Charlie Brown Plays Baseball card game

Peanuts comic strip characters on cards for regular play or a special game based on baseball.

Cleveland Museum of Art artists card game

Cleveland Museum of Art artists card game

Cleveland Museum of Art artists card game, USA, c.1993.

Historic Early Aviation

Historic Early Aviation

Reproductions of cigarette cards from 1910 on the subject of the early days of aviation.

Madame Lenormand Fortune Telling Cards

Madame Lenormand Fortune Telling Cards

Madame Lenormand Fortune Telling Cards made by Müller.

Motherpeace Round Tarot

Motherpeace Round Tarot

An original and imaginative feminist tarot based on Goddess energy.

Mummy Playing Cards

Mummy Playing Cards

Die-cut cards in the shape of an Egyptian sarcophagus.

New Palladini Tarot

New Palladini Tarot

“The New Palladini Tarot” by David Palladini published by U.S. Games Inc., in 1996.

Pickwick

Pickwick

A series of fifty-five original designs (including frontispiece, back and Joker) for a Pickwick pack of playing cards, in which are introduced all the principal & many of the minor characters figuring in the great humorous classic.

The Age of Dinosaurs playing cards

The Age of Dinosaurs playing cards

Dinosaurs from different ages and locations, with artwork by Virginijus Poshkus.

The Cooper Union

The Cooper Union

The Cooper Union caricature playing cards illustrated by Gerry Gersten, United States, c. 1987

The Lord of the Rings Tarot Deck & Card Game

The Lord of the Rings Tarot Deck & Card Game

The Lord of the Rings Tarot Pack by Terry Donaldson and artist Peter Pracownik. Published 1997 by U.S. Games Systems.

The Playing Card Oracles

The Playing Card Oracles

The Picture Book of Ana Cortez is an original work of art designed to facilitate Divination.

Victorian playing cards

Victorian playing cards

54 different card designs including people, animals, flowers, costumes and ornaments popular during the nineteenth century.