Paul Symons
- Netherlands • Member since February 01, 2016
I'm British but I have now lived in the Netherlands for more than 50 years and am still enjoying every minute of it. I started collecting playing cards in the early 1980’s after speaking with my neighbour who was at that time a croupier in a casino. I started with just collecting jokers, but that soon led me to complete packs of cards and eventually to specialising in old and antique playing cards, particularly those of C.L. Wüst of Frankfurt, Germany. I am presently the Dutch representative of the I.P.C.S. and the auctioneer at the IPCS conventions.
Eves Playing Cards
A pack of cards with colour photos of Indian film stars from the era
Celluloid Kasino-Poker Nr.92
published by Mirakel-Spielkarten in Vienna
Âs Nas playing cards with box
Hand made cards from Persia
Een Kaartspel
Minimalist playing cards from The Netherlands
Specsavers playing cards
to help you see better when playing cards
Old School Playing cards from Moon
Designed and published by Leo Scherfig
Goodall 1915-1916 Sample Book
Complete contents of a sample book by Goodall & Sons
Goodall 1916 Rockleigh Sample Book
Complete contents of a sample book by Goodall
Goodall 1879-1880 Sample Book
Complete contents of a sample book by Goodall & Sons
De La Rue 1932-1933 Sample Book of Advertising cards
Complete contents of a sample book of advertising cards by De La Rue
ORIENT The Queen of Cards
A unique Art creation of Subho Tagore
Vues et Caractères Suisses No.228
A Swiss souvenir pack by Dondorf
WW2 German Propaganda Playing Cards
showing satirical portraits of Allied leaders and politicians
Non-Standard playing cards from The Netherlands
by an unknown maker
Four Continents playing cards
made by Fulladosa y Comp of Barcelona
Seven Seas Maori Playing Cards
A Gift from New Zealand
Art Nouveau playing cards from Italy
from the Armanino factory in Genoa
Les Mousquetaires Playing Cards
depicting characters from the novel by Alexandre Dumas
Nine art-nouveau transformation playing cards
by an unknown artist
Lidia Schöffer art-deco playing cards
A prize winning design from The Netherlands
Belgian Souvenir playing cards
made in Germany by C.L. Wüst
Llombart pattern playing cards from Germany
made in Leipzig in the early 19th. century
Llombart pattern playing cards from Spain
also known as the Plumed Hat pattern.
The British Royal visit to India playing cards
printed in Spain for British India in 1911.
Reykjavik Athletic Club playing cards
made in Iceland
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Oude Kunst (Old Art) playing cards with Wüst courts
made for export to the Netherlands.
A New Year’s Greeting
in the form of playing cards
Art Deco playing cards
by Flemming-Wiskott A.G.of Glogau, Germany.
Dietsche Playing Cards for the Dutch Shipping Company
A beautiful early pack from The Dutch Playing Card factory.
Anonymous pack of Dutch playing cards
produced just after the end of the Second World War.
Art Nouveau Whist playing cards from a small Dutch factory
The factory probably only produced playing cards for a few years in the 1920's
Hand made WW2 Prisoner of War Playing Cards
made by German soldiers held captive by US troops
Isle of Man playing cards made by Glénisson of Turnhout
Two souvenir packs with different court cards made by Glénisson for the Isle of Man, c.1880.
Isle of Man playing cards by De La Rue & Goodall
Two different versions of Isle of Man playing cards from 1870 and 1914.
Bon Gout No.11 with Crimean War aces
Made by Mesmaekers & Moentack of Turnhout.
Isle of Man souvenir playing cards by Goodall & Son.
Two antique packs with scenic aces illustrating places on the Isle of Man.
Neptune No.105 Playing Cards
An exotic pack made by A.Van Genechten of Turnhout
Grimaud copy of Wüst playing cards
A copy of Wüst house pattern 3
Copies of Wüst House pattern playing cards
both by Christian Heinrich Reuter of Nuremberg, Germany
Goodall’s modernised Wüst House pattern playing cards
A remodelled version of the first Wüst house pattern.
Goodall’s Wüst house pattern playing cards
Goodall’s Wüst house pattern playing cards with scenic aces of Brazil.
Wüst Costumes Suisses No.93
Two version of a Swiss souvenir pack by C.L.Wúst
Wüst Oval Patience Playing Cards No.240
A review of all three known versions
Renaissance Playing cards made by C.L.Wüst
Rococo style playing cards from Frankfurt.
Unnamed Scenic aces of Rio de Janeiro
Cards made by C.L.Wüst of Germany for Brazil
Adolph Wulff Kort No.70
Playing cards for Denmark made by C.L. Wüst
Wüst playing cards with International scenic aces
A rarely seen pack of cards
Decorated pip cards from C.L.Wüst
Several Wüst patience packs with special pip cards
Les Cartes pour l'Égalité
Playing cards for gender equality, created on the 500th anniversary of classic French cards
Reo Rex Luxus bild
Celluloid playing cards made in Vienna
C.L. Wüst English pattern comparison
A review of the Ace of spades, court card, backs and joker of English pattern playing cards by Wüst from my collection.