Simon Wintle
- Spain • Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
Barribal Series
William H. Barribal (1873 - 1956) was a London artist who created the Waddingtons 'Barribal' playing cards series, which are avidly collected today.
Bartolo Borrego, Mexico
40-card Spanish-suited woodblock and stencil pack made in Mexico by Bartolo Borrego, 1836.
Bedaumine Hnos, Bs Aires
Naipes Tipo Español 'El Vencedor', Bedaumine Hnos, Bs Aires
Belgian Playing Cards
Belgian cardmakers have been actively designing and exporting playing cards since the 14th century.
Bella y Bestia Cromy card game Argentina
Bella y Bestia Cromy card game Argentina
Bertrand Domec, Buenos Aires 1904-1970
Bertrand Domec was an importer of playing cards into Argentina, 1904-1970.
Biermans for the Estanco de Naipes del Peru
Standard Genoese pattern with French indices made by Biermans for Cigarrillo Holiday and the Estanco de Naipes del Perú.
Bonnie Blue’s Rummy Cards
Bonnie Blue’s Rummy Cards.
Bridge advertising playing cards by La Cubana
Bridge advertising playing cards for Morganite Carbon, manufactured by La Cubana, S.A., Tulipan 108, Mexico 4, D.F., c.1980s.
Cadiz style by La Primitiva, Bs Aires c.1905.
Cadiz style playing cards produced by or for La Primitiva, Victoria 3179, Buenos Aires c.1905. The cards have the black 'Mercury' tax stamp on the four of cups.
Cards for export to Peru by Heraclio Fournier
'El Caballo' brand (No.5P) playing-cards manufactured in Spain by Heraclio Fournier S.A. especially for the Estanco de Naipes del Perú, c.1960.
Carreras Ltd Tobacco Advertising
Carreras issued a number of advertising packs, cigarette and trade cards, miniature packs, etc during the 1920s and 30s.
Cartas Blancas Self-improvement playing cards
Cartas Blancas Self-help playing cards
Cartes La Gazelle, Casablanca
Cartes La Gazelle, manufactured by Imprimerie de L’Entente, Casablanca
Casa Escasany
Naipes Casa Escasany ~ Magnificent novelty playing cards published by Casa Escasany, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1930s.
Casablanca playing cards from Morocco
Moroccan cards with the legend 'Casablanca'.
Cats, Cakes, Clothes and Cups
Dianne Longley is a print artist who produces books and folios as well as intaglio and relief prints.
Chance Playing Cards by Catalyst UK
CHANCE Playing Cards are produced by Catalyst, an open group of women artists and scientists founded in 1995 in Portsmouth UK.
Chas Goodall and Son 1820-1922
Today nothing remains of Charles Goodall's Camden Works, where three-quarters of the playing cards printed in Britain were produced.
Children’s miniature football player cards, Montevideo, c.1928
Miniature children’s playing cards with photographs of football players on the reverse.
Chilean Playing Cards
Naipes Chilenos ~ Early Chilean playing cards were based upon Spanish models.
Chip 'n Dale Cromy card game Argentina
Chip 'n Dale Cromy card game Argentina.
Cia Chilena de Tabacos
Spanish style pack issued on behalf of the Cía Chilena de Tabacos, c.1932.
Cía General de Fósforos Montevideana
The design of these Spanish-suited cards is the same Spanish Catalan style as used by their sister company in Argentina, Cía General de Fósforos, S.A.
Cigarrillos Compadre, Peru, early 1900s
Spanish-suited playing cards for Cigarrillos Compadre, Peru, early 1900s
Coca~Cola themed pack for Ripley department store, Peru
Coca-Cola themed deck produced for Ripley Department Store, Peru, anonymous manufacturer, c.2000.
Conrad Punta del Este Resort & Casino
Naipes Conrad Punta del Este Casino playing cards produced specially for Conrad Punta del Este Resort & Casino.
Cries of London
The cards were printed from copper plates, with the red suit symbols being applied later by stencil. The court cards contain interesting miniature versions of the standard full-length figures used on playing cards at the time
Cusco Inca Souvenir
Pre-Incas & Incas Souvenir Playing Cards, Cusco, Peru, 2000.
Czech Nationalistic playing cards
During the 19th century growing nationalist sentiment led to a rejection of Austro-Hungarian culture in favour of that of the native Czech people. One outcome from this movement was a ‘Nationalistic’ pack of playing cards painted by Emanuel Neumann.
Danbrit
Danbrit playing cards by Alf Cooke, 1930s
Danish playing cards - Tarock trumps
Two versions of trump no.15 depicting the Thorvaldsen Museum.
Danish Tarok Cards - Holmblad, c.1850
The traditional animal images on tarok decks are here substituted by images of buildings from Copenhagen and the surrounding area. The deck had several editions, with each new edition updating the latest changes to the buildings that had taken place since the previous edition.
Danish Tarok Cards - Salomon & Co., c.1906
Danish Tarok cards published by S. Salomon & Co., Kjøbenhavn, c.1906.
Dasavatara Ganjifa from India
Chromo-lithograph Ganjifa cards by the Chitrasala Press, around 1950. Ten suits of twelve cards, each suit is based on one of the ten incarnations of Vishnu.
David Hurter, Schaffhausen
David Hurter built up a playing card business in Schaffhausen during the 18th century.
Disney Babies Cromy card game Argentina
Disney Babies Cromy card game Argentina.
Disney Characters Cromy card game Argentina
Disney Characters Cromy card game Argentina.
Disney playing cards from Peru
Disney playing cards from Peru.
Donald Duck Cromy card game Argentina
Donald Duck Cromy card game Argentina
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Dviracio Kortos, 2001
Dviracio Kortos playing cards, based on 'Dviracio Zynios' ('The Bicycle's News'), a popular Lithuanian TV comedy show, in which actors satirize the vices and follies of modern society.
E.P.C.S. Competitions
Do you know any good playing card related cartoons or jokes?
Early German Engraved Playing-cards
During the second half of the fifteenth century, with printing technology commercially established and playing cards already a mass-produced commodity, a succession of masterly German engravers practised their art and decorative playing cards reached a zenith.
Early History of Playing Cards & Timeline
Out of an apparent void, a constellation of references in early literature emerge pointing to the sudden arrival of playing cards, principally in Belgium, Germany, Spain and Italy around 1370-1380. Discover the early history of playing cards in our timeline from 50AD to the 15th century.
Early Spanish/Portuguese type
Fragment of a sheet of archaic Spanish-suited 'Dragon' playing cards found during restoration of a house in Antwerp built between 1559 and 1574
El Barco
El Barco playing cards designed by E. Pastor, Valencia, Spain, c.1895
El Ciervo, c.1930
Sebastian Comas y Ricart - Hija de A. Comas “El Ciervo” Spanish Catalan pattern, c.1930.
El Ferrocarril
Naipe El Ferrocarril made by La Cubana, S.A. (Fabrica de Naipes El Aguila), Mexico, c.1960