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.
Castle Lager
Castle Lager playing cards, c.2012.
Five Suit Bridge
Five Suit Bridge was invented in Vienna in 1937 by Walter W. Marseille and Dr. Paul Stern.
De Land’s Nifty playing cards
De Land’s Nifty playing cards published by S. S. Adams Co, c.1930.
Jonas Fouquet Navarra Pattern
Navarra Pattern by Jonas Fouquet, c.1720 and c.1820.
Vizaĝo playing cards
Vizaĝo playing cards created by Annette Abolins, 2017.
Black Cat Fortune Telling Game
Black Cat Fortune Telling Game published by Parker Bros, 1897
Navarra Pattern, 1682
Navarra pattern produced for the Pamplona General Hospital Monopoly in 1682.
Navarra Pattern
Navarra Pattern produced for the Pamplona General Hospital Monopoly.
Tarocchini Bolognesi by Carlo Zanardi
Tarocchini Bolognesi by Carlo Zanardi, c.1850
Hermanos Solesio
“Money Bag” pattern by Hermanos Solesi, late 18th c.
V. F. Solesio Tarot
V. F. Solesio Tarot, Genoa, mid-late 19th century.
Kem ‘Spanish’ playing cards
Kem ‘Spanish’ playing cards appear to depict Spanish conquistadors © 1994.
Columbian Exposition Souvenir
Columbian Exposition Souvenir playing cards, G.W. Clark, Chicago, 1893.
Piatnik No.97
Non-standard French-suited cards published by Ferd Piatnik & Sõhne, Vienna, c.1940s.
Navarra Pattern, 1793
Navarra pattern by an unknown cardmaker with initials I. I., 1793.
Spider Solitaire
Spider Solitaire is a free web site offering new versions of the classic solitaire card game
Tô Tôm №1204
Tô Tôm is played with a 120-card Chinese-style deck.
Mordillo Skat
Mordillo Skat designed by Guillermo Mordillo, c.1979
Oppenheimer und Sulzbacher
Card games produced in Germany by Oppenheimer und Sulzbacher.
Qajar Dynasty playing cards
Qajar Dynasty playing cards, Iran, 19th century.
Hindooly
Hindooly published by Chas Goodall & Son Ltd with four newly designed suits, c.1904.
Fortune Telling playing cards
English Fortune Telling cards probably published c.1770.
4C Gemstone playing cards for De Beers
4C Gemstone playing cards for De Beers, 1988.
Baraja “Neoclásica”, Madrid, 1810
Baraja “Neoclásica” engraved by José Martínez de Castro, first published by Clemente Roxas, Madrid, 1810.
Baraja Mitológica
“Baraja Mitológica” was first published in Madrid in c.1815 by Josef Monjardín from engravings by José Martínez de Castro.
Waddington’s 1940 Trade Brochure
Waddington’s 1940 Trade Brochure.
America
“America” playing cards designed by Teodoro N Miciano, 1960.
Baraja Taurina Toranzo
Baraja Taurina Mexicana Toranzo with paintings by Antonio Navarrete, 2003
Bucktrout & Co. Ltd
Half-sized cigarette playing cards published by Bucktrout & Co., Ltd (Guernsey) c.1930.
Gallo Intransparente
Gallo Extra Intransparente by Clemente Jacques y Cia S.A., Mexico.
Tarocchi di Mantegna, c.1465
The so-called Tarocchi di Mantegna (c.1465) reflect an ideological structure bringing to mind the soul's progress towards perfection.
Tesseract Mobile Solitaire Games
Tesseract Mobile’s new Solitaire card games for Android devices features dynamic playing cards that change style...
Rodolfo de Olea : “El Elefante”
“El Elefante” Cadiz pattern by Rodolfo de Olea Viaña, 1899.
Divine Art
Divine Art Playing Cards by Sunish Chabba & Guru Playing Card Company, 2016.
Thoth Tarot – Aleister Crowley Tarot
Aleister Crowley Tarot – the sombre luminary – Crowley and Lady Frieda Harris worked on the illustrations between 1938 and 1943
Perspectives on the History of Tarot
Tarot, originally a 15th century card game from Italy, has evolved into a form of personal mysticism and spiritual exploration, offering new visions of expanding awareness.
Georg Kapfler
Antique deck of old Bohemian playing cards of the German type manufactured by Georg Kapfler and dated 1611.
Cartas Gitanas
The designs of these fortune-telling cards are largely taken from nineteenth century Austrian "Rural Scenes" Tarock cards.
Elephante No.50
‘Elephante No.50’ Cadiz pattern produced in Brazil, probably by Azevedo & Cia, Recife, c.1920.
Cádiz Pattern playing cards
Cádiz Pattern playing cards
Naipes Garaycochea
Humorous playing cards designed by Carlos Garaycochea, Buenos Aires, c.2002.
Sola-Busca Tarocchi
The Sola-Busca Tarocchi, c.1491
Master of the Playing Cards
Animal suited playing cards engraved by the Master of the Playing Cards, Germany, c.1455
Desafio Football Caricatures
“Desafio” playing cards with football player caricatures, c.2000
Donald Duck Groente & Fruit Pretkwartet
Donald Duck Vegetables & Fruit Quartet exclusive from Jumbo supermarkets, © Disney 2016.
Roche Playing Cards
Roche Pharmaceutical playing cards, 1980s.
Cartas Precolombinas
Spanish playing cards with Pre-Columbian designs from Argentina, 2001.
World Cup ’98
World Cup ’98 football team pack for Paradigma Consulting Group, 2000.
I. Schenck, Nuremberg
I. Schenck, Nuremberg, late XVIIIth century
One Piece Hana Fuda
One Piece Hanafuda King card set published by Beverly Enterprises Inc, Tokyo, 2010
Seoul Tower Hwatu
This special ‘Hwatu’ card set has all the traditional 48 flower cards given a modern graphic treatment.