European Playing Cards to 1901
French Suited German Engraved cards c1610 to 1650 with English Hand Tax Stamp
32 cards engraved cards by an unknown artist from a pack of 52 – initials IS or SI. Cards are hand coloured and reflect hunting and animal scenes from the serious to the comic – don’t you just love the 10 Spades with the cat fiddling as the mice dance aground at his feet !
Commenting on the cards in the United States Playing Card Companies collection Hargrave says
“Of cards with French suit signs in these German lands, there are many. The earliest one we have is a pack of 52 cards, from coper plates and coloured by hand, and most of them bear the monogram of an unknown artist. Besides the suit signs arranged in the usual manner they picture a day’s hunting across the field and through the forests of early seventeenth century Germany. The Kings and valets are debonair gentlemen and the Queens gracious little ladies. No other example of these cards are known to exist.” She then illustrates four of them and classifies them as “Hunting series, 1610”
Virginia Wayland states in the IPCS Journal Volume XIII, No 1 [ August 1979 ] that these cards must have been seen by John Lenthall as he followed the design in his Forest Cards [ Pack No: XXII ] often reversing the image.
Uniqueness is a word we don’t often use but in addition to this decks obvious rarity it also bears an English Hand Tax Stamp of c 1712 a Red Stock in Hand Stamp which would have been applied on importation.
Condition is varied and the high definition scans of the cards reveal all.
Insured Postage is free on this item.
REF: CNE4251 
£4,000.00
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Jeu de cartes grotesques
au portrait de fantaisie à deux têtes dit "des binettes
Reference
Cary
Hargrave
Fournier
National Library of France
The book is nicely tightly bound and therefore difficult to photograph – so the pictures are often off center and show traces of my finger !
Ref: S151
£1,250.00
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Jeu Grotesque was first published in France c.1800 featuring satirical and comic caricatures with enormous heads designed to excite laughter as well as for playing card games.
Each card has a miniature playing card in the upper left-hand corner.
The 12 court cards are actually double-ended with a different picture each way, whilst the numeral cards (A, 7, 8, 9 and 10) are caricatures of Janus figures.
The original cards each measure 10.8 x 6.8 cm.
This is a piquet deck, 32/32, playing card set of non standard format.
The cards have been cut from sheets and mounted, then bound in Morocco leather.
The cards are from the magnificent collection of Rimington-Wilson which was auctioned in the 1970s, this pack being purchased by Sylvia Mann.
Dondorf 4 corners Playing Cards Complete Variant 3 c1892
Dondorf Pack Nº207 Luxus Spielkarten a52 Blatt.
Friedrich Karl Hausmann
52 cards complete – Chromolithography – excellent background and foreground images.
Square corners without indices. 94×64 mm
Makers name on Jack of clubs and each of the Aces.
The four continents are represented as below
Diamonds – depiction of 16th Century Germany
Clubs – America at the time of it’s discovery
Heart suit represents India and
Spades show the mighty Ottoman Empire.
Cards are as new 9.5/10
Boxed but flap detached but present
REF S307
£325.00
Tax reference:
Peter Endebrock’s Playing-card Pages – http://www.endebrock.de/pers-home.html
Playing Cards
The Cary Collection, Fournier catalogue and Braun, Dodorf
Tax Stamp
This is a stamp with the new eagle and the ‘FUNFZIG PF.’ value, again from Frankfurt/Main (‘No. 15’).
The dates are 1889 to 1918.
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19th Century Hand Drawn and Coloured French Cards
of the c1800 Paris Pattern
Not much to add to the heading except they have
plain backs
are in very good condition
with an unknown replica Ace of Spades ace
and are complete pack of 52
REF: HDFC
£600.00
Joseph Glanz c1885 Stencil Coloured Playing Cards
Joseph Glanz, Vienna Pattern 1.
Designer Josef Berndl (“JB“ in the locket on the breast of King of Hearts).
52/52 Stencil-coloured. steel engraving,
Backs Crescents and Dots
Maker’s name on Ace of Hearts (stamp) and King of Spades.
Tax stamp 1882-1899, on Ace of Hearts. Circa 1885.
Very Fine Condition
REF: R119
£150.00
Lithografiska A.B. c1865 Playing Cards
Lithografiska AB, Norrköping.
52 cards.
Stencil-col. woodcut
90×61 mm,
Square corners, no index mark.
Maker’s stamp (Braun/Jerre- malm No. 2, circa 1865 – circa 1869) and tax stamp of the Kingdom of Sweden 1872-1960 on Ace of Hearts. Circa 1865
REF: R121
£250.00
Ferdinand Piatnik c 1865
This stamp was in use in Austria from 1858/59 to 1877.
Ferdinand Piatnik
Ferdinand Piatnik, Vienna. 52, complete. Stencil-col. steel engraving, 91×62 mm, square corners, no index mark. Backs: Overall dotted trellis with small crosses at the intersections, blue.
Maker’s name on King of Spades. Tax stamp of the Austro-Hungarian Em- pire No. 81 (without indication of value: 15 Kreuzer, 1858/59-1877) on Ace of Hearts. Circa 1870.
Almost mint.
REF: R127
£345.00
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C L Wust c1915 "Feldherren Karte Playing Cards
French suited Playing Cards
WWI pack with Kings & Jacks showing war leaders – the Queen representing the German Allies during the confrontation.
The Ace of Hearts carries the tax stamp of eagle and the ‘FUNFZIG PF.’ value, again from Frankfurt/Main (‘No. 15’).
The dates are 1889 to 1918.
Cards are in good played with condition.
Box is i very condition.
Catalogue of the playing cards from thr factory C.L.Wust Frankfurt a.M. [ 1811-1927 ]
REF: FK_79
£400.00
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C L Wust c1900 White House Pattern Playing Cards
With Shipping Advertising
French suited Playing Cards with indices – 10 bearing “X”
Cards are complete [ 32/32 ] and are in good condition.
Complete with Slip In Box which bears advertising for Norddeutscher Lloyd – Bremen
The reverse being the Wust Logo
Catalogue of the playing cards from thr factory C.L.Wust Frankfurt a.M. [ 1811-1927 ]
REF: PK240
£75.00
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C L Wust c1910 Mediaeval Playing Cards
French suited Oval Playing Cards
This was a popular design which was produced for many years.
The design of the King of Clubs is thought to be a Crusader whilst the Jacks resemble soldiers from the Middle Ages.
the pack number [ 3776 ] and the makers initials are on the Jack of Clubs.
Cards are in a played with condition. No bends or tears.
No box.
Catalogue of the playing cards from thr factory C.L.Wust Frankfurt a.M. [ 1811-1927 ]
REF: WME
£150.00
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C L Wust c1900 Saxon Pattern
German suited playing cards.
Early Saxon Pattern.
Incomplete 30/32 [ lacks 7 & 8 of Acorns.
tax stamp on the Ace of Hearts,
Small tear on the nine of Acorns other good condition.
No Box
Catalogue of the playing cards from thr factory C.L.Wust Frankfurt a.M. [ 1811-1927 ]
REF: WSP
£60.00
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C L Wust Carte Royales Patience Playing Cards
Twin Decks in Staw Box c1860
Two packs of 52 Carte Royales Patience Packs by C L Wust c 1865.
Each housed in a book style container, with straw spine, which fit into it’s individual slot within a double straw box.
The cards measure 68mm by 48mm one pack having blue patterns and the other red and are in near mint condition.
The dark stained box is in very good condition. One insert complete the other with Spine and one edge.
Source Playing cards from the C.L.Wust Frankfurt A.M (1811 -1927 )
Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Nationaal Museum van de Speelkaart Turnhout, Belgium.
Compiled by Martin Shaw and paul Symons.
REF: CLW_1865_P
£400.00
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c1644 Jeu de Geographie by Henry le Gras ( Geographic Playing Cards )
This is the earliest of the Geographic Playing Cards published by Henry le Gras.
They are unsuited but with indices 1 to 10. Court cards are not indexed.
All cards are hand coloured.
This pack consists of 51/52 and lacks Ace of African and title card, both present in black and white facsimile.
The cards have had borders trimmed and are mounted and bound in Red Morocco leather.
The cards are from the magnificent collection of Rimington-Wilson which was auctioned in the 1970s, this pack being purchased by Sylvia Mann.
There is very minor foxing here and there and two cards have minor surface damage, these have been scanned.
Book size
An extremely scarce 17th century example of early pictorial, non-standard playing cards.
Insured Postage is free on this item.
REF: CNE5385
£2,000.00
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J Maillard & Filhos Portuguese Playing Cards c 1885
Complete pack of 32/32 very near MINT Portuguese Playing Cards manufactures in Lisboa by J Maillard & Filhos.
These Double ended cards are stencilled Coloured – the Aces portraying animals and landscapes.
The courts and Aces are really quite mendicant.
The cards have crisp square corners without Indices and measure 90 x 58mm.
Backs are dotted wavy lines – blue.
Cards are in ‘as issued’ condition – there is no box
REF: JMLB
£400.00
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c1900 C L WUST PLAYING CARDS
52 Cards plus box – Chromolithography
Suisse Patience Cards
Cards are in very good condition.
Box has some wear on each side
First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK – £4.45 / to Europe – £8.00 / to Other £10.95 Insurance is an additional £5.00 to any Country for the first £250.00 We combine postage and only charge our costs.
REF: CNE4382
£90.00
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Chi Chi Pai Playing Cards c1890 - A Brick of Ten Packs
This is a Brick of ten packs of the cards titled Chi Chi Pai
Each pack contains 60 cards and is sealed in a wrapper – so 600 cards in total.
The ten pack are then enclosed and sealed in this wrapper.
These cards were for export to Indonesia and were produced by Bierman in Turnhout c 1895
CONDITION IS EXTRA FINE – UNOPENED – CARDS SHOWN ARE STOCK CARDS
POSTAGE AT COST - INSURANCE AVAILABLE ALSO AT COST
REF: Chi Chi Pai
£30.00
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