Playing Cards, Card Games, Table Top Games, Whist and Gaming Counters

Two Complete Sets of Indian Circular Playing Cards

c Third Quarter of the 20th Century.

They are hand painted on paper mache with a Laquered finish.

One set is 96 cards [ 8 sets of 12 cards ]
and the other set is 336 cards [ 28 suits of 12 cards each ]

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Two New Glamour Packs added to the website

EROTICARTES Playing Cards

Wolf Pack – Tasteful Glamour Playing Cards

A Selection of well reproduced packs generally only viewable in a Museum

Includes

Kartenspiel des Meisters PW – Reproduction.

The copperplate Playing Cards engraved by IMF from 1617

Das Kartenspiel des Oberdeutschen Stechers

Ancient God Playing Cards – reproductions.

A Pack of Cards by Jost Amman

The Stuttgart Playing Cards

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Reproduction of 1807 Cotta Transformation Playing cards

A fine reproduction of the 1807 issue by Cotta of Transformation Playing cards.

1870 Frommann and Bunte - Transformation Deck.

This is the first edition of a pack issued c1870 in Darmstadt, Germany.
The packs contains 10 original designs, 19 appeared earlier in a pack by Braun & Schneider c1852 and 23 from Grimard’s Jeanne l’Hachette pack in c1865

Queen Mother & George VI hand signed Xmas Card 1947
and their Playing Cards

Short Description
The inside reveals an informal photograph of the Royal Family for Xmas 1947.
Gathered round the piano are the Late Queen Mother [ Queen Elizabeth ], the Late King George VI, the late Princess Margaret and the present Queen, Elizabeth II.

VICTORY Playing Cards by Mesmaekers Freres

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Made by Mesmaekers Freres S.A. in Turnout, Belgium.

Celebration of the Victory of the Allies over germany and it’s allies -1945

A selection of Mother of Pearl Gaming Counter

Early Canton Hand Crafted Mother of Pearl Gaming Counter

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Elaine Lewis 2012 Transformation Playing Cards London Olympics

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Marking a major sporting event in the UK, 2012 Olympics, Elaine has created a set of field, athletics, pool and cyling event Playing Cards covering the sporting event of 2012.

1969 Salvador Dali, original designs by the artist.

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Pack of 52 cards plus two Jokers plus title card plus blank card.

Tarot Playing Cards published 2005 by Elaine Lewis

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Hand made playing cards consisting of 22 cards [ 0 to XXI ] plus title card showing this to be pack number 26 of a limited edition of 30.

10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE EPCS TRANSFORMATION DECK NURSERY RHYMES.

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DESIGNED AND HAND PRINTED BY KARL GERICH, IN BATH on 3rd December 1994

Totally original designs for a transformation deck, hand crafted limited edition, number 53 /72, signed by the artist on the title and in gold ink on the inside base of the box.

Cricket Playing Cards 1934 Test Match

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Double Commemorate Box with two packs of Playing Cards

celebrating the 5 Day Test Match by Austrlia.

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Karl Gerich hand made playing cards 1988

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Victoria Playing Cards – No: 29. Designer Georgina Harvey – her first.

Double ended courts show men and women working at various tasks.

1924 Electric Mah Jong - De La Rue

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C1924 Electric Mah Jong – De La Rue – This was printed for Western Electricity Company for the 1924 British Empire Exhibition.

1915 - The Strand War Game

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This is a board game created by The Strand Magazine during WWI.
Described as a combination of draughts, chess and war, it is played by two opponents, representing the Allies and the Germans, over a map of actual territory of the war – January 1915.
The Advertisement (copy incuded with the game) for this explains
“The pieces consists of three kinds Infantry, Calvalry & Artillery each with their seperate moves and possiilities…

c1828/1829 Imperial Royal Playing Cards - near mint

Short Description
A complete set of 52 cards portraying single-figure non-standard court cards and ‘fancy’ aces.

Court card portray historical figures of France, England, Spain and Turkey.
These were published by S & J Fuller at the Temple of Fancy, 34 Rathborne Place, London – Fuller produced Transformation playing cards in the earlier part of the century.