RECENT ITEMS ADDED TO THE WEBSITE
Playing Cards from the hand of Karl Gerich
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Six New Crib Boards added to the Website
Various Materials and some attractive boards/box from Charles Goodall
Two New Chinese Boxes of Gaming Counters
How do you like your Fish – with Chips perhaps…
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Tobacco insert Playing Cards with American Beauties.
This is a set of 52 Playing Cards [ No Joker ] mixed from two series of the 1890s
Some more recent Worshipful Company Sets
From the years 1993, 1994, 2000, 2004 and 2005
NEW TRANSFORMATION DECKS
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Palliden Transformation Playing Cards – Double Deck
Reproduction of Grimaud’s JEANNE HACHETTE TRANSFORMATION CARDS c1850
c1990 NOAH’s DECK – LJILJANA RYLANDS – TRANSFORMATION PACK.
S Heilmeier Limited Edition
Transformation Playing cards
Worshipful Company Makers of Playing Cards
Single 19th Century Playing Cardss
These early backs are quite scarce and represent the
Worshipful Company’s first venture into issuing playing acards
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c1860 Decorated Playing Card Box
Regency Single Pack
Playing Card Box
c1870 Double
Playing Card Box Fern Ware
Porcupine Quill decorated Card Box
1822 - The Majestic Game of the Asiatic Ostrich,
uniting the Double object of imparting
Knowledge
with Diversion to the mind of Youth
The game offers a lesson in Ranks and Dignities of the British Peerage, Clergy and Military; it was published in 1822.
The rules book (not present) includes a dedication to the future Queen Victoria
This game is beautiful hand-coloured engraved, mounted in nine sections on linen, showing an Ostrich, with twenty egg-shaped portraits of dignitaries, clergy and men of military importance
The game was printed by William Darton – Map Seller – 58 Holburn Hill London, and he made the dedication to the future Queen Victoria.
There are only two copies listed in museums.
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UNSUN KARUTA Playing Cards – A Japanese Game
Kabufuda, literally meaning “Kabu cards”
Oishi Tengudo Japanese Playing Cards Game
THE SQUARE AND COMPASSES TAROT DECK
Nintendo “Laser Clay” Playing Cards, c.1973
MANY NEW ITEMS ADDED TO OUR GAMES SITE
Printed and Manuscript Games and Puzzles
A range of nice copies of Penny Placks
Worshipful Company Packs of Playing Cards
An 18th Century English Revenue Ace of Spades - perhaps not
LIBERTY & BEEF
This interesting item came to light at a recent auction of Italian Printed Sheets and Cards.
To all extant and purposes is an English Duty Ace of the 1765 to 1776 period.
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