NEW ITEMS
ADDED 11th February 2025
ADDED 11th February 2025
ADDED 25th December 2024
Karl Gerich Pack KG32 Aquae Sulis Playing Cards,
It is a 32-card pack with a double-ended joker with the courts in plain clothing in a number of styles from various times reminiscent of classical gods and goddesses.
ADDED 20th December 2024
10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE EPCS
TRANSFORMATION DECK NURSERY RHYMES.
DESIGNED AND HAND PRINTED BY KARL GERICH, IN BATH on 5th May 1994
Totally original designs for a transformation deck, hand crafted limited edition, this is number 36 /72, signed by the artist on the title and in gold ink on the inside base of the box and dated 23 April 1994 – he hand made the boxes and playing cards in different batches.
ADDED 13th December
Complete Pack of Playing Cards known as
"Humours of Change Alley" / "Stock-Jobbing Cards"
published by Thomas Bowles c1720
Thomas Bowles’ Stock-Jobbing Cards are a vivid reflection of 18th-century England’s financial excesses and the societal response to one of history’s most infamous economic bubbles. They stand as both a cautionary tale and an example of how satire was used to critique contemporary events
Added 7th December
Totally original designs for a transformation deck, hand crafted limited edition.
He hand made the boxes and playing cards in different batches.
Tradition children’s nursery rhymes are illustrated with cleverly weaved transformations of the pip cards and hand coloured for effect though sets were sold in Black and White
I would struggle to come up with 52 Nursery Rhymes never find to see how I could allocate each to a playing card.
We have handled a couple of these and I am still amazed at the ingenuity
The court cards feature a variety of characters, Mrs Thatcher bringing the pack ‘up to date!’
Colourful de Lux backs
Added - 5th November
ADDED 19thSEPTEMBER
Aphorisms about the kiss
[ A festive gift for the kissing and kissing world ]
Heart suit transformation playing cards in a 1856
book published in Stuttgart.
Originally published in 1808 the Aphorisms of a Kiss contains ten copper plates depicting scenes which incorporate the Heart Suit.
Added 11th September
Carte Parisiennes Playing Cards c1853
Complete 52 Playing Cards from O Gilbert, Paris
depicting French noblemen and their mistreses;
history records their love affairs.
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ADDED 9th September
A complete pack of Geographical Cards engraved by F H Van Hove, made by Tho Poole, first Cardmaker of England and sold by Henry Brome 1676
The third and fourth quarter of the 17th Century saw many issues of educational/amusement playing cards focusing on Geography.
This issue is similar to that of John Seller’s the playing cards being longer than the standard pack – 94mm x 55mm
Henry Brome was located at ye Gun in St Paul’s Churchyard.
The cards were advertised as being
“used for recreation in all our English Games, so they are useful to all ingenious persons for obtaining a system of universal Geography; which, by this contrivance, is rendered pleasant and familiar to all capacities”. Brome prices the cards at 1 shilling if plain, 2 shillings 6 pence if gilt and embellished and 2 shillings if bound in a book.”
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Added 26th July
1801 Complete set of playing cards by I Hardy
C1813 Complete set of Playing Cards by Hunt & Sons No: 2 Ace
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1798 Complete set of Playing Cards by Hall
FURTHER EXAMPLE OF ENGLISH STANDARD PLAYING CARDS UP TO 1828, WHEN THE TAX WAS DECREASED IN AN EFFORT TO COUNTER LOCAL SALES [ AND REVENUE ] BECAUSE OF FOREIGN IMPORTS AND FORGERIES
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ALL ENGLISH STARD PRIOR TO 1828
C1818 Complete set of Playing Cards by Hall & Son
C1813 Complete set of Playing Cards by Hunt & Sons No:11 Ace
ADDED 22nd July
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c1712 a unique complete pack of playing cards
John Lenthall’s
Pack No XII “British Cards”
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Tarot Playing Cards
published 2005
by Elaine Lewis
by Elaine Lewis
NEW
Hand made playing cards consisting of 22 cards [ 0 to XXI ] plus title card.
Pack Number 10 from Limited Edition of 30
Added 3d June
Tarot Playing Cards
published 2005
by Elaine Lewis
Each card is highly decorative and includes the following
The Fool, The Magician, High Priestess, The Empress, The Emperor, The Pope, The Lovers, The Chariot, Justice, The Hermit, The Wheel of Fortune, Strength, The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, The Devil, The Tower,The Star, The Moon, The Sun, Judgement and The World.
There is also a concertina hand written booklet [ duplicated ] by Elaine describing each card.
REF: EL_Tarot_053
Cards measure 6cm by 12.7cm and are housed in a hand made box.
ADDED 24th May 2024
Double Initialed Playing Card Box plus two Mint Wrapped Playing Cards with TenMother of Pearl Counters
Chine Black Lacquered Card Box c1860.
Enclosed two mint English Standard Court Playing Cards made in Belgium c1900.
Both packs are mint and in the original wrapper.
Also included are Five round and Five shuttle shaped initialed Mother of Pearl Gaming Counters.
All items in very good condition.
REF: CB_D_2P
£150
ADDED 24th May 2024
Globe Card Co., 78 Hawley St., Boston, MA. Globe Playing Cards.
Design: I.N. Richardson (1874). 52 + J, complete.
76 mm diameter, 5 index marks on the pips. Backs: Orange pattern on light-blue background.
Maker’s name on Ace of Spades. Circa 1880.
Cary coll. 121
Circular cards with quintuple pattern and no revoke colors:
The joker is named Joker, or EXTRA CARD“, it advertises the deck.
These are the first round cards in the USA.
Box has a few scuffs as can be seen.
Cards are in very good condition – no damage.
REF: GC_1880
£200
ADDED 24th May 2024
Iranian Popular Art Playing Cards were designed by V. Romanowski de Boncza.
This is an offer of two double decks – both reprints.
Fourier’s 1962 replicates the De La ue original.
A further reprint in 1979 has altered courts.
Both double decks offered in original boxes, one dusty.
The cards are mint – one deck opened in each set.
REF: Iran_2_02
ADDED 8TH MAY 2024
Four Mid-19th Century Gaming Chip
Trays together with
Eight MOP Gaming Chips
Four mid 19th Century Gaming Chip Trays portraying English Standing Courts from the tradition of English Standard Playing Cards.
Additionally there are Eight Mother of Pearls Gaming chips of the period and earlier.
Five circular with Initialed Cartouche c1790; the remain 3 with Billing-Bird motifs.
REF: GT_1
£90
ADDED 8TH MAY 2024
Four Mid-19th Century Gaming Chip
Trays together with
Eight MOP Gaming Chips
Four mid 19th Century Gaming Chip Trays portraying English Standing Courts from the tradition of English Standard Playing Cards.
Additionally there are Eight Mother of Pearls Gaming chips of the period and earlier.
Five circular with Initialed Cartouche c1790; the remain 3 with Billing-Bird motifs.
REF: GT_1
£90
Four Mid-19th Century Gaming Chip
Trays together with
Eight MOP Gaming Chips
Four mid 19th Century Gaming Chip Trays portraying English Standing Courts from the tradition of English Standard Playing Cards.
Additionally there are Eight Mother of Pearls Gaming chips of the period and earlier.
Five circular with Initialed Cartouche c1790; the remain 3 with Billing-Bird motifs.
REF: GT_2
£90
Five Mid-19th Century Gaming Chip
Trays together with
Eight MOP Gaming Chips
Five mid 19th Century Gaming Chip Trays portraying English Standing Courts from the tradition of English Standard Playing Cards.
Additionally there are Eight Mother of Pearls Gaming chips of the period and earlier.
Five circular with Initialed Cartouche c1790; the remain 3 with Billing-Bird motifs.
REF: GT_3
£100
Added - 8th April
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KG 25 Great Mogul Handmade Playing Cards
Karl Gerich No: 9 - Deutche Karten
Added - 1st April
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Elaine Lewis’s - hand drawn Alice Transformation Playing Cards
Published in 2000 - Number One of 50
Added 31st March
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A complete pack of Proverbial/ Proverb
Playing Cards, published by
Wartner and Lenthall, c1712
Lenthall Pack No: XVI
Added - 26th Febuary
Elaine Lewis - Old Testament Transformation Playing cards
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Karl Gerich's Pack Number 29
19th Century Hand Drawn and Coloured French Cards of the c1800 Paris Pattern
Added - 27th November
Four sets of Playing cards by the celebrated Karl Gerich
Nursery Rhyme Transformation
KGNo: 18 Cartes Turques Patience
KG No: 10 “Four Corners”
KG No 36 Così Fan Tutte
Added - 14th November
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1890 Special Ladies Deck
1701 Secondary Use Paris Pattern
Added - 2nd June
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“Cartes Turques Patience” Playing Cards Pack Number KG18
Pack No: 29 “Victoria Playing cards” by Georgina Harvey & Karl Gerich
‘Great Model” Playing Cards by Karl Gerich Pack No: 25
Lettische Patience Playing Cards by Karl Gerich Pack No: 34
Added - 26th May
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Two original uncut sheets from the Nixon Fores
Transformation Playing Cards of 1808
Three sheets of Transformation Playing Cards
Nixon-Cowell-Jones c1820
Added - 22nd May
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Royalist Counter 1662 onwards In a counter box
Added -15 th May
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Happy Playing Cards
Gorleben soll leben!
Minister-Skat Limited Edition
[ 22/150 ] Playing Cards
RENAULT advertising cards
Art nouveau style
Dondorf - Deutsche Spielkarte No 303- Playing Cards
Added - 6th May
A SELECTION OF GOODALL
PLAYING CARDS
Includes the scarce Crimea War
Playing Cards
Added - 2nd May
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Hyakunin-Isshu Karuta
Japanese Poem Card Game
Green Club Playing Cards
Karuta Japanese Card Game
100 cards
50 ‘poems’
and 50 ‘illustrated cards’
Green Box
Karuta Japanese Card Game
100 cards
50 ‘poems’
and 50 ‘illustrated cards’
Red Box
Added - 1st May
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Highly Coloured Box of 120
[ complete ] SQUARE Dasavatara Indian Playing Cards
Hand Painted Indian
Expanded Dasavatara
Playing Cards- 144 cards
Hand Painted Indian Expanded Dasavatara Playing Cards- 240 cards
20 SETS of 12 PLAYING CARDS !
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