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Tarot for Baby
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by Jinny Wintle
This board book simplifies tarot archetypes into accessible affirmations for young children.
April 2024 27 Articles
Animal Tarot by Johann Jobst Forster
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by Simon Wintle
French-suited 78-card animal tarot deck of the Bavarian type.
Uncut Sheet by Johann Jobst Forster
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by Simon Wintle
A proof sheet containing twelve court cards of conventional French type.
Miniature spanish-suited playing cards
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by Simon Wintle
Pack of 48 miniature spanish playing-cards published by C R.
Sweetule Natural History cards
Small cards featuring natural history subjects, given away with packets of sweet cigarettes.
Lend Me Five Shillings
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by Simon Wintle
or “Her Majesty’s Privy Purse” - a merry round-the-table game published by D. Ogilvy.
Eves Playing Cards
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by Paul Symons
A pack of cards with colour photos of Indian film stars from the era
Classic Card Games for Kids
A boxed set of playing cards, Happy Families and an alphabet pack with rules for 22 games.
Les plaques émaillées d’Antoine Vollon
54 different enamel plaques depicting silk manufacture, by the Lyon artist Antoine Vollon.
Asha Industries’ Castilian pattern
Colourful Spanish (Castilian) pattern cards made by Asha Industries in India for Mexico.
Le Roi bridge
Reprint of a Piatnik (Budapest) pack of 1927 with Hungarian historical figures and scenic aces.
Club Soft Drinks
Promotional pack for Club soft drinks with amusing illustrations of different kinds of ‘club’.
Mit Rhino auftrumpfen
Black rhinos on a publicity pack for Armstrong, a flooring company, with comic designs by Pit Flick.
Valhalla spillekort
Characters from the Valhalla comics, designed by Peter Madsen, as commemorated on a Danish stamp.
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
American teen film depicting students staging their last spring musical.
Pinocchio playing cards
Comic book drawings inspired by Carlo Collodi’s children’s classic, Pinocchio.
Marmite
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by Ian Taylor
Fifty-Four images celebrating a UK savoury spread, that has been around one hundred and twenty two years! It's about time!
Le Ore playing cards
Caricatures of famous personalities from the late 1970s for the Italian magazine Le Ore.
Carte Romantiche Italiane
Scenes of life and the theatre in Milan towards the second half of the 19th century.
March 2024 22 Articles
Postabank 3
Caricatures of German personalities on a promotional pack for a Hungarian commercial bank.
Whatever you’re up to, stay safe
Safety advice playing cards by New Zealand Police and the Wellington City Council.
Managing cards without corner indices
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by Tony Hall
For many hundreds of years cards had no corner indices, were square cut and mostly made from card without the smooth, slippery surfaces we enjoy today.
Le Jeu des Musiciens
Artist Silvia Maddonni’s gently humorous take on musicians and their instruments.
Lo Stampatore
‘Lo Stampatore’ linocut images created by Sergio Favret, published as a deck of cards by Editions Solleone / Vito Arienti in 1977.
Les Saints Guérisseurs et Protecteurs
Healing and patron saints portrayed in paintings, manuscripts, altarpieces and statuary.
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland collector’s edition with illustrations of characters from the film, published by Fournier, Spain, 2010.
Kuzco, l’empereur mégalo
Notched cards featuring toys representing characters from the Disney film Kuzco, as offered by McDonald’s.
The Beatles playing cards
Two packs featuring photos of The Beatles issued by the same publisher in 2004 and 2005.
Nepali children
Photographs of Nepali children offering glimpses of joy, hope and the beauty of life.
Costume Playing Cards
Four centuries of costumes from the Costume Court at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Hilti I
Promotional pack for Hilti power tools, with courts in medieval costume and non-standard pips.
Monuments de Paris
‘Monuments de Paris’ souvenir playing cards produced by Heraclio Fournier, c.1964.
