Bedaumine Hnos, Bs Aires
Naipes Tipo Español 'El Vencedor', Bedaumine Hnos, Bs Aires
Naipes Tipo Español ‘El Vencedor’, Bedaumine Hnos, Bs Aires
Bedaumine Hnos, Cnel Niceto Vega 5577, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Above: cards and box from "El Vencedor" Spanish suited pack made by Bedaumine Hnos, Cmel. Niceto Vega 5577, Bs Aires, c.1955-60. The Court cards loosely follow the Spanish "Catalan" pattern. Bedaumine also produced an Anglo-American style deck. Images courtesy Peter Endebrock.
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
View ArticlesCurator and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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