Gráfica 2001

Successors to Naipes Vigor (Naipes ‘La Española’) operating since 1945

Naipes La Española - Gráfica 2001 is owned today by the original Naipes Vigor founder's son. Located in the district of San Martín, Buenos Aires, it is now one of Argentina's leading playing card manufacturers, exporting to several other South American countries. They also hold the licence for Cromy card games.

Updated versions of original brands (La Española, Barcelonesa, Fantasio) are still being produced. Both classic Spanish-suited packs (‘Español Classic’ and ‘Barcelonesa’) and digitally re-drawn designs (‘La Española 2000’), as well as ‘Naipes El Taita’, ‘Naipes Fantasio’, ‘Naipes Aparcero’, ‘La Italiana’ (an Italian-style pack based on the Napolitan pattern) and other games are all available in several sizes (standard, round, small and pocket sizes), printed on single-thickness or three-ply card and finished with ultra-violet, silicone-based varnish on both sides for perfect sliding. Plastic or cardboard cases.

Above: four cards from ‘La Española Classic’ deck with traditional Spanish-suited designs. This is one of the four Spanish-suited styles available from Gráfica 2001 and is often found with advertising. It is found in 40 or 50-card versions, and can also form the basis of special decks with custom artwork →

Above: four cards from ‘Barcelonesa’ deck with traditional Spanish-suited designs which is the same as the above example except with a different logo on the Fours of Coins and Cups and Jokers, based on a brand originally published during the 1950s. It is found in 40 or 50-card versions.

Above: four cards from ‘La Española 2000’ deck with digitally re-drawn Spanish-suited courts and jumbo indexes. This is one of the four Spanish-suited styles available from Gráfica 2001 and is often found with advertising reverses. It can also form the basis of non-standard decks with customised artwork →

Above: four cards from Naipes 'Aparcero' depicting indigenous tribes, printed by Gráfica 2001 and published by Obsequios Empresarios Argentinos as part of a range of attractive promotional gifts   more →

Above: four cards from ‘La Italiana’ deck manufactured by Gráfica 2001 based on Italian Napolitan pattern.

Links to other Argentine manufacturers: Adans S.A. • Anonymous Political Pack • Anonymous manufacturers • Arco Iris • Argenar • Asociart • Bahía Graf • Bedaumine • Berger • Cappellano • Casa Escasany • Chemmes, E. A. • Cia General de Fósforos • Fabril Financiera • Clark's • Mario Colombo • Cromy • Della Penna • Difusora • Domicelj • Editorial Gráfica Flores • Editorial Kier • Editorial Perfil • Flaiban & Camilloni • Flaiban • Fourvel • Franco, E. P. • Gandarillas • Girbau • Gráfica S.A. • Grupo AGG • Holmberg • Impresores S.C.A. • Joker S.A. • Juegos Victoria • Kolorit • La Banca • La Primitiva • Ministerio de Salud • Nascal • Obsequios Empresarios Argentinos • Paisanito • Partido Peronista • Industrias Gráficas Pesout • Quercia y Possi • Justo Rodero • Offset Sacerdoti • J.F. Sánchez • Schmid Argentina • Solano García • Taller 4 • Vigor • Virgo S.C.A. • Zecat

Above: Naipes de Truco for Editorial Perfil, Buenos Aires, 1999. An early example of a digitally-designed pack.

Above: Naipes Fastener, a non-standard deck manufactured by Gráfica 2001 for Fastener S.R.L.

Above: Naipes Cilbrás, a non-standard deck for Cilbrás high-pressure cylinders.

Above: Bingo playing cards for Grupo AGG, Bs Aires, 2007

Above: Old Smuggler Whisky playing cards

Above: special promotion deck for Globalstar Satellite Systems.

See also: El Rodeo Talabartería • Lo-Jack