The Place of the Fool

Three Rare Playing Card Back Designs

The Norwood 85 (USPC, c.1909): a very scarce American deck with two fine art back designs, apparentl...

Shuffle Along With History

A brief chronological note linking the introduction of familiar American decks (1848–1908) with cont...

Steamboat Cards and the Mississippi Mystique

Steamboat-themed playing cards and the Mississippi riverboat gambler legend, from early American “St...

Piatnik - High Quality and Longevity

Tales from the Stage

Theatrical and film souvenir playing cards (c.1895–c.1925), with notes on selected performers and pr...

Something New and Topical

Some Facts About Facsimiles

A short note on facsimile decks: what counts as a facsimile, how reprints differ from originals, and...

Shipman’s Guide: early card-packs and the Arcana

In late medieval Europe, among the various forms of card-sets that were tried, two were apparently f...

Michael Scot's rebus figure of "Juppiter" as prototype for the tarot pack's "Magus”/”Bateleur”

A precursor for the 'Bateleur'/'Magus' included in the major arcana of our tarot pack.

Anderson, Porterprint & Jarvis Porter

Australian Miscellaneous

Austrian and East European Miscellaneous

ASS (West & East), Altenburger, SS

British Playing Cards, Universal & Alf Cooke

Hardy

McEvoy, Llewellyn, Hall, Hall & Bancks

Miscellaneous: Addenda, Corrigenda and Unidentified

Reynolds

Hand-Painted Tarocchi Cards

Hand-painted Tarocchi cards sometimes known as ‘Charles VI tarot’, North Italy, 1475-1500.

Jason Ennis Tarot Cards

Jason Ennis was a self trained artist interested in man's nature, his powers and abilities.