Arthur Lee & Sons Ltd
Advertising deck produced for Arthur Lee and Sons Ltd of Sheffield by Thomas De la Rue around 1958.
Arthur Lee & Sons Ltd
Advertising deck with special ace of spades produced for Arthur Lee and Sons Ltd of Sheffield by Thomas De la Rue around 1958. The pack was sealed with a De la Rue security stamp and also featured the multi-colour joker. The back design cleverly mimics steel plate and is enhanced by silver edges to the cards.
Above: Advertising deck with standard courts produced for Arthur Lee and Sons Ltd of Sheffield by Thomas De la Rue around 1958. The cards are silver-edged (steel edged?) and wrapped in cellophane, with a De La Rue security stamp.
By Matt Probert
United Kingdom • Member since March 02, 2012
I have adored playing cards since before I was seven years old, and was brought up on packs of Waddington's No 1. As a child I was fascinated by the pictures of the court cards.
Over the next fifty years I was seduced by the artwork in Piatnik's packs and became a collector of playing cards.
Seeking more information about various unidentified packs I discovered the World of Playing Cards website and became an enthusiastic contributor researching and documenting different packs of cards.
I describe my self as a playing card archaeologist, using detective work to identify and date obscure packs of cards discovered in old houses, flea markets and car boot sales.
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