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Promoting research into English card history since 1984. Members receive the EPCS magazine three times a year.
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Hello. I have this complete deck from my father's collection from Barcelona. Only with a intensive light you can see erotic images. I am not able to find anyone like this. Can anyone help me to date or document it?.
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Simon Wintle
14 June 2024, 12:26Hi Mireya, thanks for sharing your Dad’s erotic cards. There are some more translucent cards on our site which you can compare:
https://www.wopc.co.uk/explore/keyword/translucent/
Mireya Maso
14 June 2024, 21:26Thanks Simon for your link but still I can't found anyone like or similar at the one I have. I been looking for something similar in the whole internat but I can found nothing. I hope anyone can help me with any idea of what age I can date them and where they probably were made.
Simon Wintle
09 July 2024, 15:11Similar cards in the Turnhout Playing Card Museum in Belgium give a suggested date of (1825-1848), made in the Biedermeier workshop
Simon Wintle
09 July 2024, 15:20They can be seen here (scroll to the bottom):
https://www.wopc.co.uk/france/translucent/translucent-playing-cards