Il Vostro Destino
Italian fortune-telling pack produced by Viassone and later by Masenghini.
First produced by Viassone of Turin in 1968¹, this pack was later taken on by Masenghini of Bergamo² after Viassone went out of business in c1980, before being marketed by Dal Negro in the 2000s. The fifty-two different designs cover all the subjects one would expect to find in a traditional fortune-telling pack. The card value is given in the top left-hand corner with indices in Italian. There is a title in Italian at the foot of each card. Masenghini’s name appears on the Ace of Hearts where Viassone’s once did. The back pattern, including sun’s rays, is in bright yellow and black.
Above: Il Vostro Destino fortune-telling pack made by Masenghini, Bergamo, Italy, c1989. 52 cards + 1 blank card + instruction leaflet in Italian, in tuck box. Size: 60 x 92 mm.
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References
- Jensen, K. Frank. The Prophetic Cards. Roskilde, Denmark: Ouroboros for Spilkammeret; 1985. Cat. no. 2.24.
- Fournier Museum Catalogue, Vol. III, Italy 509.
By Roddy Somerville
France • Member since May 31, 2022
Roddy started collecting stamps on his 8th birthday. In 1977 he joined the newly formed playing-card department at Stanley Gibbons in London before setting up his own business in Edinburgh four years later. His collecting interests include playing cards, postcards, stamps (especially playing cards on stamps) and sugar wrappers. He is a Past President of the Scottish Philatelic Society, a former Chairman of the IPCS, a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards and Curator of the WCMPC’s collection of playing cards. He lives near Toulouse in France.
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Per Jan Neergaard
29 July 2024, 08:47There exists a first version from Viassone with different drawings from around 1940. Viassone began around 1950 publishing a redrawn version, based on the drawings from the first edition. I have a set stamped 1954. Later Viassone made some changes to the deck. Certain titles were changed, and some illustrations changed their references to different playing card values.
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