Ridley’s Magic Trick Cards
Ridley’s Magic Trick Cards, 2011.
Ridley’s Magic Trick Cards, a modern Svengali pack published by Wild and Wolf Ltd under the brand “Ridley’s Magic”, 2011. The pack is a standard Svengali pack, with the 9 of hearts repeated throughout, two jokers, a reduced number of ordinary cards (hence the reduced number of court cards), and instruction cards.
Above: Ridley’s Magic Trick Cards, 2011. The cards, printed in four colours, are made in China.
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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