Brotherton, Whitaker, Benda, Perry & Willis

Published April 30, 2012 Updated July 17, 2024
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By Ken Lodge

United Kingdom • Member since May 14, 2012 • Contact

I'm Ken Lodge and have been collecting playing cards since I was about eighteen months old (1945). I am also a trained academic, so I can observe and analyze reasonably well. I've applied these analytical techniques over a long period of time to the study of playing cards and have managed to assemble a large amount of information about them, especially those of the standard English pattern. About Ken Lodge →

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