Collectors’ Playing Cards for Sale

I TRY TO PUT REASONABLE PRICES ON WHAT I HAVE TO OFFER; COMPARE THEM WITH eBAY AND OTHER INTERNET SELLERS. I change the items from time to time and remove some of the unsold ones; if you saw something on an earlier list and it's no longer there, it might be worth asking whether I still have it. For purchases, please contact me by e-mail: k.lodge111@btinternet.com

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1 Goodall for Victoria's Golden Jubilee, 1897, royal dynasties on the courts, gold edges, damaged box, cards are unused £32

2 Masenghini double box, copy of Goodall/De La Rue's prewar wide courts, c.2005, box, hardly used £4 

3 Harper & Co., crude copy of Goodall's Tom Thumb miniature cards, in small holder (not leather), indices marked on each card, c.1920 (London postal districts were given numbers from 1917 onwards), good £8

4 USPCC De Luxe, bridge width, (a) 1963; (b) different joker, 1966, excellent £2 each

5 Ormond/Waddington for C.T.Co Ltd, Irish pictorial souvenir, 52 different views, joker, no box, c.1950, G £2

6 Piatnik Dante & Beatrice non-standard pack with pictorial aces (Italian scenes) and courts representing characters from Dante's work, Italian tax stamp for 1923, in a leather upright box with small gold inlay design round the edge, joker and extra cards, worn gold edges, VG+ £88

7 Grimaud wide, copy of USPCC US3 courts, advert for Heidsieck champagne on each card, c.1925, no box, excellent £28

8 Bielefelder Berlin pattern Skat with agricultural advert on backs, plastic box, c.1960, VG £2

9 Berkshire Printing Co., with unusual courts based on Waddington's pre-war designs, c.1935, remains of box, opened tax wrapper, excellent, probably unused £50

10 Masenghini Ramino Cavallino, copy of Goodall pre-war courts, one pack in double box, c.1970, VG+ £4 

12 Alf Cooke for Spear & Jackson tools, no box, one joker, c.1960, good £2 

13 Goodall double box of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee non-standard pack with gold edges in a contemporary wooden marquetry box, 1897, mint £100

14 De La Rue for P&S Ltd, no collar on silhouette ace, no box, c.1964, Excellent £4

15 Williams for Royal Mail Steam Packet, the cards are made by Grimaud and the AS was used by Darling. The name was changed c.1910, but I can find little further information about Williams. Flapless box, c.1912. Well used with five corners missing and one small tear, as shown £10

16 Waddington Laughing Cavalier from the Old Master series, design number 671, in unusually shaped side slide-in box, 1932-34, unused £10

17 Unknown 48-card tourist pack for Ibiza with miniature Spanish cards in the corners, no box, c.1970? mint £3

18 Goodall for Heels of Stafford, no box, no joker, contract bridge score card, c.1936, Excellent £3

19 Atwater Group Hoyle for Holiday Casino, Las Vegas, Stancraft courts, no jokers but two extra cards, box, c.1990, unused £3

20 Goodall Society with Art Deco back design in top-lifting box, no joker, c.1930, VG £5

21 Goodall Society with named back Cairn, signed by D. Vaughan in box as above in black, slightly damaged hinge, no joker, c.1930 VG £4

22 Carta Mundi or China for Guinness, oversize cards (9.7 x 6.7 cm) with standard wide courts. The AS and joker are designs used in China, but 'Carta Mundi' is printed in the foliage under the banderole, so it's difficult to be certain where they were made. Box, c.2015, mint £3

23 Masenghini for Andrea mineral water, copy of Goodall courts, 32 + 2 jokers and bridge score card, though there's a 6D instead of the 10D, no box, c.1970, VG £3  

24 Waddington double box for Shell-BP, Goodall courts, box, c.1960, backs show the Shell-Mex building on the Thames Embankment, London, unused £5

25 Speelkaartenfabriek Nederland for a cigarette brand, patience size cards, copy of Goodall courts, monkey joker, no box, c.1950, excellent £10

26 Waddington for British Ropes Ltd, mended box, one joker, c.1960, excellent £2

27 Waddington for Arnott, Young & Co, one joker, no box, c.1952, VG, but creases on 2 pips and JH £1

28 USPCC Enchanting with matching Deco back designs in top slide-in box with metallic finish, no jokers, 1932 (R), VG+ £10

29 USPCC Regal Series Congress pack, unturned courts, George V backs, gold edges, no joker, damaged box top, c.1911, excellent with a few marks on a few cards, as they seem to have been used for pinochle £22

30 Mardon, Son & Hall (Imperial Tobacco), pack for the Wills scheme of 1932-34, box, gold edges, mint £4

31 F X Schmid for Crane Packaging, US-style courts, c.1990, box, mint £3

32 China for Lithografia, Edition Panco Carta, unusual redrawing of Arrco courts, box, three jokers, unused, c.2005 £2

33 Peg's Paper Egyptian Fortune Telling cards, 48 cards (no tens, though maybe that was how they were originally), cut-out cards from the magazine, a verse on each back, c.1925, VG £18

34 De La Rue's version of the named back "Good Night", c.1938. In this version the woman is wearing a see-through, red top; no box, good £6

35  Goodall for Shell motor spirit, no box, c.1910, VG £12

36  Double boxed set of Dondorf Swiss Costume patience cards, no indices, in leather box, c.1890, excellent £50

37 USPCC Renaissance, special AS with Renaissance back design, slightly damaged side slide-in box, c.1925, excellent, hardly used £12

38 Probably China, good quality all-plastic poker pack with unusual AS design, plastic box, 2010, mint £4

39 Waddington for Shaw Savill Line, litho courts, box, c.1968, little used £4

40 Waddington for Shaw Savill Line, litho courts, box, c.1968, little used £2  

42 John Sands for Adelaide Casino, holed for security reasons, special jokers, box, dated 1992, excellent £4

43 James Hardie Spicer for Burswood Casino, holed, Spicer courts, boxed, special jokers, c.1990, excellent £4

44 Taiwan patience for Japan Air Lines, copy of USPCC courts in three colours, two jokers, box, c.1970, unused £8

45 USPCC for American Airlines, small cards in centre of each card, courts as used in the early 20th century Fauntleroy packs, large indices, box, c.1985, VG+ £5

46 Dainippon souvenir for Nassau, Bahamas, copy of USPCC bridge courts in three colours, slightly worn box, one joker, c.1970. Excellent £4

47 USPCC Congress imported to UK by Sloan, London, named Art Deco back Papillon (butterfly), no joker, side slide-in box with piece missing from outer case, 1929 (L), VG+ £6 

49  USPCC double box of Little Duke patience cards in a leather box made for a named London retailer, backs are Dick and fairies with  a fan, c.1900, VG £38

50 Waddington for Mocker, Goodall courts, backs can be read in top left flowers, QD has two white flower centres on her sleeve, c.1962, no box, excellent £3

51 De La Rue 32-card pack for Schweppes, pneumatic finish, no box, c.1930, KS missing, unused £2

52 De La Rue for Watney Combe Reid & Co, litho printing, c.1965, bottomless box, no jokers, VG £3 

54 Alf Cooke for Oldham batteries, last version of courts, box, c.1966, G-VG £2

55 Waddington for Castella cigars, 4 unopened packs in the original plain delivery carton, c.1963 £10

56 Goodall Beauty series, wide, De La Rue printing, no 'Trademark' on Ltd AS, no box, no joker, c.1923, VG £8

57 Goodall for Oxford University, G5 courts, no indices, no box, c.1890, VG+ £38 

58 Goodall, turned courts with white striations on JH (G4.21), coloured faces, c.1880, VG, rubbed-off, pencilled-in indices have left faint marks on some cards £48 

60 Carta Mundi wide for Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, 2022, box, mint £3 (I haven't seen any other celebratory pack for this event.)

61 Chinese? World Courier for a prize draw, 1989. Copy of Waddington's GDW13 with a lot of black on the courts, one joker, a form on the back of each card. An odd pack! Mended box, good, £8

62 USPCC for Mandel Brothers Store, Chicago, in unopened import wrapper in slide-in box, special AS, AH & joker, 1928, mint £62 (Identified from a companion pack with a black back, now sold.)

63 Waddington in unopened tax wrapper, Butterfly back (1039) used in the Wills scheme in 1933 and issued in the normal sales list as design 469 in 1935, slide-in box, mint £8

64 China for Michael Graves, American architect, wide-size, copy of US courts, box, 2006, mint £2

65 Anonymous Snap, nine comic designs x 4, seemingly to do with gardening, rule card, remains of inner box, c.1920, VG+ £12

66 Khartoplast Greek Playing Cards, own courts, Dama Pica on AS, scenic view on backs, box, c.2000, mint £5

67 De La Rue/Goodall Premier, narrow courts on wide cards, c.1930, damaged box, VG £4  

69 Goodall for Craven A cigarettes, no box, no joker, c.1930, unused £5

70 De La Rue canasta set (Waddington printing), rule booklet, slightly damaged box, c.1955, VG+ £5

71 Stancraft for Barbary Coast casino, corners cut off, no jokers, no box, c.1990, good, well used £2

72 China wide-size with three=colour US courts, unusual corner indices without pips, 2010, box, mint £4

73 Goodall with Art Nouveau back, 52 cards, no box, VG £6

74 Goodall Picturesque Canada for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Montreal & Quebec, 52 views, gold edges, box with top of outer sleeve missing, c.1900, mint £25 

76 Goodall Scientific Whist, whist leads on every card, no box, c.1895, some cards are slightly discoloured, so they may have been used for piquet or bézique, £25

77 Freed Novelty Crooked Deck, c.1969. This is the original American version, which was copied in a narrow format in Hong Kong. Box, unused £10

81 Waddington for Export Woodbine cigarettes, box with packer's slip, c.1960, unused £6

82 Waddington for Player's cigarettes, slightly creased box, no joker, c.1955, VG+ £5

83 De La Rue Noah's Ark, collecting game, 3 x 17 animal families + Noah card, photocopied rules, bottom half of box, c.1900, very good £8  

The following are all singles that can be bought singly or as a complete lot.

S1: 46 back designs by Barribal for Waddington, most from 1925-35, but a few from the re-issues of the 1950s. More detailed information available, if needed. Excellent £2 each or £60 for the lot.

S2: De La Rue singles, design number 892, c.1880. Good+ £1 each

S3: Nine Australian backs with five for World War II relief schemes, various makers, most from the 1940s, VG £8

S4: Two Goodall advertising wide backs, one for Molson's beer, Montreal, the other for Red Star Line, c.1910, VG+ £2 each or two for £3.

S5: Seven Waddington advertising singles, c.1928-35, VG+, except one card damaged as shown £3

S6 Eight Goodall singles: c.1870-1915 VG+ £5

S7a/b/c/d/e: Five De La Rue singles, 1890s. G-VG+ 50p each or five for £1

S8a/b: De La Rue singles, 1880s & 1860s (Holly by Owen Jones), FG-G+ £1 each

S9a/b/c: Goodall singles, c.1875, unused samples, £3 each