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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CARD BOXES

The following are card boxes with no cards:

B1 Lacquer box with five internal compartments, c.1870-80, small chips to surface and discolouration to the lid, £40

B2 Nain-Jaune box with separable trays and coloured counters, dated in hand-writing as a birthday gift 7th August 1909, good condition, £58

B3 Unusual polished box with coromandel veneer, brass straps and agate inserts, brass key and lock, counters, markers and draughts (no board) inside and very unusual, removable oval gilded brass scoreboards for bézique and cribbage, by Betjeman of London, c.1870, excellent condition. Offers around £500.

CARDS

1 Unknown, probably British, Families game with images of people from distant lands, bottom of slide-in box, c.1930, VG+ £18

2 Masenghini double box, copy of Goodall/De La Rue's prewar wide courts, c.2005, box, hardly used £5

3 USPCC Congress wide, Louis XVI tapestry backs, no joker, box with worn outer slider, c.1910, good, a few slight creases, one back (10H) slightly damaged, as shown £18

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

5 Waddington for Star cigarettes, c.1938, no box, no joker, excellent £5

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+ £128

7 Grimaud wide, copy of USPCC US3 courts, advert for Heidsieck champagne on each card, c.1925, no box, excellent £32

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

9 Piatnik Alpine Flowers, earliest version of their post-war courts, plain faces, box, Gentian backs, three jokers, c.1960, VG+ £4

10 Piatnik Star Club Poker, courts copy of early USPCC poker cards, turned, box, 2013, mint £4

11 Waddington for the Worshipful Company, 1951, no box, 53 cards, red border (not illustrated), appears to have been used for Pinochle, aces down to nines well used, the others good £6

12 Alf Cooke for Spear & Jackson tools, no box, one joker, c.1960, good £3

13 Fournier America, each suit represents a pre-Columbian civilization, box, slightly faded lid, explanatory booklets in English and Spanish, c.1970, VG+ £8

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 £12

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 £5

21 China for Robert Frederick, double box with games booklet, back designs from William Morris, 2007, mint £3

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 Damm, Norway, for Steen & Storm's shop in Oslo. The cards seem to have been made by De La Rue, the courts have the same outline, but there are alterations to the clothing design, slightly damaged box, c.1930, VG+ £28

24 Whitman for Walt Disney's Epcot Center, smaller courts than usual, plastic box, c.1975, excellent, slight crease on AS and one joker £8

25 Speelkaartenfabriek Nederland for a cigarette brand, patience size cards, copy of Goodall courts, monkey joker, no box, c.1950, excellent £18

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

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 £28

30 Sloan double-boxed bridge set with Goodall cards, four auction bridge scoring tablets (used), rules for auction bridge in small leather folder, box covered in soft leather, two packs, gold edges, c.1937, VG+ £8

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 £3

33 Dondorf Baronesse for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, small indices, no box, 1897, good but well used £14

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 £8

35 Waddington for Gaymers, litho courts, no box, no joker, c.1980, VG £1

36 Waddington for Pickering, Blackburn, no box, one joker, c.1980, unused £1

37 Carta Mundi for Grant's Whisky, each card depicts a historic poster from 1928 to 1940, each court has attributes down the margin, c.1985, no box, no jokers, good £1

38 Probably China, good quality all-plastic poker pack with unusual AS design, plastic box, 2010, mint £5

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 £4

41 Goodall Linette, De La Rue printing, Ltd and Registered Trademark on AS, c.1928, no box, VG+ £3

42 John Sands for Adelaide Casino, holed for security reasons, special jokers, box, dated 1992, excellent £6

43 James Hardie Spicer for Burswood Casino, holed, Spicer courts, boxed, special jokers, c.1990, excellent £6

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+ £6

46 Dainippon souvenir for Nassau, Bahamas, copy of USPCC bridge courts in three colours, slightly worn box, one joker, c.1970. Excellent £5

48 Italcards for Pisa, double box, unusual courts, three jokers, box, c.2000, mint, one pack unopened £10

49 China for Cabo Verde, flag on all courts, maps on all the pip cards, the same for each denomination, one joker, worn box, c.2000, VG+ £1

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 £4

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

53 De La Rue/Goodall Society double box, Art Deco sporting backs: tennis and sailing, Goodall pack has De La Rue joker, De La Rue pack has Goodall joker, bridge score cards, box, c.1935, unused, Tennis 7C missing £20

54 Alf Cooke for Oldham batteries, last version of courts, box, c.1966, G-VG £3

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

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 £52

64 Merrimack Kate Greenaway pack, pictures on every card, early 20th century back design, box, c.1970, mint £3

69 Goodall for Craven A cigarettes, no box, no joker, c.1930, unused £6

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

72 ASS (West Germany) Polit-Poker, aces, courts and jokers have political cartoons, pip cards are standard, plastic box, c.1980, mint £8

74 Politicards, American political cartoons on each card, explanatory card, box, 1971, mint £8

75 Worshipful Company double box for 1903, coloured faces, no jokers, slight wear on the box, VG-Exc £88

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, £28

78 USPCC Revelation Fortune Cards, gold edges, box, leaflet with instructions by Thomas R. Gaines, 1919, unused £32

80 Fournier reproduction of Gibert's historical costume cards of 1850, named figures on kings and queens, tax stamp on 4C, box, 1975, mint £6

81 Waddington for Export Woodbine cigarettes, box with packer's slip, c.1960, unused £5

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

85 De La Rue for Coral betting shops, double box with plastic gaming counters, one pack unopened in opened tax wrapper from 1957-60. This back design was used without the advert in ordinary packs. Mint £10

86 Sawantwadi Lacquerware, hand-painted, French-suited cards on lacquered card in wooden painted box, date unknown, probably 20th century, unused, all cards are curled £70

88 Grimaud Jeu des Rois de France, box, c.1860, excellent £175

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: De La Rue singles, 1890s, VG £1 each

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

S6a/b/c Goodall singles (no courts): (a) c.1870 VG+ £3; (b) from the last edition of c.1917, Excellent £4; (c) c.1870 Excellent £1

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/c/d/f: Goodall singles 1870-1910, G to Exc. £1 for four [Backs (b) & (e) have sold out]

S14 Ten Australian advertising backs (extra blue version of bottom left), 1920s-30s, G-VG+ £5