Playing Card Art Collectors Extraordinaire
Rod Starling surveys the crossover between playing-card collecting and art collecting, focusing on card back designs taken from notable paintings and the way the same imagery reappears on other decorative objects.
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By Rod Starling (1936-2023)
United States • Member since January 09, 2013
Rod Starling was one of the founding members of the 52 Plus Joker card collectors club. He authored many articles for the club's quarterly newsletter, Clear the Decks. His collection encompasses both foreign and American decks. Rod also authored a book titled The Art and Pleasures of Playing Cards.
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