Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996Curator and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996.
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Hall & Son
Hall & Son • May 03, 2022
Korchma Taras Bulba
The first of two decks designed by Ukrainian illustrator Vladislav Erko for “Korchma Taras Bulba” restaurant which serves traditional Ukrainian cuisine • Mar 03, 2022
Cartomancy and Divination Cards
Playing cards are used for fortune-telling, predicting the future or even as a psychological adjunct to folk medicine and therapy. • Jan 28, 2022
Myriorama
Myriorama of Italian scenery, 1824. • Jan 17, 2022
Dubois
Dubois card makers from Liège in the Walloon Region of Belgium. • Dec 28, 2021
Transformation Cards for Christmas
Hand-drawn Transformation cards, c.1870. • Dec 25, 2021
A. Camoin & Cie
This deck was inherited from ancestors, it has has a family history surrounding it. Details of the lives of previous owners make it all so fascinating. • Nov 26, 2021
Bosch Puzzle Playing Cards
Bosch Puzzle Playing Cards by Sunish Chabba, 2020. • Sep 25, 2021
Rex Pitts (1940-2021)
We are deeply saddened by news of the passing of Anthony Rex Pitts (1940-2021). • Aug 19, 2021
Andere Zeiten - Andere Kleider
‘History of fashion’ cultural quartet game designed by Erika Werner-Nestler, 1954. • May 18, 2021
Netherlands Kostuum Kwartet
Dutch costumes quartet game designed by Gerard Huijg, 1983. • May 16, 2021
Nederlands Stedenkwartet
Nederlands Stedenkwartet with heraldic needlepoint patterns by Permin, c.1970. • May 13, 2021
Toledo, 1584
Archaic Spanish-suited deck with 48 cards made in Toledo in 1584. • Mar 23, 2021
Gambling and Vice in the Middle Ages
Gambling and Vice in the Hours of Charles V: card-playing in the local tavern • Feb 09, 2021
Asperge Kwartet
Asperge Kwartet published by Knorr. • Jan 08, 2021
Christmas Playing Cards
Christmas Playing Cards published by Novelty Playing Cards, Syracuse, New York, 1986. • Dec 25, 2020
Wrappers
Playing cards were traditionally sold inside paper wrappers, which were usually thrown away. • Dec 23, 2020
Natuurkwartet
Nature Quartet game published by Staatsbosbeheer, printed by Roem Speelkaarten, Kampen. • Nov 12, 2020
Sprookjes Kwartet
Fairy Tales quartet published by Heinrich Schwarz + Co for Dutch market, c.1970. • Nov 09, 2020
Timothy Curtis Art
Timothy Curtis Art custom Bicycle playing cards, 2018. • Apr 12, 2020
Cefacidal
“Cefacidal” / Mead Johnson medical humour advertising playing cards, c.1975. • Mar 26, 2020
Baraja Carlos IV by Félix Solesio, 1800
Baraja Carlos IV, Félix Solesio en la Real Fábrica de Macharaviaya, 1800. • Mar 21, 2020
Solitaired
As we are becoming separated from friends and families we worked with the Solitaired team to customize this game using traditional woodblock courts. • Mar 20, 2020
Welsh Language Playing Cards
Welsh Language Playing Cards designed by Richard Ruston-Burgess, made in Wales, 2020. • Feb 24, 2020
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair No.41 Playing Cards by the United States Playing Card Co, 1895. All the number cards have been imaginatively transformed. • Nov 21, 2019
Squared Faro #366
Squared Faro #366 by Russell & Morgan Co. first issued in 1887. • Nov 14, 2019
Friendly Felines
‘Friendly Felines’ playing cards designed by Azured Ox, 2017. • Sep 25, 2019
Bicycle Cybertech
Bicycle Cybertech playing cards inspired by cyberpunk genre, illustrated by Jamie Meza, 2019. • Sep 25, 2019
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland playing cards designed by Sasha Dounaevski, 2018. • Sep 20, 2019
Fungi Mycological Playing Cards
Mystic Mushrooms Playing Cards, 2018. • Sep 09, 2019
Egyptian Tarot
Egyptian Tarot published by Naipes La Banca, Buenos Aires, c.1980. • Aug 21, 2019
Naipes Criollos
“Naipes Criollos” Gaucho playing cards, 1995. • Aug 18, 2019
Naipes Cardón
Naipes Cardón designed by Mario Luis Rivero depicting traditional Argentine culture and identity, 2002. • Aug 12, 2019
El Oráculo de la Bruja
“El Oráculo de la Bruja” fortune-telling cards, 2003. • Aug 12, 2019
Gundlach Skat No.100
Skat No.100 by E. Gundlach, Bielefeld, 1949. • Jun 24, 2019
Hesslers Rider Back Playing Cards
Hesslers Rider Back Playing Cards with two different coloured backs, 2019. • Jun 22, 2019
Martín Fierro
Naipes “Martín Fierro” based on the epic poem by José Hernandez. • May 24, 2019
On The Cards
A Motley Pack - transformation playing cards & ‘On The Cards’ book facsimile published by Sunish Chabba, 2019. • May 16, 2019
Boxing Greats
Boxing Greats published by KickarseCards, a compilation of boxing icons in history. • May 11, 2019
Views of New Zealand
Views of New Zealand published by G.B.Scott Souvenirs, Auckland, c.1960. • Mar 22, 2019
The Four Worlds
The Four Worlds playing cards by artist Aleksey Zhiryakov in the stylistic traditions of Palekh, 2018. • Mar 12, 2019
Gunfighters
Gunfighters playing cards from the Wild West Series by SPCC, 2018. • Feb 20, 2019
Atouts de la Vie
“Atouts de la Vie” wartime card game created by Madame Lucien Willemetz, c.1940. • Feb 08, 2019
Prisoners of War
Hand-made playing cards by French prisoners of war in Porchester Castle, Hampshire, c.1796. • Feb 06, 2019
Ocean to Ocean Canada Souvenir
“Ocean to Ocean” Canadian Pictorial Souvenir pack by Chas Goodall & Son Ltd, c.1912. • Dec 10, 2018
Iohann Christoph Hes Tarot c.1750
Facsimile of Tarot de Marseille by Iohann Christoph Hes, Augsburg, c.1750. • Dec 09, 2018
Kalevala
Kalevala playing cards by Sunish Chabba and Ishan Trivedi inspired by ancient Finnish mythology. • Nov 07, 2018
Notgeld - Emergen¢y Money
Notgeld - Emergency Money - was in rare cases issued on playing cards. • Nov 03, 2018
Chicken Playing Cards
Chicken Playing Cards designed by Susan Krupp, 2017. • Oct 07, 2018