Market or Covent Garden
Market or Covent Garden game published by Kum-Bak, 1930s.
“Market” or “Covent Garden” game was published by Kum-Bak in the 1930s. The game simulates buying and selling in a busy market. The pack consists of 72 cards. Cards marked with words or letters can be used to make the names of fruit or vegetables, and players trade these seeking to complete names. There are also 72 tallies of different values for scoring purposes. See the Rules►
By Matt Probert
United Kingdom • Member since March 02, 2012
I have adored playing cards since before I was seven years old, and was brought up on packs of Waddington's No 1. As a child I was fascinated by the pictures of the court cards.
Over the next fifty years I was seduced by the artwork in Piatnik's packs and became a collector of playing cards.
Seeking more information about various unidentified packs I discovered the World of Playing Cards website and became an enthusiastic contributor researching and documenting different packs of cards.
I describe my self as a playing card archaeologist, using detective work to identify and date obscure packs of cards discovered in old houses, flea markets and car boot sales.
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