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$250 USDDouble Deck De La Rue “King George VI” Royal Family Playing Cards, Gift of King George VI to Peter Brough (Archie Andrews), c.1950

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:De La Rue "King George Vi" Royal Family

Mint, sealed (cards, not box) double deck of cards, still in their wrappers, bearing the Royal Cipher of King George VI, made by De La Rue for the exclusive use of the Royal Family. The seller to me represented that these cards were a gift from King George VI to her father, Peter Brough, the celebrated ventriloquist, and assuming this is true, the cards can be dated approximately 1950 based upon the timeline of Brough’s career. The reign of King George VI ended in 1952, and presumably the cards ...

$250 USDDouble Deck "Erte La Traviata" Playing Cards, Sevenarts of London for Dunhill, Carta Mundi, c.1981

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Erte "La Traviata"

Mint, sealed (cards, not box) double deck of cards with designs by Erte inspired by Verdi's opera “La Traviata.” The cards were printed by Carta Mundi, and published by Sevenarts of London for Alfred Dunhill Ltd., c.1981, in the original leather box with a pamphlet that explains the deck. The first 3 pictures are the actual cards here listed. The pictures showing the faces of the cards are from an open deck that I have, but this listing is for cards that are still sealed. Each suit depicts a ...

$30 USDDouble Deck Waddington’s “Dohm Group” Adv. Playing Cards, Siriol Clarry “Four Elements” Designs, c.1964

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Waddington "Dohm Group Siriol Clarry"

Double deck of advertising cards made by John Waddington Ltd. for the Dohm Group, featuring the designs of Siriol Clarry’s “Four Elements” cards on the faces. The original Siriol Clarry cards (see this shop #T00001327) were published in 1964, and I have dated these advertising cards the same year. The Siriol Clarry cards are sometimes called the “Four Elements” cards, because each of the 4 suits is dedicated to one of the four elements. The deck with red backs is complete with 52 cards, plus 2 ...

$25 USDGames & Print Services "Compaq Compendium” Playing Cards, British Market, c.1990s

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Games & Print Services "Compaq"

Interesting and sometimes amusing deck of playing cards titled, “A Compaq Compendium of Good Things to Know,” made by Games and Print Services Ltd. of Great Britain for the British Market, in the original box. Included in the “compendium” of sayings that are on the card faces is one that makes reference to the year 1991, and so I have assumed that the deck was made in the 1990s. Also included in the sayings are several that have reference to British people and places, or use British expressions, ...

$70 USDGoodall "Ocean to Ocean" Playing Cards, c.1912

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Goodall "Ocean To Ocean"

Very fine deck of "Ocean to Ocean" cards, a Canada souvenir deck but made by Chas. Goodall & Son, c.1912, in the original box. There are 52 cards, plus a Joker, plus a backed blank card, plus an insert card that on both sides lists the views that are depicted on the faces of the cards. All 52 cards, but not the Joker, are pictorial, depicting views of Canada. The deck honors King George V of England who took the throne in 1911, and he is depicted on the backs of the cards surrounded by the ...

$100 USDGoodall “1911 Coronation” Playing Cards, Queen Mary, c.1911

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Goodall "1911 Coronation" (Queen Mary)

Exceptionally fine deck of cards made by Charles Goodall & Son, Ltd. c.1911 to commemorate the Coronation of Queen Mary, wife of King George V, in the original telescope box. The Queen’s portrait is on the backs of the cards; the faces of the cards are standard Goodall faces of the time. The deck is complete at 52 cards, plus the Goodall Joker, and the cards are wide, measuring 89mm x 64mm, with gold gilt around. The cards are of the highest quality, and they are in excellent, lightly used ...

$45 USDDouble Deck Worshipful Company Playing Cards, "Sheriff of London 1990"

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Worshipful

Annual double deck of cards issued by The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards ("Company") in 1990, celebrating in that year the election of a member of the Company as Aldermanic Sheriff for the first time in the Company's history. The cards are bridge size with gold gilt around, and are in their original plastic case with the Company's emblem embossed on the lid. A total of approximately 500 double decks with descriptive leaflet were issued. For those unfamiliar with the Company, it ...

$35 USDWaddington “Sporting Birds Series” Playing Cards, William Barribal Design (Backs), c.1930s

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Waddington "Barribal" (Mallard)

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$25 USDUniversal Playing Cards, Coronation Queen Elizabeth II, c.1953

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Universal "Coronation"

Mint deck of cards made by Universal Playing Card Co. (Alf Cooke) c.1953, to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, in the original box. The deck is still in its wrapper, and sealed with a Universal seal. The backs feature a picture of the young queen set in an oval frame. The deck is 52 cards, plus at least 1 Joker, and the cards are bridge size (89mm x 58mm). As noted, the cards are in mint condition, and the box is in excellent condition with only minor signs of age and wear. ...

$25 USDDouble Deck Worshipful Company Playing Cards, Bridge Deck, c.1990

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Worshipful

Double deck of cards issued by The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards ("Company") in 1990. It is not the Company's annual deck for that year, but a bridge deck issued in that year, with the Company's name and emblem on the backs. The cards were printed by Waddington's and the Ace of Spades is a Waddington ace, not a portrait of the Company's Master for that year (see T0000119, this site). Needless to say the cards are bridge size, and they are in their original plastic case, with the ...

$25 USDDouble Deck De La Rue Patience Playing Cards, c.1930s

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:De La Rue "Patience"

Very fine double deck of patience cards made by De La Rue c.1930s, with the Goodall Ace of Spades and Joker. The backs depict ships that appear to be Hong Kong junks. One of the decks is still wrapped, with a plastic wrapped deck inside a paper wrapper; the other deck has been opened, but remnants of the plastic wrapper remain. Each deck has 52 cards, plus a Joker, and the decks are accompanied by a booklet titled “Selected Patience Games” with the Wills tobacco name on the front, but printed by ...

$30 USDWaddington “Balata Belting” Adv. Playing Cards, R. & J. Dick Co., Ltd., Goodall Courts, c.1940s

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Waddington "R&J Dick"

Wonderful advertising deck made by Waddington c.1940s for R. & J. Dick Co., Ltd., advertising “Balata Belting” and “Dickbalata Element Driving Rope,” with terrific backs showing R. & J. Dick balata products “belting” the planet. The products and planets are held by a strongman in caveman-like dress, under the heading “The Reins of Industry.” The court cards are not Waddington courts, but rather Goodall courts. I have dated the cards to the 1940s because it was in that decade that Waddington took ...

$25 USDDouble Deck Universal “The Old Curiosity Shop” (Charles Dickens) Playing Cards, c.1950

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Universal "Old Curiosity Shop"

Attractive double deck of cards made by Universal Playing Card Co. c.1950, featuring an illustration of “The Old Curiosity Shop,” a shop in London that has been named for the famous Dickens novel. At one time it was believed that the shop was the inspiration for the novel, but it is now generally accepted that the name was given to the shop after the novel’s publication, to capitalize upon Dickens’ popularity. Certainly the shop pre-dates the novel, as it was built in the 16th century, using ...

$75 USD“Scotland Views” Playing Cards, Raphael Tuck Images, c.1920s

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Raphael Tuck "Scotland Views"

Exceptional deck of souvenir cards titled, “52 Selected Views of Scotland,” featuring photographs of Scotland scenes, in the original box. The box states that the cards were printed in Great Britain, and the Joker states, “Copyright Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd.” While it is possible that Raphael Tuck printed these cards, I can find nothing to indicate that the famous printer ever made playing cards. I note through Internet research that there is a deck of cards with a virtually identical box titled ...

$30 USDDouble Deck Waddington (ASS) “Shakespeare” Playing Cards, Tilney Designs c.1975

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Waddington "Shakespeare"

Double deck of “Shakespeare” playing cards published by Waddington Playing Card Company, but possibly printed by ASS, based upon the justifiably famous “Shakespeare” cards designed by F.C. Tilney. The Tilney designs were first published by Swan and Sonnerschein in 1902, and then later by Waddington’s in 1925; the Waddington edition of 1925 is considered by many to be the most beautiful cards that Waddington ever made. This later edition from 1975 and thereafter typically comes in either a hard ...

$25 USDDouble Deck Waddington Playing Cards, Shakespeare Quadracentennial, c.1964

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Waddington Shakespeare Quadracentennial

Sealed double deck of playing cards made by Waddington in 1964 for the Shakespeare quadracentennial celebrations. The backs of each deck show the Shakespeare coat of arms and motto, "Non Sanz Droict" ("Not Without Right"), with Shakespeare's name above and inclusive life dates below. This item is a sealed double deck, but I have included pictures showing the Joker, Ace of Spades, and court cards, all standard, from a double deck of these cards that has been opened. The cards are bridge size ...

$35 USDPeter Wood Playing Cards, "2000 PIPS" Transformation Deck, Signed Numbered Limited Edition (678/1000), NIB

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Peter Woods "2000 Pips"

Delightful limited edition (1000 worldwide) transformation deck by renowned UK playing card designer and graphic artist Peter Wood. The title is derived from the fact that there are 2000 suit symbols to be found in/on the cards of the deck. Each card is different, a separate work of art. The deck is a wide (poker size) deck, the cards measuring 90mm x 64mm, and has 52 cards, plus 2 different Jokers, and a backed explanatory insert card. This deck is in mint condition. It is signed by the artist, ...

$65 USDDouble Deck Waddington’s “Siriol Clarry Four Elements” Playing Cards, Siriol Clarry Designs, c.1964

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Waddington "Siriol Clarry"

Wonderful double deck of cards made by John Waddington Ltd. c.1964, featuring the original designs of Siriol Clarry. The cards are sometimes called the “Four Elements” cards, because each of the 4 suits is dedicated to one of the four elements. Each deck has 52 cards, plus 2 Jokers, plus 1 card announcing the deck. The cards are bridge size, measuring 90mm x 59mm, and come in the original box. One of the decks is still sealed in its cellophane wrapper. The other deck is “as new,” viewed but not ...

$30 USD“Modernist” Playing Cards, Maker Unknown, c.1980s?

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:"Modernist"

I have called these “modernist” cards, because I do not know what else to call them. In the World Web Playing Card Museum, under “other publishers” in the United Kingdom, there is a deck of cards that has the designation “Next” on it, with a pin-up illustration on the back (WWPCM05918), and "Next" is said to be the publisher. It is quite possible that the reference to “Next” is a reference to the stylish UK clothier. The faces of the “Next” cards shown at that WWPCM listing are the same as the ...

$40 USDDouble Deck Waddington “Silver Jubilee” Playing Cards, Ltd. Edition, Susan Rae Designs, c.1977

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Waddington "Silver Jubilee"

Mint, sealed double deck of cards made by Waddingtons to commemorate the Silver Jubilee in 1977 of Queen Elizabeth II. They come with an insert card that reads: “These unique playing cards were produced by Waddingtons Playing Card Co. Ltd. to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II were designed by Susan Rae of Kingston-upon-Thames Polytechnic. The cards are not on general sale, a limited edition only having been made for private circulation.” Although the decks are sealed, it is my ...

$50 USDGoodall (De La Rue) "Oxford College Arms" Playing Cards, Joseph Vincent Publisher, c.1925

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Goodall "Oxford Arms"

Excellent deck of cards, made by Chas. Goodall & Son and published by Oxford publisher Joseph Vincent c.1925, shortly after Goodall was absorbed into De La Rue, titled “Oxford College Arms Playing Cards.” The backs of the cards depict the coats of arms of the then existing Colleges of Oxford University – at that time 22. The cards can be fairly reliably dated. The Joker is the Goodall / De La Rue Joker (“Ltd.” not “Lim”), numbered 4.4 by Lodge that he dates to 1922-1950, and the courts are those ...

$25 USDDr. Roger Whiting “Bubble Cards” (South Sea Bubble), Facsimile, c.1988

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Whiting "South Sea Bubble"

Superb cards titled “Bubble Cards,” published c.1988 by Dr. Roger Whiting, a facsimile reissue of a set of cards originally published by Thomas Bowles in 1720. As the box states, each card “shows a different scene of a genuine or bogus company at the time of the South Sea Bubble.” Each card also has a satirical epigram aimed at those who caused or were caught up in the mania. Bowles published two “South Sea Bubble” decks in that year; a facsimile edition of the other deck has been published by ...

$75 USD Sale PendingSALE PENDING Double Deck De La Rue Playing Cards, 150th Anniversary Deck, Picart Designs, c.1957

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:De La Rue "Picart" Anniversary

Beautiful double deck of cards by De La Rue commemorating its 150th anniversary as a firm, c.1957. The cards were specially designed by Jean Picart le Doux. The decks are very striking in their originality. Each has 52 cards, plus 2 Jokers, plus a backed insert card. The cards are bridge size (90mm x 58mm). These cards came to me in a simple wood box, made in Poland, that I’m sure is unrelated to the decks. However, if the purchaser would like the box, it is available for an additional $10. The ...

$50 USD Sale PendingSALE PENDING Double Deck “W.D. & H.O. Wills” Playing Cards, Company Bicentennial Celebration, Maker Unknown, c.1986

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:Wills Bicentennial

Mint double deck of cards given as a gift to employees and pensioners of W.D. & H.O. Wills, the British tobacco company, on the occasion of the firm’s 200th anniversary in 1986. I do not know the maker of these cards – if forced to guess, I would guess they are Carta Mundi cards, but there is nothing to indicate. One deck (with silver backs) is still sealed; the other deck (with gold backs) has been unsealed for inspection and photographing. Each deck has 52 cards, plus 2 Jokers, plus an insert ...

$30 USD Sale PendingSALE PENDING Double Deck James Paton Ltd “Scottish Historical Playing Cards,” Agnes Ogilvy & Willie Rodger Designs, John McLean Publisher, c.1976

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:James Paton "Scottish Historical"

Mint, sealed (cards, not box) double deck of cards made by James Paton Ltd. of Scotland c.1976, published by John McLean also of Scotland, featuring designs by Angus Ogilvy and Willie Rodger. Fournier reports that the cards were made for a Scottish art gallery, and the accompanying booklet acknowledges assistance from the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. I do not have an open deck of these cards, but they can be seen on the World Web Playing Card Museum. The court cards and Jokers depict ...

$65 USD Sale PendingSALE PENDING Double Deck De La Rue “Queen Elizabeth II Coronation” Playing Cards, Lift-Up Presentation Box, Abercrombie & Fitch, c.1953

Collectibles:Playing Cards U.K:De La Rue "Queen Elizabeth Coronation"

Mint, sealed double deck of beautiful cards made c1953 by De La Rue for Abercrombie & Fitch in the United States, commemorating the coronation of Elizabeth II. The designs are elegant, with the Queen and Prince Philip framed against appropriate background images. They come in a handsome presentation box with a velour-type material that covers the lid and interior. When the box is opened, the decks of cards are lifted up at one end. Presumably each deck has 52 cards and at least 1 Joker (visible ...

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