Russian Historical playing cards, by Nikolay Karazin. Reproduction by Russian Card Society, 2015. First published in 1897 in Saint Petersburg, with a second edition in 1898 ( changes made to the JS, the JC, and KH). I scanned the reproductions side by side with some of the originals (you can see all...

Sorry to hear about the fires. Damn.

We used to pile into a friend's car and drive 90 minutes to the one shop where we lived that had them just to look at all the Italian and French bikes under one roof. Pictured: Confente, Colnago, and DeRosa.

For many years I rode an Eddy Merckx knock off. Still have it, but idle.

The butterfly backs remind me of posters from my teens. Instantly made me feel back home.

Die Vogel-Welt (The Bird World) Educational Quartet Game, No. 351, printed by Dondorf, c1905 (-1920s?). This version in Danish. 10 groups of 4 related cards. In German WOPC . The scans of the cards below are 2048x so that you can see the detail and color in the chromolithography. - Dondorf 351 Box a...

Right. Will have to see how this plays out.

Good find! Thanks -

Haven't seen it in several days, except once yesterday.

Java Speelkaarten (Fijnste Omber Speelkaarten), No 17. First printed in 1874 by Dondorf on behalf of Gumbrich & Strauss in Batavia (now Djakarta), in chromolithography, marking Wilhelm III's 25th anniversary as King of the Netherlands. This version is Variant 5, 1910-1920. Kings and Queens are r...

Endersgame maybe has some thoughts?

I looked them up. The KC from the decks in question. It looks like Yale is re-using the photo from the Dominic Auction, probably supplied by Ollis. Ollis mounted his decks the same way. These were made by Carington Bowles, John's son. Bowles printed other decks with music and songs - easily identifi...

Is that Eddy Merckx (in white for Peugeot) on the right side of the photo on the left?

If I'm remembering correctly, the cards in the Yale library are the ones from the Christie auction. I didn't see the Dominic Winter auction - thanks for catching that. It sure looks like Ollis was the winning Christie's bidder, but possible there was another sale before Ollis got it. Do you mean a f...

Harry Margary's 1978 reproduction of The Beggar's Opera playing cards, first published in 1728 by John Bowles, following the successful premier of the opera the same year. These cards (the originals) stayed in production through the 1700s, as the play proved very popular, though not many survive. In...

Much more frequent today.

La Traviata, 1985, by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff, 1892-1990), commissioned by Dunhill of London, often attributed to Carte Mundi, probably printed by A.S.S. (s. Roddy Somerville, WOPC). As explained in the leaflet, the opera plays out across all of the cards.

Dondorf, Poker Spielkarten, No 191 (Braun #V1Aa). 1900-1906(?). "International" image cards. Dondorf introduced this series in 1889, and continued until 1933.

Dondorf, L'Hombre No.60. c1910-1930(?). This deck c1920. One of the four decks of cards Dondorf produced for Adolph Wulff. This was simpler in design and production, with Danish index marks. "Eneret" translates to "Exclusive," presumably for Adolph Wulff (Joop interprets this as ...

HFMJ! Dondorf No207. Sometimes called The Four Continents. Printed by chromolithography. This is Variant 3 (the resource is Braun, page 26), 1880-1906. A stamp on the AH might tell you more. Often found without a box. It looks like this pack was sold in a gift shop in what is now Hauptwache plaza, a...

Right, thanks. I see it now.

kevork wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 2:27 pmUnfortunately one of the pictures he is using is mine and I've asked him to remove it.

Did he remove it and replace it with a picture he took of the deck himself?

I see Kevork answers this question in the other thread.

c1880-1900(?), 11 and 12 spot playing cards, United States Playing Card Company. 11, 12, and later 13 (red suit only) spot cards were added to a deck to allow a game of six-handed 500. Normally USPCC sold "500" packs with all the necessary cards included but the cards shown here are housed...

Transsiberian Express, artwork by Veronika Nicolaeva, 2015. Our friend Räpylätassu notes these were printed in Finland and made in honor of the 100th anniversary of the completion of the Moscow-Vladivostok railroad track. There are two versions, English and Russian, 300 packs each. This is the Engli...

ah, an interesting point. You could cut the outside of the fold so that the material doesn't tear apart as you fold it, or you score the inside of the fold to remove material out of the way of the fold. Somebody somewhere probably has important thoughts about this. Well, anyway, that's what crossed ...

Ah ha! I've had Secrets of the Far East on my wish list for ages. Now I see the connection. Now add A. Bellido to the list.

I would think that the scoreline along the inner side of a fold would be hard to reverse without misshaping it, or weakening it. Is that your experience?

Great cards! Love this artwork.

Um, no.

Photography skills and taste in playing cards, A-okay.

Same impression. I found a listing in Fournier, #489 - A 1978 reissue of the 1905 original, same familiar courts. In the dozen or so Jean Darquenne's catalogs I have, appears once as an advertising deck - the same familiar courts, no issue number. Jean cites: Braun 244; comp. Fournier 489; Segeth [1...

Sure I remember. I have some of your cards. Lovely artwork. Thanks for making them. You always provided good customer service. Good luck with the next part of your journey.