Christopher Rayner Collection of Playing Cards

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Deck of 32 WWI German playing cards, circa 1915, six others similar, with notable figures and scenes of battle

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Bancks Brothers deck of 52 playing cards, believed issued for the 300th anniversary of the birth of Shakespeare in 1864, with original fragmentary wrapper

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Rare deck of 52 playing cards by Perry & Co, circa 1865, standard pattern, Lodge suggests the cards may be of Belgian Manufacture

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'American Manufacture' (NYCC - Samuel Hart & Co) deck of 52 single ended playing cards, circa 1910. See The Hochman Encyclopaedia of American Playing Cards - Tom and Judy Dawson - NY42b p.56...

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Deck of 52 standard playing cards by Woolley & Co, with 'Napoleon Empereur' backs, circa 1870

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Deck of 52 Willis triplicate indices playing cards

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Deck of 52 Bancks Bros. Late Hunt standard playing cards, circa 1890

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Deck of 52 Biermans (Turnhout) standard ended English Pattern playing cards, circa 1895, with original wrapper, titled 'Great Mogul Superior Cards'

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Deck of 52 anonymous Isle of Man themed playing cards, together with wrapper, inscribed in pen with note proposing that these are Belgian cards, circa 1872. The scenic aces with Isle of Man land...

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Deck of 52 playing cards plus joker on an Isle of Man theme, by Valentine for Webbs, reverse with Isle of Man coat of arms and with scenic aces, circa 1900, with original box

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Austrian bezique set of 2 x 32 cards in Thos. De La Rue & Co, London, Bezique box, with two De La Rue bezique markers and associated guide, scenic Isle of Man themed aces, and each with text...

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Deck of 52 playing cards plus joker, UK printed Icelandic cards on a chess theme, the double ended courts depicting chess pieces

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Deck of 54 playing cards and title card 'Memoires de Casonova' luxury artistic and lightly risqué cars with artwork by eroticist Paul-Emile Becat, circa 1960

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Deck of 52 cards and joker with Romanian historical costume, by Braun, circa 1935

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Deck of 52 and joker salon-patience playing cards, with scenic aces of German views, tax stamp for 1931-36, with flap-top box

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Deck of 54 Danish export playing cards, circa 1960, with original wrapper and box

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Deck of 32 'Leipziger Skat-Karte' issued to honour the 400th anniversary of the Leipzig industry, 1897, printed by Schneider & Co. Designed by Arthur Lewis

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Deck of 52 plus one joker German WWI playing cards, small size

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The Mermaid and South sea girl, double pack of playing cards, circa 1932. Boxed with two bridge score cards, see John Berry - Waddington Playing Cards collection, part 1, plate 4

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De La Rue Q playing cards, circa 1936, 52 cards plus joker with box, together with the deluxe edition boxed pack

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De La Rue, two boxed packs of 54 playing cards, produced to advertise BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) circa 1960, another of 52 cards for British United Airways and another - a souv...

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Danish Holmblad Pattern A pack of playing cards, circa 1950, together with Holmblad II standard pattern pack, circa 1940 numbered 121 on the box, another numbered 107 and another numbered 114 -...

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Rare 1942 France Libre (Free France) deck of playing cards, existing from 1940-43, this pack may have been used to raise funds for the Free French movement

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Deck of Waddington Shakespeare themed playing cards, circa 1925, with box

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Bruce Bairnsfather design Bystander playing cards, seven packs circa 1915-1916, including 'The Fatalist'; 'Where did that one go to'; 'Coiffure in the Trenches'; 'The Nest' (deluxe edition with...

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Goodall Canadian souvenir playing cards, including 'Picturesque Canada, published by Canadian Pacific Railways (Hochman SCA33) including 52 cards plus joker plus list of views, boxed; also Pictu...

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Waddington playing cards - Raphael Kirchner named back - Cupid in Bondage, circa 1925, John Berry - Waddington Playing Card Collection plate 1 item 210

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Philibert CanCan Playing Cards. Paris, circa 1956, designed by Pierre Albarran, with box

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De La Rue Rubicon Bezique set, circa 1890, boxed

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Karl Gerich deck of 54 playing cards - Cosi Fan Tutte, circa 1994, with original box, signed

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Miniature deck of 52 Secrets Magazine fortune telling playing cards, featuring film and radio stars to the reverse, circa 1935, issued with the magazine

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Rare deck of British Playing Card Co. 'Chateau' cards, circa 1925, 52 plus joker, with box

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WWI desk of 'Fumsup' playing cards, by Goodall & Sons, circa 1915, with original box

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Karl Gerich - Lettische Patience - Gerich 34, 1994, 32 cards and joker with original box

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Raphael Kirchner deigned playing cards - 'Apres le Bal' produced by Waddington for the Cafe Royal in Edinburgh, circa 1925, with original box. John Berry - The Waddington Playing-Card Collection...

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Rare deck of 'All British Playing Cards' 1933, made by Universal / Alf Cooke for export to Denmark. Cartorama 53, Item 72

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Deck of 'Belgravia' playing cards, designed by Barribal for Waddingtons, circa 1923, in original box

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Deck of 53 1893 World's Fair Columbian souvenir playing cards, copyrighted by G W Clarke

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Collection of early 20th century Goodall photographic Canadian Souvenir playing cards, including two packs of Ocean to Ocean (Hochman SCA14 ); Ocean to Ocean (Hochman SCA1); Ocean to Ocean (Hoch...

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Deck of 1907 Jamestown Exposition playing cards, by United States Playing Card Company and Dominion Paper Company, complete without box

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Rare 52 card deck of Hustling Joe No 61. Playing Cards, 1895 first edition with red ace of spades

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Deck of Tom Jones, Rocky Mountain souvenir playing cards, circa 1900, with original box

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Mixed playing cards, including Standard G6 pack of Irish National cards, single ended Swiss-German pattern deck by J Muller and Cie., Allied armies playing cards by Pratriotic Playing cards, Mon...

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52 card deck of Whist-Karten no.230, Frankfurt am Main by B. Dondorf, circa 1870, with original box (deteriorated)

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National Speelkaart 165, by C L Wust for the Dutch Market, 1905 third edition with 52 cards in original box (box deteriorated)

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Deck of 52 Maximillian Frommann luxury playing cards, with Heidelberg scenic aces, circa 1865

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De La Rue Comedia Playing cards, circa 1960, with box, Cartorama no. 66, item 287

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Finissime Whist No. 190 Dante playing cards, Vienna, circa 1923, with box

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Unusual 1957 advertising deck of 52 playing cards by Obchodni Tiskarny N.P. Kolin for Kovo, a Czech manufacturing firm, with box

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19th century deck of 52 miniature playing cards by Wust

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Deck of Belges B playing cards by Brepols, circa 1880, with scenes of Brussels, in associated box

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Rare deck of 52 American Civil War playing cards

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The Tarot Fortune Cards, published by Thomson-Leng publications, circa 1935, complete with booklet

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Rare 19th century Dondorf deck of playing cards, scenic aces with European city scenes

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Le Tarot Marine, with original box

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Deck of C. L. Wust oval playing cards, circa 1910, throught to be the 2nd of three versions, with box

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Rare deck of Muir and Moodie New Zealand themed pictorial playing cards, circa 1900, 52 cards plus joker

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Rare C P H Cook Co, Prince Charles playing cards, circa 1897, 52 cards plus joker and two rules cards, in box (box deteriorated)

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Souvenir playing cards, including Tbe Great Southwest playing cards, circa 1910; Hawaiian souvenir cards, circa 1901; two packs South African souvenir cards. (4)

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Norman Angell - The Money Game book, together with Agent Provocateur - the game

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Playing cards, including part deck of Goodall Andrews single ended (40 cards) De La Rue deck, Fournier Poker Espanol, Hermes single deck in twin box, Angel Hanafuda cards in box, others

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Deck of 36 standard Luxury House Pattern playing cards, c. 1870

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Playing Cards of the World by John Berry, together with vintage De La Rue and Waddington stock books

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Isle of Man scenic view playing cards, including Valentines (51 cards plus joker), circa 1900; another Valentines pack (52 cards, no joker or box), circa 1910; Valentine & Sons, Ltd Dundee a...

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Deck of cards by Goodall produced to commemorate the end of the 19th century (52 cards no joker issued) subjects depicting royalty and statemen of t...

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Rare Goodall Victor E Mauger deck of cards, 33 cards including one blank, circa 1870s

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52 card deck of Goodall standard design playing cards, with floral back, circa 1880

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52 card deck of American Confederate playing cards by Goodall, circa 1870

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Deck of playing cards by Goodall, circa 1875, with the arms of Trinity College, Cambridge to the reverse

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Two decks of Goodall WWI playing cards, standard pack (one missing joker) backs with naval battle scenes. (2)

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Two WWI period 52 card decks of advertising playing cards, by Goodall for Shell Motor Spirit and Pratts Motor spirit respectively

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Deck of Goodall 'Drummer Bottling' advertising plying cards for Guinness and Pale Ale, with box, circa 1910

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