Antique Playing Cards / pre 1950 (1)

Bézique, De La Rue & Co's, International Pattern
# A0019

Cost: for Trade or Euro 10.oo; zum Tausch oder Euro 10.oo
Cards: 30/32
Format: 93 x 64 mm
Manufacturer: De La Rue & Co's, London
Country: England
Year: tax stamp on ace of spade: three pence
Condition: >5< much used
Box: no box
Description: All aces and court cards included. 10 of diamond and 8 of club missing. Could be interesting for collectors of aces of spades.

Triest Pattern / Bild (Vindobona)
# L0018

Cost: for Trade; zum Tausch
Cards: 40/40 complete
Format: 100 x 55 mm
Manufacturer: Vindobona, Fucecchio
Country: Italy; Italien; Italia
Year: Feb. 1943
Condition: >2< near mint; ungespielt
Box: a little damaged; etwas beschädigt
Description: Triestine. Two tax stamps; 1st Lire 3 in 1943, 2nd additional duty 1955. Zwei Steuerstempel; der erste 1943 zu 3 Lire, der zweite mit Steuererhöhung 1955.

Seasons, Tell
# G0021
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Hollandia Whist
# N0023

Cost: for Trade
Cards: 52/52
Format: 91 x 62 mm
Manufacturer: Speelkaartenfabriek Nederland, Amsterdam
Country: Netherlands
Year: 1920
Condition: >3< slightly used, gold corners still in place
Box: original box in good condition
Description: No Joker. Do not know if complete without Joker or if missing.

Poems of America, England, Ireland and Scotland
# V0011

Cost: for Trade or US$ 25.oo
Cards: 42/52
Format: 88 x 62 mm
Manufacturer: unknown
Country: United States ?
Year: 1910
Condition: >5< much used
Box: no box
Description: Poems of four countries (America, Ireland, England, Scotland), with a beautiful picture to each poem
Reverse: Home of Longfellow

Poems America
Longfellow: "Evangeline", "Paul Revere's Ride", "The Bridge"
John G. Whittier: "Maud Muller", "Barbara Frietchie", "The Robin"
WM. Cullen Bryant: "Song", "Thanatopsis", "Death of the Flowers"
Eugene Field: "Little Blue Pigeon", "Little Boy Blue", "Lullabye - By the Sea"

Poems Ireland
Thomas Moore: "Tis The Last Rose of Summer", "The Fire Worshipers", "Meeting of the Waters"
Thomas Davis: "Battle of Fontenoy"
Samuel Lover: "Carolan and Bridget Cruise", "The Angel's Whisper", "The Pilgrim Harper"
Ferguson: "Lament for Timoleague", "The Fairy Thorn"
Dr. Brennan: "Erin"

Poems England
Thomas Hood: "Ode to the Printer's Devil", "The Song of the Shirt", "The Bridge of Sighs"
Tennyson: "The May Queen", "Charge of the Light Brigade"
Lord Byron: "Battle of Waterloo", "The Destruction of Sennacherib", "Vision of Belshazzar"
Thomas Gray: "A Stray Gem", "Ode", "Elegy"
James Thompson: "Rule, Britannia"

Poems Scotland
Robert Burns: "Auld Lang Syne", "Highland Mary"
Sir Walter Scott: "Melrose Abbey As It Is", "The Lay of the Last Minstrel"
Thos. Campbell: "The Pleasures of Hope", "Hohenlinden"
Robert Tannahill: "The Braes o' Gleniffer", "The Lass o' Arranteenie"

Aluette, Grimaud, old with tax stamp
# L0040
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Very Old Single Faced Cards by Reynolds & Sons
# A0028
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Unknown Pattern - Unbekanntes Bild
# F0021
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1897: Young Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
# F0028
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Minchiate Toscano: original (c. 1850) - no reproduction!!!
# T0007

Cost: for trade or Euro 1200.oo
Cards: 92/97, 5 cards missing: 8, 9 and 10 of sword and the 1 and cavalier of cups.
Format: 96 x 57 mm = 3¾" x 2¼"
Manufacturer:
Country: Italy
Year: c. 1850, tax stamp reads "Carte da giuoco di Toscana, S (Soldi) 13.4" (see first card on the scan)
Condition: >4< used; extraordinary good for the age!
Box: --
Description: Minchiate (Fiorentino, Fiorentine) is a special tarot from Florence (Firenze, Italia). A complete deck has 97 cards: 41 major arcana and 56 minor arcana. In this deck only 5 cards are missing (none of the 41 special trumps). The cards are hand coloured (water colour).

"E. Vessmann", Anton Kratochvil v Praze, c. 1910
# N0025
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Swiss Pattern, David Hurter, pre 1860, steel engraved and stenciled
# F0030

Cost: for Trade (sale also possible)
Cards: 36/36 complete
Format: 88 x 57 mm
Manufacturer: David Hurter (unknown if father or son)
Country: Switzerland
Year: 1802-1844 (if father), 1844-1863 (if son)
Condition: >5< much used, in case of interest I will give more details to each card
Box: none
Description: Very old and really hard to fine deck of antique playing cards. Could be as old as 1802! The king of spade is signed with "bei D. Hurter in Schaffhausen". The aces show landscapes. Spade: Rheinfall/Wengernalp; Heart: Rigi/Uetliberg; Club: Kornhaus in Bern/Murtenthor in Bern; Diamond: Zürich/Schaffhausen

Sehr altes Schweizer Quartett mit Landschaften und Sehenswürdigkeiten
# V0016

Cost: zum Tausch
Cards: 48/48 vollständig
Format: 120 x 78 mm
Manufacturer: ? ("M" steht auf Kartenrückseiten)
Country: ?
Year: alt
Condition: >5< viel gespielt; vereinzelte kleinere Knicke, 1 Karte mit hässlichem Knick
Box: -
Description: Altes Quartett mit schwarz/weiss Bildern aus der Schweiz. Die einzelnen Familien beinhalten:
Seen: Vierwaldstättersee, Zürichsee, Genfersee, Luganersee
Wintersportplätze: St. Moritz, Wengen, Davos, Montana
Sommerkurorte: Saas-Fee, Engelberg, Lenzerheide, Flims
Gletscher: Aletschgletscher, Rhônegletscher, Morteratschgletscher, Theodulgletscher
Schlösser und Burgen: Chillon, Sion, Tarasp, Habsburg
Bergbahnen: Parsennbahn, Säntisbahn, Pilatusbahn, Firstbahn
Berge: Piz Bernina, Matterhorn, Jungfrau, Glärnisch
Kirchen: Grossmünster Zürich, St. Gallen, Lausanne, Einsiedeln
Feste: Basler Fasnacht, Sechseläuten, Narzissenfest, Chalanda Marz
Pässe: Sustenstrasse, Klausenstrasse, Gotthard, Julierpass
Städte: Bern, Zürich, Genf, Basel
Bäder: Leuk, Ragaz, Baden, Schinznach

Sehr altes Dichter Quartett mit Deutschen Dichtern, die im 18. Jh. geboren wurden
# V0017

Cost: zum Tausch
Cards: 52/52 vollständig
Format: 100 x 65 mm
Manufacturer: Verlag von I. W. Spear & Söhne Nürnberg - Doos
Country: Deutschland
Year: alt
Condition: >5< viel gespielt, ein paar wenige Karten mit kleineren Mängeln
Box: Originalschachtel etwas abgenützt
Description: 12x deutsche Dichter plus William Shakespeare, mit biografischen Daten. Die einzelen Familien beinhalten:
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Johann Gottfried von Herder
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Göthe)
Friedrich von Schiller
Ernst Moritz Arndt
Adalbert von Chamisso
Ludwig Ahland
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff
Friedrich Rückert
Theodor Körner
Heinrich Heine
William Shakespeare

rare Mexcican playing cards "El Turco" by "La Cubana"
# L0043
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original Minchiate (c. 1860) - no reproduction
# T0008

Cost: for trade or Euro 1500.oo
Cards: 95/97, only 2 cards missing (6 of cup, 2 of sword)
Format: 96 x 57 mm
Manufacturer:
Country: Italy - Italia
Year: c. 1860 - tax stamp reads "Carte da giuoco da Toscana, S (= Soldi) 13.4" (see first card on the scan)
Condition: >4< used; extraordinary good for the age! For more details please contact me!
Box: none
Description: Minchiate (Fiorentino, Fiorentine) is a special tarot from Florence (Firenze) in the Tuscany (Toscana), Italy. A complete deck has 97 cards: 41 major arcana and 56 minor arcana. In this deck only 2 cards are missing (none of the 41 special trumps). I could organise a photo copy of the missing cards so you can enjoy all 97 cards. The cards are hand coloured (water colour).

Very rare double faced "Napoletane" Pattern c. 1920
# L0044
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Rhineland Pattern
# F0037

Cost: for Trade
Cards: 36/52+1; all 2-5 are missing, no joker
Format: 3 5/8" x 2 ½"
Manufacturer: Piatnik
Country: Austria
Year: old
Condition: >5< much used; even though some pips have missing corners and the king of diamond has a crease, these cards are not worn-out!
Box: original box, but in poor condition
Description: On the box you can read: "53 Blatt, Goldeck, sehr feine Bridge Poker-Whist. 212. Marke Piatnik" and "Ferd Piatnik & Söhne A.G." plus the address: "Wien XIII/5, Hütteldorferstrasse 229-231"

"Porteño" Spanish Type 1940's Argentina
# L0051
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Spanish Type 1878 Belgium
# L0052
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