Great Britain and Ireland (EN)

EN07: Secrets. Movie Magazine. 1935. Price: € 1.00/each. Fortune Telling Cards, 3,2 x 4,4 cm. Printed by Universal Playing Card Co. as inserts for the Movie Magazine “Secrets”, and therefore difficult to get all 52 cards! All cards are with moviestars, mainly from Hollywood . I know Maurice Chevalier, Jean Harlow, Marlene Dietrich, Bette Davis, and Leslie – and you may know others. The full list you can see here: http://immortalephemera.com/movie-collectibles/1935-secrets-magazine-mini-playing-cards/ — I have these 13 cards. The five of Spades is Norman Foster.

EN08: Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards. Price: € 300.00. A binder with a great collection of backs. Nicely mounted. 1900-18: 9 cards, 1919-41: 30 cards, 1942-56: 29 cards, 1957-2004: 71 cards. In the pre-1900 period there are 1884, 1889, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1897special, 1898×2 and 1899. Among there rare you find 1912, 1933 and 1975.

EN09: De La Rue. Golliwog. Ca.1905. Price: € 50.00. Used deck, 1 card with big dent (shown), 1 with a lesser. 48 cards, no box.

EN10a: ArPak Playing Card Co.. 1927-35. Price: € 4.00. The firm published some very special decks – and broke its neck because of that! Aah! Is that true? Here are EIGHT single cards. Worn and all with patches on the reverse after having had adhesives on them.

EN10b: Liverpool. The “ARPAK”. Ca.1927-35. Price:€ 35.00. Used, but very nice deck. 52 + 1 joker, in slightly worn box.

EN11: John Newman. Large Index. Colour Suited Playing Cards. 1996. Price: € 20.00. Four different colours. Unused deck in slightly used box. 52 + score card + 2 jokers with Beardsley motifs.

EN12: London. Goodall. 1920s. Price: € 15.00. Standard deck,. 52 cards. Used and a little yellowed, but very nice. With the swastika on the back. The sign of luck, AT THAT TIME.

SOLD EN13: Chas. Godall & Son. No.1909. Price: € 30.00. Unopened deck with a label in Arabic and Hebrew, defining it to be sold in the British Protectorate of Palestine (1920-48). Large Index, thin, linette grained. Waterproof surface.

EN14: Waddington. Yeomen of the Guard. Price: € 3.00. Used deck in plast box. No jokers. Original price £ 1.50

EN15: London. De La Rue. Patience. Price: € 10.00. Patience cards, 7 x 5 cm. Unused in original double box. Complete with 2 x 52 cards, one single card is smudged, but otherwise all is unused and pretty. There is added to extra cards, and three advertisements for “the newest book” on patience. I don’t know the age, but would suggest the 50s or before.

EN16b: Counties of England. 4th Series. Southern. John Jaques & Co. Ca.1880. Price: € 25.00. Used deck. No box. 61 + 2 cards, complete. Instruction card, and advertisement sheet.

EN16c: The Counties of England. 3rd Series. Jacques & Son. Price: € 15.00. Used deck in original box.

EN17: De La Rue. Pearson. Price: € 5.00. Older British advertisement deck in a booklike cover, with the title “Diamonds are Trumps” and the author Hugo Knapp! Used cards. One joker.

EN19: Millwall F.C. Lions. Price: € 4.00. Unopened deck in plast box. Printed in China.

EN20: Waddington. Fingerprints. Ca.1970. Price: € 10.00. The deck was produced for a conference in Scotland for experts in fingerprints. Normal design, unused cards iin a pretty velour-box.

EN23: Goodall. Piccadilly Square. Price: € 3.00. Used deck. 52 cards, – single deck in a standard double De La Rue-box with snakelike cover.

EN24a: Waddington. Ferry: Göteborg-Frederikshavn. M.S. Kronprinsessan Ingrid. 1946- . Price: € 10.00. Used deck, 52 cards, no jokers (if there ever were any). Worn box. – After the War this Ferry was put into service again in 1946. (Out of service 1939-1946)

EN24b: Waddington Patience Playing Cards. Göteborg-Frederikshavn. M.S. Kronprinsessan Ingrid. 1946- . Price: € 8.00. Used deck, 3 jokers, worn box. Size: 6,8 x 4,5 cm. After the War this Ferry was put into service again in 1946. (Out of service 1939-1946)

EN24c: Waddington Patience Cards. Göteborg-Frederikshavn. Prinsessan Margaretha. Ca.1955-62. Price: € 3.00. Used deck, worn box without lid. 2 jokers. Size: 6,8 x 4,5 cm.

EN25: 18th Century English Cards. Facsimile. Price: € 5.00. Unused deck in plast box.

EN27: Waddington. Horse Carriage. Price: € 6.00. Double deck in plast box. No jokers. At first I couldn’t distinguish the two decks, but yes, one is with golden sky, the other with silver sky. The more interesting thing is, that both decks have been “shaven”, as can be seen where the pips are almost touching the edge.

EN28: Universal Playing Card. Co. The New Bond. Price: € 20.00. Unused deck in worn box. 1 joker + 1 score card. But most important: An unused folder for tax purposes, never used!

EN29: Alf Cooke. Universal Playing Card Co.. Club de Luxe. Price: € 2.00. Unused in box. Same reverse as EN28, same box as EN30a

EN30: Price: € 1.00. Club-de-Luxe No.601. Worn, in worn box.

EN31: London. Price: € 1.00/each. Six decks about London. Four decks are unused, two used (The black/red London [printed in HK] and the deck with 6 photos[by de la Rue]). All decks are in boxes. The deck with 6 photos misses the 2 of spades, but has a joker. The deck with the yellow frame is sold. Picadilly and Trafalgar has a Carta Mundzi-look. Tower Bridge is printed in China.

EN32: Souvenir Playing Cards. Selected Views of Scotland. Produced exclusively for United Cigar & Tobacco Ltd., Glasgow. Price: € 15.00. Probably never played, but just looked at. In original box. 52 + 2 jokers.

EN33: The Tiffin Girl’s School. Price: € 6.00. Unused deck. No box. One joker, Printed by R. Edwards, London for the school situated in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, with heads of pupils or teachers on the court cards.

EN34: Madame Tussaud. Price: € 2.00. Unused deck in box. Three jokers.

EN35: Waddington. Sheern Falls Lodge. Price: € 2.00. Advertisement from Ireland. 52 + 2 cards. Used. No box.

EN37: Oxford. Price: € 2,00. Unused deck in box. The heraldic signs for the colleges. Printed in Hong Kong.

EN38: Ireland. Souvenir Playing Cards. Price: € 30.00. Unused deck. Printed in EIRE. With inside and outside box. One joker. Not the same photos as on EN39.

EN39: Ireland. Souvenir Playing Cards. Price: € 30.00. Unused deck. Printed in IRELAND. With box and a top box. No joker. Not the same photos as on EN38.

EN41: Cayman Islands. Price: € 8.00. Double deck, unused, in worn box. No jokers. Printed in Taiwan.

EN45: P & O and British India Lines. The Eastern Highway. De La Rue. Ca.1925. Price: € 40.00. This deck is found with much varied prices. I have tried to settle for a price that allows me to keep the deck a bit longer, and still is acceptable for a buyer! I have lived in the Middle East (Oman) at a time of more tranquil, so the design calms me! 52 cards, used, no box, no joker.

EN47a: British Airways. Price: € 8.00. “The History of Passenger Flight Playing Cards”. Unused deck in box. With airplanes on all cards, and a list of names. 2 special jokers.Produced by Carta Mundi. EN47b: Price: € 6.00 Same deck sligthly used. Produced by Carta Mundi. EN47c: Price: € 8.00 Same deck with the British flag on the reverse. Produced by Waddington.

EN48: The English Playing Card Society. Millennium Pleying Cards. By Simon Wintle and Donald Welsh. 1999. Price: € 25.00. Unused deck in unopened box and plastic.

EN49: Enid Blyton: The Famous Five. 1950s. Price: € 30.00. Slightly used deck. With instuction sheet. Torn box, missing the lid and half of the back.

EN52a: The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards. 2009. Price: € 20.00. Unused deck, in plast cover. No box

EN52b: Universal Playing Card Co.Ltd., Pictorial Series. Price: € 4.00. Slightly used deck, 52 + 2 jokers in nice box.

EN57: Heritage Games. Dogs. Price: € 4.00. Unused deck in plast box. No jokers.

EN58: British Consols. Price: € 60.00. There are 6 cards with rounded corner, Dersign no 6815. Four of them called New Series. Of the square corners there are 2 from 1942, 2 from 1943, 1 from 1944, 6 from 1945, 6 from 1946, 1 from 1947, and one without date. All yellowed and aged.

EN59: Olympic Playing Card Calendar. Moscow. Waddington. 1980. Price: € 15.00. Unused deck with calendar for 52 weeks on the backs. No box. 2 jokers.

EN60: Great Britain Invitation. Ca.1972. Price: € 3.00. Photos on all cards. 52 +3 + map of England. In plastic box. Unused, with golden corners.

EN61: Isle of Wight. Price: € 2.00. Unused deck, printed in Hong Kong, 1 joker, no box.

EN62: De La Rue & Co. Bezique. Ca.1855. Price: € 120.00. Two decks complete, 2 x 32 cards + 2 counters + rules, in original box. All is yellowed and used. This design is special with the facial expressions of the QS and QD, – which fixates the date.

EN64: Andrew Jones Art. Art for the earth. 1992. Price: € 30.00. Art on all cards.Unused deck in box. Complete with two jokers, a text card and a small leaflet.

EN65: The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards. SINGLE CARDS. 1897: € 10.00, 1911: € 6.00, 1940: € 15.00, 1952: € 6.00, 1957: € 4.00, 1977: € 4, 1982 (2 kort/cards): € 25.00

EN67: Waddington. Davidson & Co. Sirocco. Ca.1950? Price: € 30.00. With pinholes for sorting the deck! 52 cards, no jokers, no box. Unused or little used.

EN69: A. L. Fleming. Goodfellas. Price: € 3.00. Unused deck in plast box. 52 cards only.

EN71: Goodall. Dutch motif. Price: € 10.00. Double deck, both used, both with one joker. No box.

EN72: John Waddington. Playing Card Calendar 1988. Price: € 30.00. Unused deck, 52 cards + 2 jokers + calendar 1989. No box.

EN76: Chiromancy / Palmistry. Ca.1900. Price: € 80.00. Faded cards, but otherwise in good condition. 74 cards. No box. 6,4 x 8,9 cm.

EN78: Waddington. Player’s Please. Price: € 5.00. Older deck. Used. 1 joker. Worn box.

EN81: Knavery of the Rump. Repr.1978. Price: € 10.00. Reprint of a deck from 1679. Unused in box.

EN82: The Scottish Historical Playing Cards. 1976. Price: € 20.00 . 52 + 2 + 1 unused cards in original box. With a leaflet giving the names of persons on all court cards. Produced by Carta Mundi.

EN84: Alf Cooke. Player’s. Price: € 1.00. Much worn, dirty and damaged deck. No box. Missing: Ace and Queen of Clubs, 3 of Diamonds and King of Spades.

EN85a: Johnny English. Price: € 3.00. Unused deck. 52 cards,1 joker. No box. Photos on all cards.

EN85b: Johnny English. Price: € 5.00. Unopened deck in original box. Photos on all cards. Probably same deck as EN85a

EN86: 007. 2002. Price: € 3.00. Photos from James Bond Films 11-19. 52 cards only. Unused, in box. Printed by Carta Mundi.

EN87: 007. Casino Royale. Price: € 3.00. Unused deck in box. 52 cards only. Printed by Carta Mundi

EN89. 007. Die Another Day. 2002. Price: € 6.00. Photos on all cards. Unused in box. 52 + 2 jokers + Cast card. Printed by Carta Mundi. Same deck with only 52 + jokers. Price: € 5.00

EN90: Kyd. Pickwick Playing Cards. Reprint. 1984 or 90. Price: € 30.00. Double Ace of Spades Pack. Explanatory leaflet, 1 joker + Pickwick card. Unused on original box.