FR07: Miniature deck. Ca.1820. Price: € 150.00. Beautifully embellished deck, with “gold”. Size: 3,8 x 2,8 cm. 34 cards (missing: Jack of Clubs and 7 of hearts). Original small box. Very good condition, though naturally yellowed over time.
FR08: Jouy. Histoire Romaine. Ca.1805. Price: € 100.00. The cards are after 200 years naturally yellowed and with spots and miscolourings, and a few have their corners ripped off. They are mounted on thicker cardboard. 48 cards, complete, no box. (ref.: Cary FR306)
FR11: Dusserre. Jean Verame. 1992. Price: € 50.00. Unused deck in box 52 + 2 jokers + cover card. Complete.
FR12: Vitrex. B.P.Grimaud. Price: € 8.00. Older deck with medical advertisement. Unused with original paper wrapper and in box.
FR13: Paris. No.36677. Price: € 4.00. Unopened deck/box. Made in Hong Kong.
FR14a: Paris. Price: € 4.00. Unopened box/deck. Made in China.
FR14b: Paris. Price: € 4.00. Unopened box/deck. Made in China.
FR15: Napoleon. Price: € 3.00. Unused deck in box. 52 + 2 jokers + score card. Made in France.
FR16: Cercles. Price: € 30.00. I have not been able to identify the producer CERCLES, but the deck is from after 1890, probably 1905. Stencil-coloured. Water mark on all cards. Older and worn, but quite nice. Six of Spades is missing. No box. French tax mark on Ace of Clubs.
FR17: Unknown. Ca.1880. Price: € 50.00. The producer looks like a deck from Lequart & Thuillier. Perhaps. It is stencil-coloured, with watermark on all cards, mention of the 1853-law on Jack of Clubs. No wrapper. Worn deck. Three cards have a break or dent, and the 5 of Diamonds is missing. White reverse.
FR18: Mixed deck. Ca.1920. Price: € 5.00. Unused cards, no wrapper. Ace of Clubs and Diamonds are missing. Three different backs.
FR19: Cofalu. Kim’s Play. Price: € 4.00. Unused deck in box. 2 jokers + bridge card.
FR20: Toy Story 2. Holinail. Price: € 2.00. Unused deck in box. 2 jokers missing. Produced in Taiwan.
FR21: Hergé-Moulinsart. Tintin et les voitures. 2017. Price: € 10.00. Unused deck in box. 52 + 3 jokers, complete.
FR22: Grimaud. Le Jeu des Medecins. 1983. Price: € 25.00. Unused deck in box. 52 + 2 jokers ( a text card for Grimaud is “missing”)
FR23: Lukas Kandl. Impr. et Ed. par Pierre Chave a Vence. 1973. Price: € 120.00. This is no.X of XX from the copies hors commerce. Unused in wrapper. 52 + 2 jokers + signed text-card by the artist.
FR24: Dusserre. Jeu des Provinces de France. Price: € 8.00. Slightly used cards, in worn box. 52 + 2 +2 cards, complete.
FR25: Unknown producer (to me). Price: € 10.00. 32 cards, complete. Much worn. Might be Belgian or ??
FR26: B. P. Grimaud. Genoa Pattern. Ca.1914. Price: € 6.00. ONLY the shown 12 cards. Yellowed and used, but OK.
FR27: Tourel, Avignon. Ca.1910-20. Price: € 60.00. Used and a little dirty and yellowed, but with no breaks or bends. 32 cards, complete. No wrapper.
FR28: Grimaud. 1900. 1979, Price: € 20.00. Unused deck in box. Leaflet. One textcard, NO joker.
FR29: Disneyland. 2000. Price: €15.00. Slightly used deck, with 2 jokers (there has been 3). Worn box.
FR30: Catel & Farcy, Paris. Napoleon. 1960. Price: € 25.00. Unused deck in plast box with a relief of Napoleon. 52 + 2 jokers + 2 cards.
FR31: B. P. Grimaud. Price: € 5.00. Patience cards 5,8 x 3,9 cm. Blue reverse: 5 court cards and 3 number cards. Red reverse: 4 court cards and 8 number cards. Very dirty. No box.
SOLD FR32: Grimaud. Jeu Portrait Francais en Pied. 1983. Price: € 6.00. Facsimile. 52 + 1 card, in box, complete.
FR33: Liberté. B. P. Grimaud. Price: € 15.00. Probably published just after WW2. The reverse is somewhat Art Deco. Sold from Papeterie Jouffroy in Passage Jouffroy, which still is an intersting location in i Paris. The deck has been viewed over the years, so the box is slightly worn. The paper wrapping has been opened. The cards have nice silvery corners. Two jokers and a blank.
FR34: France Cartes. Ducale. 40 Cartes Espagnoles. Price: € 3.00. Unused deck in box. 40 cards, complete + 4 blank cards.
FR35: André Dimanche (Ed.). André Breton: Le Jeu de Marseille. 1983. Price: € 110.00. Unused deck in box. 52 + 2 jokers + text card +small leaflet in French.
FR36: Securite. 7 Familles. Price: € 4.00. Unused deck in box. Printed by Carta Mundi.
SOLD FR37: Grimaud. Palmistry. Price: € 20.00. Only 46 of 56 cards. Old, but in fine condition. No wrapping.
FR39: Can Can, Philibert, Paris. Ca.1956. Price: € 150,00. This deck is among the first produced 12.000 decks with golden corners. In original plast box. AND with the extra set of Aces, that are more risque, than the normal ones. In all 52 + 4 cards + 2 jokers AND 2 extra cards. Unused deck.
FR41: Grimaud. Price: € 1.00. Unused or slightly used deck in worn box. No jokers, and the 3 of Hearts is missing.
FR42: Jeu du Musee de la Compagnie des Indes. Ca.1986. Price: € 5.00. Unused cards in box. Items from the museum on all court cards.
FR43: B. P. Grimaud. Ca.1890. Price: € 200.00. This is a very special deck. In the Cary Collection there is only the one of this pattern. (XP-6 – FRA144) with a plain back – while this deck has the Grimaud monograph. Used but absolutely a nice deck. Missing: 2 and 9 of Hearts. AND the Jack of Spades – on which the Grimaud name was printed, is replaced by a Jack of Clubs, where the Club is covered by a Spade! Actually quite extraordinary, because the former owner must have had two decks of this kind! 5,0 x 8,2 cm.
FR45: Tiger. Price: € 3.00. Seemingly printed in China. Unused deck. No box. 2 jokers.
FR46: Monet. Piatnik No.1489. 2007. Price: € 5.00. Unused deck in box with rifts from price tags. 52 cards only. All with Monet paintings. Extra card with information on Monet.
FR47: Grimaud. Jules Verne. Price: € 8.00. Unused deck in slightly used box. 52 cards+ 2 jokers, complete. Folded namelist. Special design of the four colours.
FR50: Catel & Farcy, Paris. Ca.1910. Price: € 5.00. Incomplete deck. Only 32 + 1 blank card. Of the court cards missing are Ace and Jack of Hearts, King of Clubs, plus Ace and Jack of Diamonds. Worn, torn and dirty cards.
FR53: B.P.Grimaud. Nouveau Jeu de la Main. Ca.1900. Price: € 250.00. Slightly used deck. 56 + 2 cards,complete. With the original wrapper.
FR54: La Ducale. Ca.1975. Price: € 8.00. Standard French pattern. Unused or slightly used. 52 + 2 jokers + scorecard. In plast box.
FR56: JMS. Piquet. Price: € 2.00. Very used and dirty deck, in box, 32 cards complete.
FR58: Jeu Dubout. Grimaud. 1987. Price: € 15.00. Joyful drawings by the artist Albert Dubout. 52 + 2 + 1 cards. Unused, in box.
FR59: Philibert. France Souvenirs. Price: € 25. unused or very slightly used. 52 + 2 jokers + text card. In original plast box. Photos on all cards.
FR60: Disney. Le Journal de Mickey. Price: € 4.00. Unused deck. No box. 52 cards only. The court cards are similar.
FR62: Grimaud. Back to the USSR. No.007701. Price: € 5.00. Unused deck in box. 36 cards, complete
FR71a: Paris. Price: € 4.00. Unused deck in plast box. 2 jokers. Printed in Hong Kong. FR71b: € 2.00. Similar deck. Unused. No box. 1 joker.
FR72: Paris. Price: € 4.00. Unused deck in plast box. 1 joker and a dirty scoring card. Printed by Carta Mundi
FR73: Paris. Price: € 3.00. Unused deck in plast box. 1 joker.
FR75: Paris. Price: € 3.00. Unused deck in plast box. No joker. Style and design by Polyne, Paris.
FR76: Provence. Price: € 3.00. Unused deck in box. 52 cards only, 2 jokers missing.
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