Collecting Collections: Vintage Playing Cards

Contributor postal service past times Lisa Congdon

As individual who collects a lot of stuff, I am oftentimes asked what “new” favorite collection I have. And it only as well as then happens that I get got a novel passion correct now: vintage playing cards. Some of my electrical flow favorites inwards my collection are pictured above. 

Photo past times Valeriana Solaris

Unlike many collectors of vintage playing cards, I’m less interested inwards acquiring a full, consummate deck. Instead, I’m happy to abide by only 1 unmarried card! In fact, I dearest finding lone, abandoned cards that I tin give notice add together to my collection of misfit vintage playing cards (not that I won’t get got a consummate deck when I tin give notice abide by 1 at the correct price!).

I am drawn to playing cards for many reasons: the beautiful artwork, the worn, vintage look, the typography, the strange sizes. It turns out I am non the solely 1 who loves vintage playing cards! There is fifty-fifty a website called Antique Playing Card Source!

This prototype from{frolic!}

I am generally drawn to actually one-time playing cards (pre-1930), but I equally good dearest decks from the mid-century, similar this modern deck via Words& Eggs:

Interested inwards collecting vintage playing cards? I similar this informative picayune article past times Collector’s Weekly for to a greater extent than information. 

I’m off to hunt to a greater extent than vintage playing cards. What is your latest collecting obsession?

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Lisa Congdon
Artist, illustrator
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