A collaborative archive of playing cards and their makers.
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A sneak preview of our latest venture. These will be going out to all primary schools in Tower Hamlets, courtesy of our Charity and will be on sale to the public. Guess how many birds have been spotted in the City of London?
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From secret societies to Selfridges: the eccentric geniuses responsible for the macabre world of tarot
Read about our upcoming exhibition 'Tarot - Origins & Afterlives' (opening this Friday!) in this @guardian article.
theguardian.com/artanddesign…
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He also commissioned Owen Jones to design the card backs bringing a new level of design and design to cards.
For everything you ever wanted to know about playing cards check out @PlayingCards and their website: wopc.co.uk/
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Ever wondered who creates the designs on the back of packs of cards? I have! One prolific artist working for Thomas De La Rue during the 19th century was Welshman Owen Jones who produced over 170 designs for DLR alone.
wopc.co.uk/uk/owenjones
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TPC 52#1 at the printers - if you are not a member you can join for as little as £10 - check it out at
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♠️♥️♣️♦️Les amateurs.trices de cartes à jouer le savaient déjà : le département des Estampes et de la photographie de la @BnF détient une collection de plus de 3000 jeux, largement numérisée. Il manquait une sélection pour s’y retrouver...La voici ! => c.bnf.fr/Squ
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Membership = 3 Magazines a year, access to back issues, panel of experts to assist, fellowship and, from 2024, and annual meeting.
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English (or Rigel) Tarot Cards - ‘Authentic English fortune telling’ Tarot cards said to be based on a 15th century original found in the British Museum. wopc.co.uk/uk/english-or-rig…
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73: Fakes, Forgeries and Tax Evasion - When there are official taxes to pay, people will find a way to avoid paying them - often illegally. wopc.co.uk/blogs/ken-lodge/7…
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The ‘Tarot of Musterberg’ evokes the power of nostalgia and fond memories from the past: wopc.co.uk/tarot/tarot-of-mu…
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Venetian Tarot - Scenes from the history of Venice on a set of the major arcana. wopc.co.uk/italy/venetian-ta…
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Masuo Ikeda. Striking, colourful designs by the Japanese artist Masuo Ikeda, 1977 wopc.co.uk/japan/masuo-ikeda
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Lovely new deck from Ian Cumpstey.
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I look a lot at vintage playing cards when designing for Mesmer, this Swedish one from 1924 (By Einar Nerman) is gorgeous wopc.co.uk/sweden/granbergs/…
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Speaking of card games with #Dickens characters, these are from "Oliver Twist Snap" c. 1890.
wopc.co.uk/games/oliver-twis…
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Kings Wild Tigers is Jackson Robinson’s 27th successful playing card Kickstarter campaign. A luxury collectable deck inspired by vintage matchboxes. wopc.co.uk/blog/kings-wild-t…
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I find this article super interesting.
The “luxury cards” industry came from nowhere. And people buy decks like it’s a speculative market. The most “luxury” thing about these cards is the foil-embossed tuckboxes. The cards themselves are not “fancier” in any meaningful way.
As the appetite for luxury playing cards has grown, so too has the market. This has resulted in new collectors emerging and a push for innovation in playing card design and production. wopc.co.uk/blog/luxury-colle…
ALT Showing all six editions of the Successor deck can be slotted inside the Successor Sarcophagus collectors box.
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Thanks to Adam at the World of Playing Cards in the UK for including me in a great article about luxury decks. Check it out if you have a moment!
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#playingcards #collecting #luxurydeck #collectibles instagr.am/p/CeEVnhQu73i/
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I wrote an article about @Nintendo's earliest history for @techradar, based on never-before-published research. There's good evidence pointing to Nintendo not being founded in 1889 but sometime in the Edo period. Give it a read!
techradar.com/news/nintendo-…
