D. J. McAdam
Encyclopedia of Playing Cards

The index below provides links to various pages on this website related to playing cards, with particular emphasis on the collection of playing cards as a hobby.  Following this is a listing of various individual playing card decks, with links to other pages (either on this website or other websites) offering additional information on, and a graphic depiction of, the specific deck mentioned.  Dates shown are copyright dates.  

Bee Playing Cards - Information and Identification Guide

Bicycle Playing Cards

Bridge and Poker Playing Cards - Difference in Size

Care of KEM Plastic Playing Cards

Elf Playing Cards

Four Color Decks of Playing Cards

Gem Playing Cards

Piatnik Playing Cards - A Brief History

Playing Cards from Postal Authorities

Second Quality Angel Back Playing Cards

Squeezers Playing Cards

Sterling Playing Cards

Triton Playing Cards

Valuing Old Decks of Playing Cards

Advertising Playing Cards

• Coca-Cola Playing Cards

• Harley-Davidson Collectible Tin & Playing Cards.  United States Playing Card Co.  Several in this series, issued annually.

Art & Artists Playing Cards

• African Art Playing Cards
• Art Pack.  Single deck from Piatnik. 
• Brueghel - Hunters in the Snow.  Double deck bridge set.  Piatnik.  Austria.
• Cezanne Gift Bridge Set.  Piatnik.
• M C Escher Playing Cards.  Piatnik, Austria.  2-deck set, entitled "Up and Down."  1992.
• Erté
  • Nile.  Two-deck bridge set from Piatnik.  2002.
  • Secret.  Two-deck bridge set from Piatnik.  2002.
• Guggenheim.  Single deck from Piatnik.
• Impressionist Masterpieces.  Single deck from Piatnik, 2003.
• Klimt.
  • Emilie.  Double deck bridge set.  Piatnik.  Austria.
  • Fritza.  Double deck bridge set.  Piatnik.  Austria.
• Monet Gift Bridge Set.
• Mucha.
  • Biscuits.
  • Dreams.
  • Hyacinta.
  • Monte Carlo.  Double deck bridge set.  Piatnik.  Austria.
  • Sarah Bernhardt.  Double deck bridge set.  Piatnik.  Austria.
• Picasso Playing Cards, double deck bridge set.  Piatnik.
• Renoir.  2-deck bridge set, Piatnik.
• Norman Rockwell Playing Cards
• Seurat.  Double deck bridge set.  Piatnik.  Austria.
• Self-Portrait Pack
• Toulouse-Lautrec 2-deck bridge set, one deck features "Moulin Rouge - La Goulue," other features "Ambassadeurs."  Piatnik.

Bicycle Playing Cards

 
We have a special page devoted to Bicycle brand playing cards - please click here.  Includes Bicycle Bridge Size Playing Cards and Braille Playing Cards.

Christmas Playing Cards

• Christmas.  Plastic playing cards, 2-deck bridge-size set, from KEM.
• Old Time Christmas Angels Double Deck Playing Cards.  Packaged in tin.
• Victorian Santas.  Congress.  Printed in Spain.  2 decks, mates. 

   

Congress Playing Cards

• For a listing of Congress playing cards, click here

Cultural & Ethnic Playing Cards

• Ancient Egypt Playing Cards, 2 deck set.  Piatnik.
• Hungarian Playing Cards.  2 decks.  Piatnik, Austria.  
• Native American Playing Cards I.
• Native American Playing Cards II.
• Polonia (Poland) Playing Cards, 2 deck set.  Piatnik.
• Persian Art.  Piatnik.
• Shamrock Irish Heritage Playing Cards, 2 deck set.  Piatnik.

Fortune-Telling Playing Cards

• Antique Fortune Telling Cards.  32 cards in pack.  Piatnik.
• Art Deco Fortune Telling Cards.  Piatnik, introduced in 2002.
• Biedermeier Fortune Telling Cards.  Piatnik. 
• The Fortune Teller's Deck.  A deck and book set by Jane Lyle, very worthwhile.  Published by Stoddart.
• Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling Playing Cards.  US Playing Card Co.
• Lenormand Oracle Cards
• Sibilla Oracle Cards.  Lo Scarabeo, Italy.

Fournier Playing Cards

• Difficult to acquire in the USA - for a list of some, please click here

Historical Playing Cards

• 1864 Poker Deck
• Black History Playing Card Deck.  "52 portraits and biographies of notable black persons in America's rich heritage."  US Games.
• Civil War Illuminated Poker Deck.
• Early Aviation Playing Cards

Imperial Playing Cards

KEM All-Plastic Playing Cards

Literary Playing Cards - Works, Authors and Literary Characters

• Authors Card Game - click here for rules and full listing.
• Shakespeare Playing Cards.  2 decks, 55 cards per pack.  US Games.  1992.
• Writers & Poets Playing Cards.  Single deck. 

Military & Patriotic Playing Cards

• Airplane Spotter & Naval Spotter Playing Cards
• American Playing Cards
• Civil War Illuminated Poker Deck.  Single-ended court figures, illuminated with gold ink.
• Civil War Union Emblems.  
• Iraq Most Wanted Playing Cards (Authorized Edition).
• Patriotic Playing Cards - Army
• Three Cheers Playing Cards (Congress)
• Union and Confederate Military Leaders Playing Cards.  2 decks, poker size.  US Games.  1995.
• World War I Poster Playing Card Deck
• World War II Posters Playing Card Deck.

Non-Standard (unusual shapes, etc.) Playing Cards

• Big Bicyle Deck.  US Playing Card Co.
• Braille Playing Cards.  US Playing Card Co.
• Crooked Deck Playing Cards.  US Games.  1967, 1989.
• Miniature Playing Cards
• Mummy Playing Cards.  Cards in the shape of sarcophagi. 
• Piatnik Jumbo Size Playing Cards.  
• Spectrum "No Revoke" Playing Cards - four colors
• Square Deal Playing Cards - square deck

Performing Arts

• Elvis Presley Playing Cards
• Screen Legends Playing Cards

Piatnik Playing Cards

• For a brief history of Piatnik playing cards, click here

Pictorial Playing Cards

• Language of Flowers Playing Cards
• Optical Illusions Playing Cards.  US Games, printed in Belgium.  
• Teddy Bear Playing Cards
• Victorian Playing Cards

Proverbs Playing Cards

Reproduction & Facsimile Playing Cards

• 1864 Poker Deck.   Reproduction of a Civil War-era poker deck with full length, single-ended court figures. Box is also authentic reproduction.   US Games.  

  Civil War Illuminated Playing Cards Deck.  US Games.  

  Civil War Union Emblems Playing Cards.

Sports-Related Playing Cards

• Golf
  • Golf.  Plastic playing cards, 2-deck set, from KEM.
  • Ladies Golf.  2-deck bridge set, one deck features "Golf Monte Carlo," other features "Golf Club d'Alsace."  Piatnik.  
  • Nostalgic Golf.  2-deck set, one deck features "The Players Shop," other features "Winners of the Challenge Trophy."  Congress.  
  • St. Andrews Golf Bridge Set.

Squeezers - old-time brand, also known as Bulldog Squeezers

Tarot Cards

• Lo Scarabeo

• Collectible Playing Cards
• Congress Playing Cards
• Hochman Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards
• Illustrated article
• Care of KEM Plastic Playing Cards
• Piatnik Playing Cards
• U.S. Games Playing Cards
• US Playing Card Co.

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The premier organization for playing card collectors.  Their journal, The Playing-Card, is published bimonthly.

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