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
Bridge and Poker Playing Cards - Difference in Size
Care of KEM Plastic Playing Cards
Four Color Decks of Playing Cards
Piatnik Playing Cards - A Brief History
Playing Cards from Postal Authorities
Second Quality Angel Back Playing Cards
Valuing Old Decks of Playing Cards
Advertising 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
- Guggenheim. Single deck from Piatnik.
- Impressionist Masterpieces. Single deck from Piatnik, 2003.
- Klimt.
- 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
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
- 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
Piatnik Playing Cards
- For a fairly complete list 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
Reproduction & Facsimile Playing Cards
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
Other Reference Sources
- Collectible Playing Cards
- Congress Playing Cards
- History of 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.
Visit our Playing Cards Bookstore.
International Playing-Card Society
6 Reynard's Copse
Highwoods
Colchester C04 4UR
United Kingdom
The premier organization for playing card collectors. Their journal, The
Playing-Card, is published bimonthly.
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