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NAMED, ARTIST SIGNED and PICTURE BACKS
ITEM No	MAKER	c.DATE	DETAILS inc. CONDITION (Mint, EF, VF with ±, Fair, Poor)	PRICE

NAMED BACKS (Mostly English 'narrow' named cards of the 1930s-50s. The title on the card is in bold.)
Named cards are listed alphabetically
367	De La Rue	1952	Allegretto and Alfresco, named double pack of Italian canal scenes in Venice. Pneumatic cards, one pack with gold border, one with silver border. Both packs 52+J in EF condition with excellent textured padded-top box.	£50
588	Goodall	1930	An even chance, narrow named cards with lovely greyhound racing picture. Produced for the WD &HO Wills promotion of the 1930s, this is one of the rarest designs. Double bezique set with 64 cards +1 joker, rules, 2 scoring markers and good hinge topped box. All very good condition, the cards excellent and silver edged. Would make a good present.	£50
449	De La Rue	1935	Antirrhinums Nasturtiums named double pack, full colour printing with gold decoration. 52+J and 52+J both packs EF with good gold edges. Double hinge lidded box with DLR metal label and silver printing Mawson, Swan and Morgan Ltd, City Stationers, Newcastle upon Tyne.	£50
483	Waddington	1935	Backing a point with signed painting by Vaughan of two pointers in the heather. Cards have been well used and are slightly grubby. One or two minor creases. F	£16
413	Waddington	1955	Big Ben, London Double pack in the Beautiful Britain series. Both packs sealed in tax wrapper. Box in mint condition with outer cardboard 'posting' box.	£30
274	De La Rue	1950	Black game good illustration of two birds rising, gold frame and pale blue border. Traces of gold edges. 52 VF	£12
275	Waddington	1925	Black Grouse named full colour design signed by William Barribal on gold and silver background. Buff coloured border. Gilt edges (worn). Wide bordered courts. 52 good VF with telescopic box, inner case printed with gold text ‘With compliments from OATES Ltd Worksop.’	£20
443	Waddington	1930	Beautiful Britain series, early edition with thin and thick line borders, Bolton Abbey named, monochrome greens, Waddington Ace. 52 VF with box in good condition (illustrated).	£25
512	Waddington	1930	Boy with Rabbit by Raeburn and The boyhood of Raleigh by Millais double pack of reproductions of these famous paintings. Both packs sealed. Box (damaged) and two bridge blocks.	£42
591	Universal	1930	Bruce, companion to Scat, terrier looking up at spider dangling from its web. Red colouring to borders. 52 well used condition, JH surface damage (illustrated),	£10
623	Waddington	1930	Buttterfly and Moth. Two lovely designs by Barribal. Good gold edges on both packs. Moth has a crease on Ace of Spades, but is in excellent condition otherwise. Butterfly pack is unused. 52 cards with two blank cards and the original box in good condition. EF	£60
533	Goodall	1935	Clouds in the west, narrow named card with billowing golden clouds on a striking orange background, a lady silhouetted in the foreground looking out to sea at sailing ships. 52 cards with gilt edges. Unused EF.	£24
136	Goodall	1930	Cromer Gem of the Norfolk coast, narrow named card of the seaside resort. 52 with box (Pictorial playing cards.) VF	£26
611	De La Rue	1930	Courtship and Wedded, narrow named pair of pneumatic style cards with typical 1930s style of Georgian scenes. Relatively scarce pair. 52+52 with original box (lid detaching at hinge). VF	£40
212	Waddington	1960	Curbar Edge, Derbyshire, named designs for CTCo (Chesterfield Tube Co.) Double pack (2x52) with red or dark blue border. Both packs 52+J with original box. VF- (not damaged but grubby see photo.)	£8
271	Waddington	1930	Green Chartreuse, Yellow Chartreuse liquers. Two of William Barribal’s superb advertising packs both signed. Nice item in original double box, 2x52+patterned box. VF/VF-	£55
622	Waddington	1935	The Goal and The Save, two superb full colour Polo designs by artist Paul Brown (both packs signed) These are very scarce packs. Unusual in that one has 4 indices and the other 2 indices. 52+52 with the original box (not perfect, inscribed inside in gold letters "With compliments British Insulated Cables Ltd Preston Lancs.") and two bridge scoring booklets dated 1932. Both packs good condition.	£60
474	De La Rue	1930	Named Hornpipe good period coloured design on silver background. ‘Pneumatic’ surface, excellent silver edges. Telescopic box (missing end flap). 52 + contract bridge scoring rules. EF.	£36
620	Waddington	1935	India narrow named card with very attractive scene of girl dancing before an Indian prince. Nell Gwyn brand.. 52 with box. VF no damage but have been played with and show signs of use as in picture.	£24
494	USPCCo	1940	Named packs Melissa and Abigail with designs of young ladies in 19thC costume. 52 and 52, VF (Melissa) and EF (Abigail).	£14
449	De La Rue	1935	Nasturtiums and Antirrhinums named double pack, full colour printing with gold decoration. 52+J and 52+J both packs EF with good gold edges. Double hinge lidded box with DLR metal label and silver printing Mawson, Swan and Morgan Ltd, City Stationers, Newcastle upon Tyne.	£50
619	Waddington	1935	Miss Hittie a fabulous golfing design from the 1930s featuring a very attractive girl. Artist uncertain. 'Narrow named' card with the title in gold. This would make a super present as it is complete and in mint condition. Unmarked gilded edges. 52+J with original box. Mint condition (I suspect the tax wrapper was recently removed to see the cards as there are no signs of any use at all.)	£34
276	De La Rue	1925	On the Broads named lovely full colour painting of boats on the Norfolk Broads with a windmill in the background. Pneumatic cards with silver edges (excellent). 52+J with original box (some wear to box). EF, a rare named pack in absolutely superb condition.	£50
506	Goodall	1930	Rolling down to Rio named design of sailing ship in heavy seas. Green and gold wavy border, gilt edges. 52+J with excellent box. Mint condition.	£35

461	De La Rue	1935	The morning flight named in silver, full colour painting of ducks in flight. Silver and blue border, good silvered edges, pneumatic finish (DLR patented herringbone raised pattern to ease dealing) 52 good VF+ with good hinge-lidded padded-top box.	£20
279	Alf Cooke	1960	The Pipers illustration of Scottish regiment marching near Buckingham Palace. 52 + joker + box, all in very good condition VF+	£12
451	De La Rue	1939	The Scout named in silver, full colour painting of battle fleet escort ship, silver border with red wavy lines, good gold edges. 52+J good VF, with lidded padded-top box.	£22
611	De La Rue	1930	Wedded and Courtship, narrow named pair of pneumatic style cards with typical 1930s style of Georgian scenes. Relatively scarce pair. 52+52 with original box (lid detaching at hinge). VF	£40
ENGLISH 'NARROW-NAMED' SINGLE CARDS - Not illustrated please order by name
	Waddington	1930	Apres le Bal signed by Raphael Kirchner VF	£3
	Waddington	1930	Avant le Bal signed by Raphael Kirchner VF	£3
	Waddington	1930	Gay Dog signed by Harry Rowntree VF+	£2
	Waddington	1950	High Street, Stratford on Avon Beautiful Britain series. VF	£1
	Goodall	1940	Houses of Parliament Blue border. EF	£1
	Waddington	1940	Imperial Gardens, Cheltenham Ochre border. VF	£2
	Waddington	1930	Mermaid VF- (backs OK, card fronts grubby)	£1
	Universal	1935	Sandy (Scottie dog) VF	£1
	Alf Cooke	1950	The Hunt VF	£1
	De La Rue	1930	The Water Jump EF	£2
	Waddington	1930	Virginia (Bi-plane over moonlit landscape) VF	£1
	Waddington	1930	Well Over (Hunting, horse, hounds over hedge)	£2
	Waddington	1930	Young England (3 bulldog pups) signed by Harry Rowntree. VF	£2
ARTIST SIGNED (Artist signed card backs can also be found in the advertising sections.)
137	Waddington	1925	Beautiful painting of a Spanish lady signed by William Barribal. 4 indices, named AS. Edges attractively zig-zag style, partly gilt and partly green. 52+J with telescopic box. VF+ . A very good item.	£32
643	Waddington	1925	Painting of Nell Gwynn signed by William Barribal. 2 indices, anonymous AS, traces of gilt edges. 52 cards in good condition VF, with very good telescopic box. (Pair with next item 138)	£25
138	Waddington	1925	Painting of Charles II signed by William Barribal. 2 indices, anonymous AS, very clean gold edges. 52 with telescopic box (NB The sample card on the box has been placed off centre, but this is entirely original.) Almost mint. (Pair with previous item 643.)	£35
414	Waddington	1930	Double pack of dancers by William Barribal. 'Amorette series' (nos. 373 and 374) slender cards. Silver pack 52, mauve pack 52, both used VF. Traces of gilt edges. Padded-top box. (See also 653)	£45
653	Waddington	1930	Double pack of dancers by William Barribal. 'Amorette series' (nos. 371 and 372) slender cards. Both packs contain 52 cards. Used VF. Traces of gilt edges. Padded-top box. (See also 414)	£45
629	Waddington	1940	Lady drinking a cocktail . A desirable Barribal design with one of his typically upper class ladies with a very fine hat sipping a cocktail and looking rather alluringly over her shoulder. Yellow border with silver line. The cards have been well used, but the original box is a gem with a super design very much of the period. VF-	£12
139	Waddington	1935	Lady sipping a cocktail signed by William Barribal, yellow border. 52 with padded-top lidded box. Pair to #629 above. VF+	£25
444	Fournier	1950	Bullfighting picture signed by Miguel, standard Fournier English pattern no.400. Maker’s name on 4C and AS, tax stamp on 4C for 5 pesetas. 52+2J with score card for canasta and poker. EF with gold corners. Telescopic box.	£12
PICTURE BACKS
186	Goodall	1910	Golfing backs in red and white with contemporary golf clubs and balls. Goodall's Society style cards. 52+J. VF (Slight trace of elastic band across AS)	£14
46	Waddington	1925	Art Deco. Fir trees in blue gold and red. his is one of a series of early Waddington designs with matching boxes. Similar design is printed on telescopic box in blue and gold. 4 indices, gilt edges, anonymous Ace of Spades. 52 VF+ with matching box. T	£24
49	De La Rue	1935	Excellent Art Deco. Strong minimalist design in green, black and white with lady and dog in motor car and birds on telephone wires, typical of the period and a lovely example of deco card backs. 52 VF	£35
176	De La Rue	1940	English country garden scene with herbaceous border and bench. Pneumatic cards. 52 clean VF+ with hinge lidded box (DLR stamp Appointment to King George VI inside lid and also similar metallic stamp on box lid).	£16
548	Waddington	1950	Fly Fishing. Fishing theme back with five tied flies on oatmeal coloured background. An unusual theme for playing cards. Would make a good present. Goodall joker. 52+J + original attractive box.	£14
168	De La Rue	1950	Venetian canal scene. Pneumatic finish. Pair to item 169. 52+J. Very clean VF+	£10
169	De La Rue	1950	Dutch canal scene. Pneumatic finish. Pair to item 168. 52+J. Very clean EF	£10

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