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ITEM No	MAKER	c.DATE	DETAILS inc. CONDITION (Mint, EF, VF with ±, Fair, Poor)	PRICE

712	De La Rue	1865	Standard English, square corners unturned courts, no indices, one way pips. Reverse design a geometric pattern in mauve and gold. 52+ blank card. This is a superb set in EF condition with sharp corners and clean bright finish. The cards do not seem to have been used but there are inevitably a couple of minor age marks.	£175
1043	Goodall	1865	Standard English, square corners, unturned courts, no indices, one way pips. An exceptionally rare deck on low quality card in red and black printing only. Reverse design a green geometric pattern. 52, used but good condition with good edges and corners, some age marks but nothing to detract from it being a highly collectable rare deck.	reserved £145
1044	Goodall	1870	Standard English, square corners, turned courts, no indices, two way pips. A good example of Victorian playing cards. This deck probably used for gambling as the reverse is plain white with a high quality glazed surface. 32 cards used VF	£55
1051	Goodall	1885	Standard English, rounded corners, turned courts, no indices, one way pips. Goodall's rare ornate design with a great deal of fancy additions to the court card costumes. Printed in red and black only with a Goodall & Son Ace. These cards are well used and surface marked from play with some faults but a cheap example of a scarce pattern. 32 well used F (Surface of cards is much darker than in the photo.)	reserved £12
1052	Goodall	1885	Standard English, rounded corners, turned courts, no indices, one way pips. Goodall's rare ornate design with a great deal of fancy additions to the court card costumes. Printed in red and black only with a Goodall & Son Ace. These cards are well used and surface marked from play with some faults but a cheap example of a scarce pattern. 32 well used F (Surface of cards is much darker than in the photo.)	reserved £12
314	Grimaud	1890	Standard Paris, design by Gatteaux. 4 indices, wreath and C watermark. Good quality card. 1853 tax reference on JC. 1890 tax stamp on Ace of Clubs. 52 with JOKER (unusual to find a joker) Tourel, Avignon on banner under the joker. VF+	£90
489	Unknown (Belgium)	1900	Soo Sik Pai, Chinese four suited chess cards. 4 suits of 14 cards, coloured panels on white. Reverse typical 19^thC small pattern. 56/56 with wrapper bearing ‘TOKO HOO HAY HOO SOERABAYA’ and picture of Portuguese dragon. Mint	£40
642	Unknown (Belgium)	1900	Soo Sik Pai, Chinese four suited chess cards, 4 suits of 14 cards, coloured faces. Red, green, yellow and white. Rev; Glossy yellow. 56/56 with wrapper bearing gorilla(?) picture + ‘TRADE MARK’. Cards measure 5cm long and are in mint condition.	£40
707	National Card Co. USA	1900	Ramblers #23 standard US face, traces of gold edges (Ramblers #22 is the same without gold edges). 'Aluminum slip and finish'. 52 cards with the original box. Used VF with one or two edge chips. A scarce deck.	£80
711	Goodall	1900	Standard English, anonymous AS. Good quality thick card, enamelled, one or two minor chips. Reverse design floral geometric in red on blue. 52+J VF with surface signs of use.	£32
1018	Empire (De La Rue)	1900	Empire Card Co London Standard English, DLR 'doilly' AS with Empire imprint. Good quality enamelled card, plain white pneumatic backs as used in clubs and casinos at the time. Good set of 52 cards lightly used VF.	£35
710	Goodall	1910	Standard English, low quality thick card and cheap printing, 2 indices, Goodall AS, red/ blue and black printing only. Reverse floral quartered pattern in red and pink. 52+J+blank (the blank on thinner card) Used VF	£25
946	USPCCo	1910	Bicycle No 808 Russell & Morgan standard US face, wide cards with nice illustrations of early bicycles on the reverse. Ivory finish cards, 'League back' sold in Canada (where USPCCo eventually opened a factory around 1910 moving to Windsor in 1918.) 52 used VF no creases and original box.	£48
826	Ormond	1930	Della Robbia Playing Cards made in Ireland. This is an unusual early Ormond printing with the scarce early example of their Ace of Spades. The courts are almost identical to Waddington. Good quality glazed card, box states 'Ivory finish' on the end flaps and 'Made in Ireland' up the sides. 52+J Hardly any signs of use except horizontal crease at end of 2 of Hearts probably from careless closing of the box which has some repaired damage to the top end.	£25
945	Matossian Egypt	1935	Playing Cards No 200 This is a real puzzle. Although made in Egypt by R.Matossian &Co Cairo, the court cards are unmistakeably Goodall. On the side of the box it has G.Ch which could be for Charles Goodall (?). The Ace of Spades states AMIR Amirayan & Co registered trade mark. What a puzzling pack - research needed. 52+J used VF with two bridge cards dated April 1935. Original box without any flaps.	£40
1001	Anderson of Edinburgh	1935	Anderson's of Edinburgh (Bell's Asbestos) (listed on industrial page but included here as Anderson's cards are scarce. Anderson's of Edinburgh had their cards produced by Porterprint (very similar AS) Standard Porterprint court cards. 52 used VF- some small corner creases + telescopic box.	£18
673	Ormond Ireland Waddington	1945	Ormond (Blarney Castle with Ormond AS) an advertising pack for Irish Great Southern Hotels with a picture on the back entitled Ireland Blarney Castle and a scroll saying Great Southern Hotels. 52+ J + box. Reasonable, used VF-. Un-named Ormond aces are relatively scarce.	reserved £14
226	Auto Novelties	1945	Gin Rummy boxed set with two packs of New Bond (Universal PCCo) playing cards in boxes, rule book, score pads and outer box. All EF including cards which are both 52+J. A nice item originally priced at 12/6^d.	£20
698	Piatnik	1950	Standard English Canasta set two packs of cards with jokers and the original box which acts as a tray and instruction leaflet. Box exterior a bit damaged and grubby, but cards are in very good crisp condition, probably unused. VF+ The back design and colour is the same on both packs. 2 x 52 + 6 jokers.	£14
1048	Fourvel Argentina	1955	Standard Spanish 'Side Car' brand by this scarce Argentinian maker. Dated by the tax stamp on the 4 of Cups. A nice quality deck with bold designs and bright colouring; black and white criss-cross design on the reverse. 40 complete (Spanish suits 10 cards 1-7, 10-12)	£18
1017	Piatnik	1960	Taroc Complete set of 22 ‘industrie und gluck’ type trump cards depicting 19^thC Austrian life and 32 cards in four suits, hearts, clubs, diamonds and spades without indices. Good quality printing and card. 54+2 with instruction leaflet for several games and hinged box (hinge weak) Cards hardly used VF+	£28
430	Budapest Factory	1960	Four seasons ‘Magyar Kartya’ Luxus no 129. Standard Hungarian pattern, cards named in Hungarian. 32 good quality cards. The wrapper is intact and in good condition. Cards unused EF	£25
863	Amalgamated PCCo	1970	Circular playing cards a very nice set in extremely good condition with a good box. 52 + 2J + box. Reverse: design with clock wheels on black background. A Waddington production with gold seal on the box. Scarce set with the Amalgamated Playing Card Company Ace (c.1969-1971 only). A collectors item. VF+/EF	£22
1026	Waddington	1970	Waddington standard c1971-1974 This double set has the Waddington PCCo AS in use immediately after Amalgamated (c1969-1971) and before the Welsh leeks were added to the design c.1974. The reverse is for British Life Reliance Insurance with a striking bulldog design. One deck is sealed in cellophane, the other is unused 52.	£16
751	Piatnik Austria	1975	Tarock Set of 22 trump cards depicting 19^thC Austrian country life and pursuits. 32 cards in four suits, hearts, clubs, diamonds and spades without indices. Good quality. 54+1+blank + rules. Original hinged box in good condition, cards in very good condition VF+	£32
864	Waddington	1979	Rare Poker set a very scarce item with special wide style cards and large indices. The set is complete with a load of paper money in 4 denominations, a wide set of cards 52+J and a rules booklet 'Waddington's Poker, Learn to Win Guide Book'. Interestingly the box illustration shows a standard Ace (with leeks) and four indices - not the style of the poker set. All VF.	£30