Collectors Playing Cards

  Have there always been numbers on playing cards?  Triplicate or Squeezer?  The short answer is No. Originally there were no nu...

Playing cards on a plate 18th century defltware London Playing cards have been used to decorate every kind of object imaginable. This i...

The most famous poker hand? Aces and eights  American cards of c.1870 as used in the Wild West, these are by Samuel Hart of New York...

Clubs Diamonds Hearts and Spades Where did these suits come from?  The English, French, American suit system with a King  The ...

Collectors Playing Cards This is a new blog for Collectors Playing Cards, a site I have been running since November 2000. Having been col...