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Bill Gosling commented on Mike Ferguson's group 'Playing Cards'

Paul, there are a variety of round decks, an early one being the Globe Card Co.'s Globe Playing Cards from the 1870's and 1880's. There are many modern ones, as well as some made in England, Spain and Japan. The older ones are very expensive, but th…

November 23

Bill Gosling commented on Mike Ferguson's group 'Playing Cards'

Dave, as you contemplate reproducing some of these images on various materials, remember that the decks of recent years, and perhaps back a far as 1923, are copyrighted. Any commercial use of the image would require copyright clearance from the prod…

November 23

Bill Gosling commented on Mike Ferguson's group 'Playing Cards'

Can someone tell me how to change the picture that the system supplied when I first signed on? Thanks. Dave, my e-mail address is wgosling@umich.edu. If you'll send me a message, I'll supply a list of playing card manufacturers whose stationery you…

November 19

Bill Gosling commented on Mike Ferguson's group 'Playing Cards'

Dave, I am not sure who made this deck as there is no definite mention in the work I referenced. Based on the box remnant, it is one of several manufacturers active at that time. You ask specifically who else made these cards, and I want to be clear…

November 18

Bill Gosling commented on Mike Ferguson's group 'Playing Cards'

The deck you found is one of a series described in the "Hochman Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards". [More on that in a moment] It is one of ten beauiful card backs for Edison Mazda designed by Maxfield Parrish. "There are different jokers and A…

November 18

Cliff Aliperti replied to Bill Gosling's discussion 'Playing Card Collectors' in the group Playing Cards

Hi Bill, Honestly, I'm really doing this mostly for the resale, though I do tend to think of my webpages as my collection. Doing this for a living, it's really the only way I can afford to collect! I'm mostly interested in earlier material with pr…

March 26

Bill Gosling replied to Bill Gosling's discussion 'Playing Card Collectors' in the group Playing Cards

Cliff, as I review my duplicate decks I'll look for ones with movie stars on them for you. There are many if you include the tie-ins with television programs and movies spun off from them. There are a whole series of James Bond decks, for instance.…

March 21

Cliff Aliperti replied to Bill Gosling's discussion 'Playing Card Collectors' in the group Playing Cards

Hi Bill, I mentioned it in a post somewhere within this group, my answer would be no, but I will collect any playing cards featuring movie stars on them, and as you surely know there are a few. I guess I'm kind of a sub-niche of the niche. Thanks,…

March 21

Bill Gosling added a discussion to the group Playing Cards

Playing Card Collectors

With 15 members in this group, are all of you playing card collectors? I have been gathering decks since 1972 when a friend suggested it as a fun and available collectible. I now have over 3,000 decks from around the world. I collect for different f…

March 20

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March 20

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