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Interest in Ephemera: Collector, Institution, Researcher, Author

About Me:: Advertising creative (copy). Collecting games since 1970. Pre 1950 board games on sheets, question & answer games, quartet games. Since 1993 my collection focus on games and puzzles from the World War 2 era (over 1600 items from 18 countries involved in the war) and secondarily used playing cards (over 3800 items from circa 1500 until present). Internationally travelling exhibitions, a book, articles, lectures, TV and radio shows, monthly page at internet. Member of the International Playing Card Society, 52 Plus Joker (US), The English Playing Card Society, Cartofilia Helvetica, Friends of the Belgian National Playing card Museum in Turnhout, Friends of German Playing card Museum in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Association of Game & Puzzle Collectors (US), The Ephemera Society of America, The Ephemera Society (UK), Arbeitskreis Bild Druck Papier (Germany), Society of Newspaper and Magazine Collectors (Holland), Dutch Jigsaw Puzzle Guild, Documentation Group ’40-’45 (Netherlands).
Married to Ina, two adult children, three grand children.

Website:: http://www.dxpo-playingcards.com/xpo/2nduse.htm

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The case of John Nugent

Mullingar in Ireland is the administrative centre of County Westmeath. In the 18th century the proprietor of the borough of Mullingar was the Earl of Granard. He had two sons, Lord Forbes and Admiral Forbes, both members of parliament for the borough. Around 1760 parliamentary corruption was rampant and at the general election of 1761 the contest for the borough of Mullinar resulted in a bitter dispute between the proprietors of the borough and their rival candidate, John Nugent. Lord Forbes…

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Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:00pm — 3 Comments

A man of my size, probably

In the 18th century a French parish priest must have been a busy man, not only in the church or in the presbytery. In those days Fathers were often invited for social dinners. My collection of secondary used playing cards includes a set of invitations for dinners, all addressed to the same Father Pibrac. Only one invitation shows a date: May 2, 1772.…

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Posted on June 30, 2011 at 6:00am

9 of Clubs in a black bra

Jean Darquenne, member of this group and a notorious playing card expert and dealer, wondered about the sexy picture I use to symbolise secondary use of playing cards. It is the picture that marks this group. This is the story behind the lady with the 9 of Clubs in her bra.

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Posted on June 29, 2011 at 6:50pm

A great small find

Collectors of playing cards are so much focussed on the size and the shape of packs that they spot them everywhere, in a split second. Psychologists have a name for it: selective perception. We see everything but we notice primarily items reflecting to what is in our mind. So if you like blond women you will see them everywhere, more than someone who prefers dark ladies. And when you think about playing cards often, you will immediately notice playing cards if they are somewhere within the… Continue

Posted on August 30, 2008 at 6:43pm — 3 Comments

From a 5 of diamonds to a 4 of diamonds, in the 18th century

The story behind secondary use cards is not always complicated or profound.

It will not come as a surprise to you that playing cards also have been secondarely used for playing games. Take for instance this card from the 18th century. Lacking a 4 of diamonds but having one 5 of diamonds too many, it was apparently decided to transform the 5 of diamonds into a 4 of diamonds: one of the diamonds on this card was scratched away to replace the missing card. The upper left diamond is also a bit… Continue

Posted on August 30, 2008 at 6:31pm

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At 7:07pm on April 19, 2013, juliet peterson said…: Hello my dear
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At 9:39am on June 29, 2011, Jack Gurner said…: I sent an email with my address the other day. Haven't gotten one back from you with your address. My email is jackgurner@yahoo.com

I have a packet prepared to send to you with a deck of cards and a couple of other items.

At 4:09am on June 26, 2011, Jack Gurner said…

At 4:08am on June 26, 2011, Jack Gurner said…: These cards were produced in the early 1920's in coin denominations of the time. The card game was supposed to be educational - teach kids to count change, etc. - but, the cards could be used to play other, non-educational games. Being educational they avoided the playing card tax.

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At 4:47am on June 25, 2011, Jack Gurner said…: The book about cards from my collection was a short-run (5000 copies) by the Garbergs ad agency for Sodra cell paper company. The agency did several paper book projects for promoting the company. There have been several items on the web about the book, but this is the one I can presently find LINK. They only sent me a couple of copies, so I don't have any to trade. I do have an interesting deck of cards that might interest you. They are called "Coin Cards" and were produced as an educational game deck in the 1920's by a local man. They were made to beat the playing card tax. I will have to find (or scan) an image.

At 10:12am on November 21, 2010, Manuscript Americana said…: Thank you for your note. Unfortunately, I have not seen any playing cards. If I do, I will let you know.
Peter

At 12:17pm on November 19, 2010, Books and Unusuals said…: Hi - Thanks for the welcome and friend invite! My interests are vintage and mostly books, china, linen, but anything old catches my eye. I don't have playing cards right now, but that doesn't mean I never will. Playing cards and I really haven't crossed paths yet. :-)

At 4:16pm on December 8, 2009, Anthony Zautra said…: from my father's house I found several YEW yORK tIMES MID-WEEK PICTORIALS FROM THE ww1.FOR EX. THE WHOLE ISSUE DATING dEC31,1914. IT HAS A PRINT CALLED 'tHE fIGHT IN THE cHUCH" by Alphonse Marie de Neuville.otherr;German Sharpshooters Holding an Important Trench near Argonne Wood. They are in very good condition. can you tell me if they have any vallue,as collectables, please. Anthony Zautra