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United Kingdom
Item Ref Description Price
UK1084   ns. British Museum 1995, a very pretty deck showing Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek & medieval images & characters, lovely colouring & artwork. 52 + special Joker of "Piltdown Man" + 2 sc, all Mint + box fg £12.00
UK1085   ad. Ridgeways Tea, circa 1930-40's, 52 + joker all Mint + box vg £ 8.00
UK1086   ad. "Q is for you" 52 + 2 jokers Mint-sealed + box nm £ 8.00
UK1088   nsc. Perma cigarettes and tobacco, lovely little mini deck with the brand across the courts, circa 1940's, all v-nm + box fg £ 8.00
UK1089   ad. Rawlplug, pretty cartoon on reverse of man hanging gigantic painting with Rawlplugs, 52 + 2 Jokers, all vg + box p £ 7.00
UK1090   ns. "The deck of Postcards" 1980. These cards are standard size, and each card was produced by a different artist, including David Hockney. There are 56 cards in the deck all by 56 different British artists, 52 + 2 special Jokers + 2 sp.spare cards, all in a stiff specially-designed drawer-slide box, all mint £25.00
UK1091   ad. Birmingham & Blackburn Construction co. 52 + 2 jokers all MINT-sealed, + outer box vg circa 1930-40's equipment images on back £ 8.00
UK1092   ad. Bovril, steaming cups on brown back 52 mint + joker + box nm £10.00
UK1093   ad. Bovril, steaming cups on red back 52 mint + joker + box nm £10.00
UK1094   ad. Seager's Egg Flip, mint-sealed deck in box, probably has 2 j £ 6.00
UK1095   Silver Jubilee, lovely mint-sealed commemorative deck. Shows Q.E.2 in sepia monochrome on reverse. £10.00
UK1096   nn. Pretty Lady. narrow named 52 + sc + joker, all mint + box fg £12.00
UK1097   dd. Orient Shipping Line, a nice double deck of circular cards in special long box, circa 1930's, gold edges, backs show old sailing galleons, one deck in red and one in blue, 52 + sc + sp.joker x 52 + sc + sp.joker, + sp. Box, all vg-near mint. excellent item £40.00
UK1098   ns. Woman's Hour, delightful playing cards deck of cards depicting notable women on each card in cartoon caricature, 52 + 2 special jokers + 16 page info leaflet + sc + box, all MINT condition £12.00
UK1099   ns. Sobranie. An exquisite beautiful art-deco deck designed by artist "Erte", colour on black cards, white backs, thick rich gold edges, each card designed to resemble it's number, a "Must Have" deck for serious collectors. 52 + 2 special Jokers, all vn £75.00
UK1100   ns. Tarot by Jonathon Dee. A special set of 78 cards designed by artist Shirley Barker, comes housed in a special extra large box containing a beautiful colourful hard-back book 64 pages, as a tuition guide for using the cards. Delightful set of cards, all MINT £30.00
UK1103   nn. Tennis Girl by artist Barribal, circa 1930's rich gold edges, back shows pretty girl playing tennis, 52 Mint £38.00
UK1105   ad. Coate's Plymouth Gin. Circa 1930's, pretty ad playing cards deck in stiff drawer-style box, shows bottle with old monk on label, 52+ box vg

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UK1109   ad. Risk's Royal Vat, scotch Whisky, very rare early English ad deck, absolutely mint in tax wrapper and outer box. Somebody has carefully opened the tax wrapper at one end, to see the cards, but the paper is still mint and completely intact, 52 + joker + tax wrapper all MINT condition, but outer box is slightly dirty on one side, possibly exposed for some time, so vg.

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UK1113   nn. "Greyhounds hurdling" as a Bezique set in special hinged box, complete in Mint condition, gold edges, + 64 page rules bklt + 2 bezique dial-markers all vg-nm £30.00
UK1114   ad. For King & Country "The Association of Conservative clubs", very special patriotic ace with Brittannia & flags etc. 52 vg + Joker + box fg £18.00
UK1116   nn. Avant le Bal, by Kirschner. One of the nicest of the Kirschner art playing cards decks, lovely art-deco, thick rich gold edges, 52 + joker all MINT + hinged box vg, scarce £50.00
UK1118   ad. Aberdeen and Commonwealth shipping Line. circa 1930's, Scottie terrier on reverse for company logo, box shows large ship at sea in blue colouring, and flag, 52 + joker all vg + stiff drawer-slide box good. Nice shipping item. £24.00
UK1120   ad. Kenmar Automatic co ltd. Circa 1950's, nice ad deck showing one-arm bandit jackpot machines on reverse, etc etc 52 vg £ 8.00
UK1122   ns. Winstanley Geographical. A pocket Atlas of the world designed and engraved by Winstanley in approx 1676. This reproduction of the original cards was produced in a limited edition in conjunction with The Worshipful Company, it is number 95 of a limited print-run of only 275 world-wide. Complete + sc + lflt + box, all MINT £30.00
UK1123   ns. Morden's P.C. 1676, this is a special reproduction of that rare deck produced in 1972 by Margary, complete deck + sc + lflt + box, all MINT £22.00
UK1125   ns. William Warter's Proverbial cards 1698, this is a special reproduction of that rare playing cards deck produced in 1995 by John Berry, complete deck + lflt + box, all MINT £24.00
UK1128   ns. The Beggar's Opera 1730, this is a special reproduction of that rare deck produced in 1978 in association with the Guildhall Library by Margary, complete playing cards deck + sc + lflt + box, all MINT £18.00
UK1129   ns. Cries of London 1754, this is a special reproduction playing cards of that rare deck produced in 1978 in association with the Guildhall Library by Margary, complete deck + sc + lflt + box, all MINT £18.00
UK1130   ns. Players special commemorative limited edition by artist Nick Price. Beautiful ns deck, gold on black faces. 52 + sc + 2 special jokers, all MINT + special box ( box cracked ) £20.00
UK1131   ad. P.O. Shipping Line, 52 + Joker + stiff "drawer-slide" box, all MINT condition. backs show King Neptune with trident on blue £60.00
UK1132   nn. Patience. An early De la Rue narrow named, normal size cards, "Patience" is the named title. 52 + hinged box good £12.00
UK1133 ad. Army Artillery insignia by New Bond, reverse shows cannon with crown. 52 + box vg £15.00
UK1138   nn. Evening in England, gold edges 52 + joker, all good + stiff drawer-slide box vg. £16.00
UK1139   ad. dd. ALBA radio & television, backs show old-style radio masts for broadcasting, 52 + 52 dd in sp. Dd box, all nm £36.00
UK1140   ad. State Express 333 cigarettes. circa 1930's, 52 + 2 jokers all MINT + outer box vg-nm. Nice English ad deck £24.00
UK1141   ad. English Ovals Cigarettes, amazing advertising Ace of Spades and Joker shows Toff gent sitting smoking, cards have gold edges and are all MINT, outer box vg and has tax stamp re export ? £45.00
UK1142   ad. Rolls Royce motors. Delightful ad deck, all cards are mint and the stiff drawer-style hard-shell box is good. £25.00
UK1143   ad. Joule's Stone Ales, a scarce beer deck produced by a small company "Jarvis Porter", unusual ace-spades. 52 + box good, top flap missing from box. £20.00
UK1145   ad. Brimar "long life batteries", lawn finish surface on cards. 52 + stiff drawer-style box, all vg + £16.00
UK1146   ad. British Anti-fouling compositions. Backs show fish in arty design and "torpedo brand" logo, so I assume the company produce something relating to fishing nets. De la Rue, 52 + joker vg-nm + box p, top flap missing £12.00
UK1147   ns aces. Johnnie Walker Whisky. Back shows gentleman walking on green background, aces have special ads and man walking through corners of cards, 52 + joker + stiff drawer box, all near-mint £45.00
UK1150   ns. 52 things to do on a rainy day. Fun pack of playing cards, 52 + box, all vg but just one card has a slight water stain. £6.00
UK1152   ad. Whitbread best bitter, nice beer deck shows red bottle label on green background, 52 + 2 jokers + sc all Mint, + box vg-n £12.00
UK1154   ns. Kings & Queens of England, 52 + special joker + box, Mint £6.00
UK1155   ad. Knightsbridge, made for Harrod's. maker unknown 52 v + box f £.600
UK1158 ad. Will's Gold Flake cigarettes, circa 1930's. Shows young lady with horse in sepia colour, 52 + box g £10.00
UK1159 ad. Will's Wild Woodbine cigarettes circa 1930's, back shows ciggie packet in green & brown with horizontal and vertical lines of pattern behind. 52 good + box fair £ 8.00
UK1160 ad. Royal Snowdrift Oil circa 1970. 52 + 2 jokers n-mint + box f £ 7.00
U.K1161 ad. Chas.Pearson & Sons, old wide ad deck by Goodall, 52 f used £ 8.00
U.K1162 ad. Gas Fires. Early wide Goodall deck in stiff slide shell box with beautiful backs, lady knitting in armchair by fire 1930's vg +J +box £20.00
U.K1163 ns. Selected views of Scotland by Raphael Tuck, printed in Great Britain, black & white oval framed images, circa 1940-50's. 52 diff + special joker + box, all vg -n £15.00
U.K1164 ad. Cliffe Hill, the granite people, in special compliments box circa 1930 - 40's. 52 g + 2 jokers + outer box poor, top flap missing. £18.00
U.K1165 art. Barribal, Charles ll King of England 1661 - 1685, this set is MINT-SEALED, plus outer stiff drawer-style box, rich gold edges, and of course, a Barribal deck. Lovely item, £25.00
UK1166 ns. Simpson of Piccadilly. A beautiful non-standard deck designed by artist Andre Francois circa 1940-50's. in normal flap-top box. 52 + sc + special joker + box, all sealed MINT, a really lovely set. £24.00
       


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