The New Collectors Guide to Collecting Playing Cards: Volume I

Playing cards, as we know them, have been around for about 700 years. Scholars have tracked their presence from the East to the West to the New World and from the elaborately designed hand-drawn amusement of the rich to the commonplace pastime of the masses once printing presses made them available to everyone. A deck of playing cards is among the most recognizable items in the world and has been for at least a century. This makes playing cards rich in history and every bit as collectible a...