SCANDINAVIA
DENMARK - FINLAND - ICELAND - NORWAY - SWEDEN
DENMARK
DEN-001: "Luxus
Spillekort No. 253", printed and published by Kruckow around 1920.
Complete with 52 cards and the joker, in very good condition. No box. € 90 SOLD Click HERE to read and see more. |
DEN-002: "Danske
Spillekort", printed and published by Kruckow, around 1910. Complete
with 52 cards, in excellent condition. No box. € 120 SOLD Click HERE and HERE to see all the courts. |
DEN-003:
"National Kortet No 175", published by S. Salomon &
Co. from Copenhagen around 1920. Courts designed by H.V. Vestergaard.
Printed in fine chromolithography. The deck lacks the joker. Otherwise
complete with 52 cards, all in very good- condition. Comes in the
original box, which lacks the top flap, otherwise in very good
condition. € 25 SOLD Click HERE to see some more courts. |
DEN-004:
"Advertising", printed and published as stickers by F.E.
Bording AS from Copenhagen c1945. Each card shows a different
advertisement. Illustrations on the courts are based on the advertised
product. Hard to find a complete deck of 52 cards. No joker was issued.
Complete with 52 cards, condition ranging from good-
to excellent-. No box. € 100 SOLD Click HERE, HERE and HERE to see all the cards. |
DEN-005: "Vienna
Playing Cards dess. Nr. 44", printed and published by the Nordisk
Papirvare Industri from Viby (Jutland) c1955. Complete with 52 cards, 2
(similar) jokers and a blank card, in excellent- condition. Comes in an
original Vienna box, but with a different back design on the box. € 45 Click HERE to see some more cards and HERE for the box. |
DEN-006: "Salomon
Pattern C", published by Holmblad in the 1930's. Lacks the C3, so
51/52 and a joker. In very good- condition. No box. € 15 SOLD Click HERE to see some more cards. |
DEN-007: "Danske
Spillekort No. 140", printed in fine chromolithography and published by
Kruckow as "Elite l'hombre" in the 1920's. Complete with 40
cards, all in excellent condition. Comes in the original box, which
lacks top and bottom. € 80 Click HERE to see some more cards and HERE for the box. |
DEN-008: "Holmblad
Pattern A", printed in colour lithography and published as
"Hombre No. 94" by Salomon & Co c1935. Complete with 40
cards, all in excellent condition and still in the greater part of the
inner wrapper. Comes in the original box, which is in excellent-
condition. € 60 Click HERE to see some more cards and HERE to see box and wrapper. |
DEN-009: "Holmblad
Pattern B", printed in colour lithography and published by Salomon
& Co. in the 1890's as an hombre deck, so complete with 40 cards,
all in very good+ condition. Comes in a plastic box. € 45 SOLD Click HERE to see some more cards. |
DEN-010: "Hans
Christian Andersen I", printed and published by Handa in 1955. Each
of the courts and aces is illustrated with a scene, in woodblock style,
from one of the fairy tales by H.C. Andersen. Complete with 52 cards, 2
jokers and a blank card, all in excellent condition, except for one of
the (similar) jokers, which has a crease. Comes in the original box,
which is in good condition. € 75 Click HERE to read more about the H.C.A. decks and see the courts and aces of both decks. |
DEN-011: "Hans
Christian Andersen II", printed and published by Handa in 1955.
Each of the courts and aces is illustrated with a scene from one of the
fairy tales by H.C. Andersen. Complete with 52 cards, 2 jokers and a
blank card, all in excellent condition. There's an explicative leaflet
too. Comes in the original box, which lacks the top flap and one of the
small flaps on top too. € 70 Click HERE to read more about the H.C.A. decks and see the courts and aces of both decks. |
DEN-012: "Rococo
de Luxe No. 111", printed and published by Handa c1960(?). Complete
with 52 cards and 2 jokers, all in excellent condition, gold edges still
shining. Comes in a plastic box. € 15 Click HERE to see some more cards. |
DEN-013: "Eva
Solo", published for Eva Solo in 2007. Designed by Claus Jensen
& Henrik Holbaek (Tools Design) and Lise-Lotte Holmbäck MDD.
Complete with 52 cards and 3 similar jokers, all in unplayed, near mint
condition. Comes in the special designed box in a larger presentation
box, which is in excellent condition. € 25 Click HERE to see some more cards. |
DEN-014: "Star
Card No. 413", printed and published by Handa around 1957.
Nonstandard courts. Complete with 52 cards and 2 (similar) jokers, all
in excellent- condition. Comes in the original box, which is in very
good condition. € 25 Click HERE to see the other courts and HERE for the box. |
DEN-015: "Axel
Ørn", 54 portraits of fellow village men and women by this well
known Danish modern painter, designed in 1953, but published in an
edition of 2000 copies by his brother Niels Ørn in 1965. Complete with
52 cards and 2 jokers, all in excellent condition. Backs are plain
bright red. Comes (with an explicative card, blank back) in the original
box, which is in very good condition. € 35 Click HERE to see some more cards. |
DEN-016: "Club
Kort No 102" (Salomon pattern B), printed in colour lithography by
Wüst and published by S. Salomon & Co around 1910. Complete with 52
cards, in good condition. Comes in the original box, in good- condition. € 30 SOLD Click HERE and HERE to see all the courts. |
DEN-017: "Holmblad
Pattern A", printed in chromolithography by C.L. Wüst and
published as an Hombre deck by Salomon & Co c1910. Complete with 40
cards, all in good- condition. No box. € 25 SOLD Click HERE to see some more cards. |
DEN-018: "Holmblad
Pattern A with reversed black suits", printed in fine
chromolithography by C.L. Wüst and published by Salomon & Co,
1920's. Complete with 52 cards and the joker. The latter has some
damage, otherwise in very good condition. Comes in the original box,
which is in very good- condition. € 60 SOLD Click HERE and HERE for the courts and HERE for the box. |
FINLAND
FIN-01: "Manspielasett",
printed and published by Abo Stentryckeri AB in 1950. Complete with 52
convex shaped cards, 1 joker and 1 blank card, all in excellent
condition. Comes in a plastic box. € 50 SOLD Click HERE to see all the courts. |
ICELAND
ICE-01:
"Rammislenzk" deck, maker unknown, but published by Haraldor
Johannessen in 1941. Designed by Rosa Mathiasdottir Bell. Only 32 cards:
courts, aces and 7-10 of each suit. Cards are in excellent condition.
The deck comes in a plastic box. RARE! € 100 SOLD Click HERE and HERE to see some more cards. |
ICE-03: |
ICE-04: "Izlenzk
Geysis Spil", first edition with b/w aces, 1943. Printer unknown.
Designed by Haraldur Jóhannessen. Complete with 52 cards, the joker and
bridge score card, all in excellent condition. Comes in the remains of
the original box, of which one of the long sides and top flap are
missing. € 80 SOLD Click HERE to see other courts and comparison with second edition. |
ICE-05: "Islenzk
Spil", printed in Altenburg and published on Iceland in the 1930's.
Second edition, so before 1937. Nonstandard courts and scenic aces.
Complete with 52 cards, 1 joker and 2 blank cards, all in unused, near
mint condition. Comes in the original wrapper in the original box.
Wrapper is in excellent condition, box has foxing but is otherwise in
very good condition. € 50 SOLD Click HERE to see the box and wrapper. |
ICE-06: |
ICE-07: "Midgardsormur",
printed by Handa in commission of Fraenkel Bogtryk in 1958. Designed and
published by the artist Sigurlinni Pétursson in Iceland. Complete with
52 cards and 3 extra cards, all in excellent condition. Comes in the
original box, which is in very good- condition. € 45 Click HERE to see all the other cards. |
NORWAY
NOR-01: "Tordenskjold",
printed in chromolithography by N.W. Damm & Son from Oslo and
published in the early 1930's. 50/52 cards, missing are DA and H4. Cards
have warps and some pips are in poor condition. No box. € 35 SOLD Click HERE for further info and to see the other courts. |
NOR-02: "Peik"
(nr. 25), printed and published by Emil Moestue a/s from Oslo. This
edition probably dates from around 1960. Courts were designed by Nils
Bergslien. Complete with 52 cards, 2 jokers, a bridge score card and a
blank one, all in excellent condition. Comes in the original wrapper in
the original box. The box is in excellent condition too. € 60 SOLD Click HERE to see the other cards and the box. |
SWEDEN
SWE-001: "Malmo Spelkort",
printed in chromolithography by the Skanska Lithografiska AB and
published around 1920. 51/52 cards, missing the 8D, in good+ condition.
Comes in a plastic box. € 80 SOLD Click HERE to read and see more. |
SWE-002: Regent-kort No 365a",
printed in chromolithography by J.O. Oberg&Son and published in
1928. Complete with 52 cards, all in excellent condition. Comes in the
original inner box, single in the original doublebox. € 85 SOLD Click HERE to read and see more. The deck here comes in the blue inner box. |
SWE-003: "Classic", printed
in colour lithography by the Lithografiska AB from Norrkoping and
published around 1895. Complete with 52 cards, in very good+ condition.
No box. € 125 SOLD Click HERE to read and see more. |
SWE-004: "Classic Brown",
standard pattern of A. Boman from Stockholm in the brown version,
published in 1897. Complete with 52 cards, all in excellent condition. Comes single in the original 2-piece double box, which lacks the top part. Otherwise in very good+ condition. € 90 SOLD Click HERE to see all the courts and read some more. |
SWE-005: "Bagges Spelkort",
Dondorf design, probably printed in fine chromolithography by Dondorf
too and published by Jacob Bagges in Sweden around 1910. Complete with
52 cards, in very good- condition. Comes in a plastic box. € 45 SOLD Click HERE and HERE to see all the courts. |
SWE-006: "Clubbkort" (Hjortzberg's
Playing cards), printed in chromolithography by Granbergs AB from
Stockholm and published in 1924. The deck was designed by professor Olle
Hjortzberg. Complete with 52 cards and the joker, all in excellent
condition. Comes in the original box, which is in very good condition. € 120 SOLD Click HERE to see all the courts and read about the deck. |
SWE-007: "Stjärnkort"
(Nerman's Playing Cards), printed in colour lithography by Granbergs AB
from Stockholm and published in 1924. The deck was designed by Einar
Nerman. Complete with 52 cards and the joker, all in excellent-
condition, with shiny gold edges. Comes single in the original doublebox. € 230 SOLD Click HERE to see all the courts and read about the deck. |
SWE-008: "Prima Spelkort No.
365", printed in fine chromolithography and published by J.O. Oberg
& Son AB in 1915. Complete with 52 cards, all in excellent-
condition. Comes in the original box, which is in poor condition (lacks
the top, has a split on one side and half one on the other side). € 70 Click HERE to see all the courts and read more about the deck. |
SWE-009: "Lyxkort Nr.
364", printed in fine chromolithography and published
by J.O. Oberg
& Son AB in 1921. Complete with 52 cards, all in excellent condition,
with shiny gold corners. Comes single in the original 2-piece double
box, which is in good condition. € 100 Click HERE to see all the courts and read more about the deck. |