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FRA-051: Aluette deck, printed lithographically and published by B.P. Grimaud, probably around 1910. Complete with 48 cards, in good+ to very good- condition. No box.
€ 20 SOLD
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FRA-052: "Hermès", printed by Draeger Frères and published by Hermès in 1965. Complete with 52 cards, 2 jokers a title card and a blank card, all in excellent condition. Cards have shiny gold edges. Comes as a single deck in the original double box, which is in very good- condition.
€ 50 SOLD
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FRA-053: "Hermès", printed by Grimaud and published by Hermès in 1997. Special designed courts, but artist is unknown. Complete with 52 cards and 2 jokers all in unused, near mint condition, with shiny gold edges. Comes together with a sealed deck (same back design, but in green) in the original double box, which is in excellent condition too.
€ 80 SOLD
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FRA-054: Standard French pattern, printed and published by B.P. Grimaud, but the date is unknown to me. Cards are somewhat larger than usual. Although there are no indices and the cards have a plain pink back, I'm not sure that it is very old. Complete with 52 cards, all in excellent condition.
€ 15 SOLD
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FRA-055: "Parfum Rochas", printed by Grimaud and published by Les Parfums Rochas in 1973. All different use of a similar looking design on the courts. Complete with 52 cards, 2 jokers, a title card and a bridge score card, all in very good+ condition. The deck comes single in the original double box, which is in good+ condition.
€ 30 SOLD
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FRA-059: "Les Mousquetaires" (The Musketeers), printed by Draeger Frères and published by Philibert in 1954. Illustrated by Albert Dubout on the courts, aces and jokers. Complete with 52 cards, 2 jokers and the title card, all in very good+ condition, with shiny gold edges. Comes in the original Philibert sliding box.
€ 60 SOLD
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FRA-063: "Christies", published by the auction house as a double deck to promote the Karl Lagerfeld auction of his paintings in 2000. Same pictures of 52 paintings in each deck. One deck is still in unused, near mint condition and the other is in excellent condition. Both are complete with 52 cards, 2 jokers and 2 extra cards. The original double box is in excellent condition too.
€ 35 SOLD
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FRA-064: "Marionnettes Wayang", printed by J.M.S. France Cartes and published by Grimaud in 1985. Somehow never reprinted or republished since, so a more difficult Grimaud deck to find. Courts and jokers with Wayang dolls, embellished aces. Special designed pips o the pip cards. Complete with 52 cards, 2 jokers and a title card, all in excellent+ condition. Comes in the original box, which is in very good condition.
€ 30 SOLD
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FRA-067: "K", printer, publisher and year are unknown to me. The deck is complete with 52 cards and 2 (similar) jokers, all in excellent condition. Comes in a plastic box.
€ 20 SOLD
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FRA-068: "Guerres et Dentelles", printed by Scanplus from Aix-en Provence and published in a limited edition of 1000 decks by the designer P. Joux in 1996/97. Complete with 32 cards, square cornered, all in unused, near mint condition. Comes in the original box, which is in very good condition. A rarely seen deck.
€ 40 SOLD
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FRA-069: "Jeu de l'Athlète", printer is unknown to me, published by OPPBT Sécurité, probably in the 1980's. Courts, aces and joker were designed by Jacques Dropy (1928-1991). Comes with a leaflet, explaining the rules of the Jeu de l'Athlète game. Complete with 52 cards and 2 jokers, all in excellent condition. Comes in the original box, which is in very good- condition.
€ 15 SOLD
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FRA-070: "Mining Industry", printed by J.M. Simon for Grimaud and published in 1976, probably for a company which was active in the mining industry in France and Germany. It's a bilingual deck: captions on the courts are in French and German. Complete with 52 cards, 2 jokers and a bridge scorecard in German, all in excellent condition. Comes in the (original?) plastic box.
€ 30 SOLD
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FRA-071: Single Image French Pattern", printed and published by A. Camoin & Cie, probably around 1960. Complete with 52 cards and 2 jokers, all in excellent condition, with shiny gold corners. Comes in a plastic box.
€ 25 SOLD
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FRA-073: "Sanders", printed by Grimaud and published by Sanders in 1968. Designed by James Hodges. Complete with 52 cards and 2 jokers, all in excellent condition. Comes as a single deck in the original soft plastic double box, which is in excellent condition too.
€ 35 SOLD
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FRA-076: "Pellet", printed by Grimaud and published by Pellet in 1970. Designed by James Hodges. 52 cards and 2 jokers, all in excellent condition, but the second (similar) joker has a blue-is tone on the card. Comes in a plastic box.
€ 40 SOLD
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FRA-077: "Belote Optic", printed and published by Grimaud in 1971. New French pattern, designed by James Hodges. Belote version of 32 cards and a title card, all in excellent condition. Comes in a plastic box.
€ 25 SOLD
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FRA-078: "Gibert Jeune", printed by Grimaud and published by Gibert Jeune (famous bookshop in Paris) in 1971, Designed by James Hodges. Complete with 2 jokers and 2 extra cards, all in excellent condition. Comes in a plastic box.
€ 35 SOLD
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FRA-079: "Skill", printed by Grimaud and published by Skill in 1971. Designed by James Hodges. Complete with 52 cards and 2 jokers, in excellent condition. Comes in a plastic box.
€ 30 SOLD
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FRA-080: "C M A", printed by Grimaud and published by the C M A (Caisse Mutuelle d'Assurances) in 1972. Designed by James Hodges. Complete with 25 cards, 2 jokers and an extra card, all in excellent condition. Comes in the original box, which is in very good+ condition, with a spot of surface loss on one of the long sides.
€ 30 SOLD
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