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FRA-116: "French pattern", special version, printed and published by I.B.F. from Bordeaux. Stands for Imprimerie Boéchat Frères, which company later published decks as Héron. 31/32 cards (H7 is missing), all in excellent condition. Comes in the original box, which is in very good condition.
€ 20  SOLD
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FRA-117: "France Souvenirs", published by Philibert in the mid 1950's. Each card has a different picture with a view on a French town or city. Info or name and outline are printed in gold on each card, emblem or shield are shown too. Cards have blue edges all around.  Complete with 52 cards and 2 jokers, all in excellent+ condition. Comes in the original Philibert plastic box.
€ 20  SOLD
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FRA-118: "Paris Story", published by Philibert in the mid 1950's. Each card has a different picture with a view of Paris. Info or name and outline are printed in gold on each card. Complete with 52 cards and 2 jokers, all in excellent+ condition. Comes in a plastic box.
€ 15  SOLD
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FRA-119: "English pattern", printed by A. Camoin & Cie and published by Freitag, probably in the 1960's. English pattern on the courts, but on all aces the suit signs have been embellished with an illustration. Complete with 52 cards, 2 jokers, a bridge score card and a blank card, all in very good- condition. Deck has been euchered, so 2 - 6 of each suit have hardly ever been played with. Comes in the original box, of which the top flap has come off and the bottom is missing.
€ 10  SOLD
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FRA-120: "D.A.-O.F.", a hand made and had painted deck, so unique and original. A 52 cards deck, but there are 4 courts missing: KH, JH, QD and AC. Otherwise complete and in very good condition. Excellent artwork in water colours by an unknown artist.
€ 80 
SOLD
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FRA-121: "Cassandre", second version, printed by Draeger Frères and published by Hèrmes c1950. Complete with 52 cards, 2 (similar) jokers and a title card, all in very good+ condition. Gold edges still a bit shiny. Comes in the original single box, which lacks the bottom.
€ 35  SOLD
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FRA-122: "Olympic", printed and published by Grimaud, probably in 1924 for the Paris Olympics of that year. Printed on old stock with filigrain. Special feature: Rectangular black and red blocks around the indices and pips on the courts and aces of Diamonds and Spades. Missing the joker, but otherwise complete with 52 cards, all in excellent condition. Comes in the original box, which is in excellent- condition.
€ 45  SOLD
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FRA-124: "Super Géant", printer unknown, published by Super Géant in the early 1960's. Patience size. Each card shows a different artist. Complete with 32 cards, all in good condition. All backs were signed with a signature (previous owner?). No box.
€ 20 
SOLD
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FRA-125: "Patiences Hollandaises No.520", printed in fine chromolithography by B.P. Grimaud and published c1900. Complete with 52 cards, measuring 45x65 mm, all in excellent condition. Comes in the original sliding box, of which the outer box lacks the bottom. Otherwise in very good condition.
€ 45  SOLD
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FRA-126: "Vedettes", printed by La Ducale and published by Publistar in 1962. Each card shows a different drawn image of a star. Complete with 32 cards and 1 joker, all in excellent condition, No box.
€ 45 
SOLD
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FRA-127: "Tour de France 1960", printed and published by Catel & Farcy in 1960. Each card shows a different bike racer. Complete with 52 cards and 2 jokers, all in very good condition. No box.
€ 45 
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FRA-128: "Actors and Singers", 52 photo's by Sam Lévin of different singers and actors, French and from abroad. Possibly printed by Draeger Frères and published in the late 1950's. 52 cards in excellent condition. No jokers, no box.
€ 25 
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FRA-129: "Costumes Historiques", printed and published by Gibert c1853. Fine hand coloured etchings on the courts and embellished aces. Complete with 52 cards, all in very good condition. Comes in a 19th century box, not original, which is in very good- condition.
€ 270  SOLD
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FRA-130: "Costumes Historiques", luxury edition, printed and published by Gibert c1853. Same figures as above, but in different suits and black suits are printed in gold colour. Also the deck has shiny gold edges. 51/52, the 7 of spades is missing. All cards are in very good+ condition. Comes in a plastic box.
€ 335  SOLD
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FRA-131: "Catalanes", printed in lithography and published by B.P. Grimaud, probably in the 1920's. Spanish portrait. Complete with 48 cards, all in excellent+ condition, with shiny silver corners. Comes in the original box, which is in very good- condition.
€ 35 
SOLD
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FRA-132: "Perceval No.283", printed and published by a small Parisian company, Perceval, around 1950. Complete with 52 cards and 2 jokers, all in very good condition. Comes in a plastic box.
€ 40 
SOLD
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FRA-133: "Cartes Parisiennes", printed in fine hand coloured etching and published by O. Gibert in the 1860's. Costume deck, complete with 52 cards, all in excellent condition. Comes in contemporary box, maybe original.
€ 280 
SOLD
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FRA-134: "Jeanne Hachette", a transformation deck, printed by Grimaud and published around 1860. Complete with 52 cards, all in excellent condition, with shiny gold corners. Comes in the original box, which is in very good+ condition.
€ 160  SOLD
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FRA-136: "Cartes Patience", printed and published by Grimaud c1925. English pattern on the courts, with a nice ace of spades and joker. Complete with 52 cards and the joker. No box.
€ 15  SOLD

 

FRA-137: "Jeu Impérial aux Armes des Quatre Empires, printed by the Imprimerie F. Chardon Ainé and published by B.P. Grimaud in 1858. Complete with 52 cards, all in very good- condition. Comes in a plastic box.
€ 250  SOLD
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FRA-138: "Le Jeu de la Cinquième" (5th Republic), printed by Art et Lettres from Nancy and published in 1977 as a book with push-out cards, that make a complete deck of 52 cards, 4 jokers, 8 explicative cards and the box. Designed by Pino Zac. Special designed suit signs, also on the pip cards. All cards have only been pushed out and never used. Hand-folded box is in excellent condition too. Comes with the original book, without all the cards of course.
€ 40 
SOLD
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FRA-138b: As above. Book with 17 pages, which have the box and 64 cards. 6 cards have come loose, all others are still to be pushed out. Pages and cards are in excellent condition, cover and back of the book are a bit soiled.
€ 35 
SOLD

 

FRA-139: "Jeu des Grandes Courtisanes", published by Face&Dos from Paris in a limited edition of 1000 copies in 2007. Each card has a different antique photograph of a young lady from the Second Empire period. Complete with 32 cards and 2 jokers, all in unused, near mint condition. The deck comes with an explicative leaflet (in French) in the original box, which is in excellent condition.
€ 15  SOLD
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FRA-140: "Fantasy version of the French pattern", advertising Dubonnet on backs and box is designed after A.M. Cassandre. Possibly printed by Heron in the early 1950's. French/English indices. Complete with 32 cards, all in excellent condition. Comes in the original box, which is in excellent condition too.
€ 15 
SOLD
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FRA-141: "Peinture AVI", printed by J.M. Simon (Ducale) from Nancy and published for AVI paintworks in the late 1950's. Courts have the standard French pattern, but just like each pip card, they carry the name of a different paint colour, of which an example is used as back. Black suits: cold tones, red suits: warm tones. Complete with 52 cards and 2 jokers, all in excellent condition. Comes in the original box, which is in very good condition.
€ 10  SOLD
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FRA-142:  "Modèle C", a fantasy pattern, published by Banco from Paris, 1950's. Probably printed by Draeger Frères. Complete with 52 cards and 2 jokers, all in excellent- condition, with shiny gold corners. Comes in the original box, which is in very good condition.
€ 15  SOLD
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FRA-143:  "Modèle B" (Bridge Poker), a fantasy version of the French pattern by Banco from Paris, since 1948. Often used in publications of advertising decks in the 1950's. Complete with 52 cards, 2 jokers and 2 blanc cards, all in very good+ condition, only the b/w joker and one of the blanc cards has a bend near the top. Comes in the original box, which is in good condition.
€ 45  SOLD
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FRA-144: "Modèle A", a fantasy version of the French pattern by Banco from Paris, since 1948. Complete with 32 cards, in very good condition. Comes in a plastic box.
€ 20 
SOLD
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FRA-145: "Jeu Historique" with French royalty. Printed by Ch. Chardon and published by Grimaud in 1864. Fine etching, hand coloured. Complete with 52 cards, all in very good condition. Comes in the original box, which is complete and in very good condition.
€ 235 
SOLD
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