last section update: 2/7/2008

Hold your cursor over a card and see where it will take you...................

DECKS with a FRAGRANCE
16 special designed decks from the world of fashion. Last update: 2/7/2008

The FRENCH & The SEA
A pirate's treasure & mystery deck and 11 other French sea-related decks.  Last update: 1/11/2007

ODD SHAPES
Examples from 28 decks in sometimes amazing shapes.

PIN-UP's & EROTICA
An xpo where we show 10 decks from our collection of pin-up and erotica decks.  Last update: 7/4/08.

WAR on CARDS
Only a few decks were made around WW1 and WW2, but the 2nd Gulfwar brought a "shock & awe" offensive in the card field too.

The OLD SCHOOL
A section, where we show only 19th century decks. Last update: 1/7/2007. Total decks on expo: 13.

ART & CARDS
A present total of 30 decks by artists, known and unknown.     Last update: 2/7/2008

   OR ANOTHER ONE..   

"Small cards, great stories"
Gejus van Diggele will show and explain a different interesting example of the secondary use of playing cards each month. And indeed......GREAT stories! Last Update: 1/6/2008. Total examples: 38.

Hans Christian Andersen, 1805 - 2005.
We participate in the celebration of the 200th anniversary of this great writer by showing 2 special HCA decks, that were published in 1955, and telling his own tale.

SN
A short introduction to the complete exposition about the Speelkaartenfabriek Nederland, that is available here on CD.

A Historic Document
A complete translation of the "EDIT DU ROY" of Louis XIV from 1701. By this edict a tax of 18 deniers on each deck of playing cards was established in France.

The International pattern & its Anomalies.
We show here decks from our collection that are based on modifications and adaptations of the international or anglo-american pattern.
Last update: 1/7/2007. Total number of decks on xpo: 81

AND.....ANOTHER ONE

YULETIDE on ICELAND
Two expositions: the first is about the Yule festival and the second about playing cards on Iceland.
Illustrated by 16 Icelandic decks.

HANAFUDA
Hanafuda is a Japanese gambling game, played with a deck of 48 cards. Can we play poker with such decks too? 5 decks on xpo to answer that question.

VARIATIONS
A section with different variations of the same deck. Hosts 5 articles with a total of 13 decks.
Last update:  3/10/2007

CHILDREN for CHILDREN
A short article about 5 decks, each showing children on the courts. 

UNDER YOUR SKIN
Two strange decks that will get under your skin ..... literally!

LITERATURE & CARDS
Here we'll show the decks from our collection, that are dedicated to a certain author or literary work.
Last update: 20/5/2007

PARIS WORLD EXPOSITION 1900
After a visit to Paris and a rare find there, we decided to share this deck with you and place Paris in a historical perspective at the same time.

A WADDINGTON SURPRISE
A surprising, non-standard, Waddington deck and two other  Waddington decks that are also not depicted in the outstanding books by John Berry about the Waddington Collection.

"OLD-FASHIONED" CARDS
An xpo with 3 decks from the 1950's and all three can be called old-fashioned in more than one way.

COLLECTING PLAYING CARDS IN CHINA
A short article by Tao Liu, a long time Chinese collector, about playing cards and their collectors in China. Illustrated with cards from 3 vintage Chinese decks. 

All shown decks are part of our own collection. They cannot be bought. It's always  possible that we have duplicates to trade or sell....... try  the "bargains" section!