Simon Wintle
- Spain • Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
Fastener S.R.L.
Fastener S.R.L. are manufacturers bolts and industrial fasteners. Traditional Spanish suit symbols have been substituted by various kinds of nuts and bolts.
Cappellano S.A. c.1920-c.1985
Originally known as Cappellano Hnos in the 1920s, and undergoing several changes of name and address, the company produced catalan style packs with the brand names "Naipes Triunfo" and "Torcacita" as well as an Anglo-American style pack titled "VELCAP".
Canasta
Mexican Canasta set with paintings by Ramón Espino Barros (1918-2000).
Maya Playing Cards
The designs of Mayan artists shown here give a general idea of their enormous artistic and cultural potential.
Pasatiempos Gallo
Following their acquisition of Clemente Jacques y Cia in 1967, the playing card business was taken over by Pasatiempos Gallo S.A., which in 1990 became Pasatiempos Gallo S.A. de C.V.
Mathematical Instruments
Mathematical Instruments playing cards forming an instrument maker's trade catalogue, Thomas Tuttell, c.1700.
Cassino
Naipes Cassino de Don Clemente, Pasatiempos Gallo S.A., Mexico, c.1988.
Aeronaves de Mexico
Special pack for Aeronaves de Mexico S.A., designed by Ramón Valdiosera Berman, mid-1960s.
Mexican Poker
Mexican Poker cards made by Juegos y Fichas, S.A. de C.V., Mexico, 1991
Master of the Banderoles
Playing Cards by the Master of the Banderoles, one of the earliest professional printmakers.
Nutrimientos Purina
Nutrimientos Purina (Purina pet foods) advertising playing cards produced by Miguel Galas S.A. (Brown & Bigelow), Mexico, c.1960.
Brown & Bigelow
Brown & Bigelow of St Paul, Minnesota, was a leading producer of playing cards in the U.S. from the late 1920s - 1980s.
Korea
The game of Hanafunda was introduced into Korea by the Japanese and modified somewhat by the Koreans.
Hanafuda Flower Cards
Japanese Flower Cards (Hanafuda) made by Nintendo, Japan, 2008.
Netherlands
Playing cards have been known in the Low Countries since the 14th century
Naipe Victoria
Naipe Victoria by Clemente Jacques c.1900.
Soberano
‘Naipes Soberano’ published by Productora de Naipes y Confetti, S.A., Mexico, c1990s
El León
Naipes El León by Clemente Jacques y Cia.
Las Dos Torres
Naipe Extra 'Las Dos Torres' manufactured by Pasatiempos Gallo S.A. de C.V., Mexico.
Acapulco Souvenir
Acapulco Souvenir playing cards designed and printed by Foliproa S.A., Mexico.
Anonymous Mexican Manufacturers
Anonymous Mexican Playing Card Manufacturers.
Naipes Gacela
Naipes Gacela & Gacelita.
Pierrot-125
Naipes 'Pierrot' 125 manufactured by Orpamex, S.A., Mexico.
Camacho
Productos Camacho, c.2003
El Fenix
Naipe Fino 'El Fenix' playing cards by Clemente Jacques y Cia, Mexico.
Souvenir of Mexico
Souvenir of Mexico playing cards by Clemente Jacques y Cia, S.A., 1950s.
Grupo Editorial RAF S.A.
Grupo Editorial RAF S.A. de C.V. (founded 1962) has branches throughout Mexico.
Naipes Nacionales
Naipes Nacionales designed by Manuel Bayardi and published by Clemente Jacques y Cia, Mexico c.1940.
Joan Barbot
Joan Barbot, San Sebastian c.1765-1810.
Pigmy Playing Cards
Pigmy Miniature Playing Cards
Greek Playing Cards
Greek Playing Cards.
Aspioti Elka A.E.
An unknown brand by Aspioti Elka A.E probably from the 1960s.
Playing Cards in Croatia
Playing Cards in Croatia. Grafika-Grafoprint was founded in 1989 and is the Croatia’s first playing cards factory.
Piacentine Pattern
Piacentine Pattern, several double-ended versions.
Cartes Lenormand
“Cartes Lenormand” published by H. P. Gibson & Sons Ltd, London, printed in Germany by B. Dondorf, 1920s.
Russell Grant tarot
Russell Grant astro-tarot with optimistic and motivational illustrations by Kay Smith.
Seminole Wars deck by James Y. Humphreys, Philadelphia, c.1819
Court cards from the Seminole Wars deck by J. Y. Humphreys, Philadelphia, c.1819. Ace of Spades from Jazaniah Ford's Decatur deck, 1815. Jazaniah Ford was born in Milton (Massachusetts) in 1757
Taxation on Spanish Playing Cards
Taxation on Spanish playing cards and the monopolies.
Navarra, XVII Century
Facsimile of 17th century Spanish-suited playing cards produced by Erregeak, Sormen S.A., Vitoria-Gasteiz (Alava), Spain, 1988.
Ibero-American Deck, 1929
Ibero-American Deck, designed by L. Palao, 1929.
Shakespeare Playing Cards
Shakespeare Playing Cards pack published in the 1890s with original paintings are by John H. Bacon.
C.W. Faulkner
C. W. Faulkner & Co Ltd, London, an important publisher of games, pictorial souvenirs, children’s books, and postcards.
Cartes Catalanes
Cartes Catalanes are used in a small area in the Eastern Pyrenees region of Southern France.
Bourgeois Tarot
Bourgeois Tarot by Vereinigte Altenburger und Stralsunder Spielkarten-Fabriken.
Copag Baralho Espanhol
Copag Baralho Espanhol / Naipes Español.
Prussian Pattern
Derived from Jagdkarten or Hunting cards with patriotic overtones and rural scenes as vignettes on the numeral cards, the Prussian pattern emerged in the middle of the nineteenth century.
Brazil Scenic Aces
C. L. Wüst Scenic Aces for Brazil.
SOIMCA
SOIMCA - Sociedade Impressora Caxiense - is an important playing card manufacturer in Brazil. It was established by Nelson Soares in Caxias do Sul, in the south of Brazil, by 1955.
Ecuador Turistico
Naipe Mi Ecuador Turístico souvenir playing cards
Ciudad de Quito
Pack of souvenir playing cards made in Quito, Ecuador, featuring black & white photographs depicting Ecuador as one of the great nations on Earth
The Big Deal
In ‘Patia Te Pere - The Big Deal’, Joan Gragg presents a first edition series of 1000 decks in which the characters, themes and patterns from traditional playing cards are replaced by Cook Islands cultural, environmental and societal icons.