A New Collector

[EarlBNC]

Hello all,

My name is Earl and I am a new member of the 52PlusJoker community. I joined the club because I have recently begun collecting playing cards - both full decks and individual cards - as a hobby. With my work as a poker journalist, I am around cards frequently and have always been intrigued by the diversity of cards there are...as such, I started collecting them!

My first piece was an 18th century Persian AsNas card. AsNas was the predecessor of poker, played by the royalty of India. It is quite special to me because it does have the ties to poker and it was the first piece I purchased. I have gone on to gather decks from several countries, including the old Soviet Union, Germany, Iceland and Austria (among others) and have collected individual cards from Japan and France that date back to the 18th century.

I am not sure where my interest in collecting is going to go. I know I would like to be a historian of cards in a way and I would like to keep expanding my collection. It is fortunate that I've found a group of like-minded individuals that follow this track and I look forward to learning more about collecting, the history of cards and card games.

Thanks for the time (if you made it this far!) and look forward to interacting with all of you!

Earl

[Eddie Hughlett]

Welcome to the forum Earl. If you haven't already found the article that variantventures shared on Mamluk cards in the Playing Card Plethora section you may find an interesting read....

[Don Boyer]

Hello all,

My name is Earl and I am a new member of the 52PlusJoker community. I joined the club because I have recently begun collecting playing cards - both full decks and individual cards - as a hobby. With my work as a poker journalist, I am around cards frequently and have always been intrigued by the diversity of cards there are...as such, I started collecting them!

My first piece was an 18th century Persian AsNas card. AsNas was the predecessor of poker, played by the royalty of India. It is quite special to me because it does have the ties to poker and it was the first piece I purchased. I have gone on to gather decks from several countries, including the old Soviet Union, Germany, Iceland and Austria (among others) and have collected individual cards from Japan and France that date back to the 18th century.

I am not sure where my interest in collecting is going to go. I know I would like to be a historian of cards in a way and I would like to keep expanding my collection. It is fortunate that I've found a group of like-minded individuals that follow this track and I look forward to learning more about collecting, the history of cards and card games.

Thanks for the time (if you made it this far!) and look forward to interacting with all of you!

Earl

Welcome aboard, Earl!  Glad to have you, both on the forum and in the club!  Keep your eyes open in your email in-box for the newest issue of CARD CULTURE, coming out tomorrow - the main article this month focuses on the designer of a famous vintage casino deck.

[Kruser]

Hi Earl!  Welcome to the club and to the forum!

Sounds like you have a pretty cool collection already - not sure I've ever seen cards from Iceland!
... Would love to see you post pics someday!

Kruser

[Don Boyer]

Before I forget - let Lee Asher know that you're a 52+J member.  He'll verify your membership and add the "52 Plus Joker Member" rank to your account, allowing you access to members-only sections of the site.