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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => A Cellar of Fine Vintages => Topic started by: Pyronym on December 01, 2017, 09:17:43 PM

Title: Pierre Baudard 1700's or repro? Pics in google photos link
Post by: Pyronym on December 01, 2017, 09:17:43 PM

https://photos.app.goo.gl/lLw4Qk0bQRZWFrWh1
Any help on these I was told they could be Pierre baudard from early 1700's or they could be repro but either way very rare.  Hoping for some pointers on what to look for or who to contact.
Thanks
Tom

Title: Re: Pierre Baudard 1700's or repro? Pics in google photos link
Post by: Pyronym on December 01, 2017, 11:13:08 PM

https://photos.app.goo.gl/PH4YIsTd9qoRvcin1
Under blacklight

Title: Re: Pierre Baudard 1700's or repro? Pics in google photos link
Post by: Worst Bower on December 02, 2017, 11:06:13 AM

They were cut out from a book. Page 16 of Henry Rene D'Allemagne's Antique Playing Cards which was originally published around a century ago but reprinted in 1996. You can buy the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Antique-Playing-Cards-Pictorial-History/dp/0486292657/ (https://www.amazon.com/Antique-Playing-Cards-Pictorial-History/dp/0486292657/)

Title: Re: Pierre Baudard 1700's or repro? Pics in google photos link
Post by: Pyronym on December 02, 2017, 03:39:57 PM

I took one out they are blank on the back,  and unfotunately were glued in so there is a thin square of cardboard,  on the back,  paper thickness is like a business card.  Not sure if that's just a sample page out of the book but mine are similar but nin style but not identical
Heres a higher res image of the queen and the back damage.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Ff056hOf1K2tOMmK2

Title: Re: Pierre Baudard 1700's or repro? Pics in google photos link
Post by: Pyronym on December 02, 2017, 03:52:06 PM

Better closeup
https://photos.app.goo.gl/irVWaHYMS6Hf60dw2