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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => A Cellar of Fine Vintages => Topic started by: janez on September 28, 2017, 09:34:25 AM
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Hi,
can you identify this cards? Is it still possible to buy them somewhere?
BR,
Janez
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Do you have the box? There are often clues there...
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Hi,
can you identify this cards? Is it still possible to buy them somewhere?
BR,
Janez
They look like a Chinese printing of a European/International design, and not a terribly high quality printing. Decks like this get churned out by the millions on the mainland, with variations in design, but the one thing they often will have in common is poor production values. It looks like a flat, glossy stock in the photos - I'd bet that the cards don't spread very evenly.
What was is about the deck that drew you to it and made you want more? Perhaps those qualities can be found in other higher-quality decks that are on the market today.
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I do not have the box. Those cards were in my family for about 40 years. Over the years, they got used, worn, one card is missing, boxes got lost. Most probably, the cards were bought in Italy.
I was asking for the help in identifying it, just for sentimental reasons, so I could buy an identical deck, if it still exists today (I do not care, that they are not top quality cards).
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A quick Google search says these are Flying Horse, although your joker and backs are different and suggests number 66 which isn't listed on site below. There have been decks on ebay for sale in the past and currently single cards from same company, but the challenge will be most people will not know what they are so finding them to buy may be tricky. It's also possible you have a mix of cards from multiple decks with same back? Anyhow, good luck.
http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks06/d04080/d04080.htm (http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks06/d04080/d04080.htm)
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Thank you for the information. Now I know what to look for, but most probably will not find it. :-/
BTW: All cards should be from the same deck.