Not sure if this has appeared on the forum before. Reddit today claims these are the oldest full deck of 52 cards in known existence:
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the ... rch/475513
By coincidence, I just had a look at them last week, as I live very close to the Cloisters in upper Manhattan.
Oldest full deck of cards
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Oldest full deck of cards
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Re: Odest full deck of cards
How well do they faro?
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Re: Odest full deck of cards
They're all one-way faces.
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Re: Odest full deck of cards
It's one of those Heirloom decks from Card-Shark. The curator of the museum hasn't realized it yet.
Re: Oldest full deck of cards
Looks, they are all corner short.
Now you gotta "square" these up
Now you gotta "square" these up
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Re: Oldest full deck of cards
CardMaker, I see you're selling David Solomon's Cigarette through Card on your website. Have you licensed the rights from him?
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Re: Oldest full deck of cards
I visited the Cloisters museum on a trip to NYC a year and a half ago. It's as close to visiting a medieval monastery as we can get on this side of the Atlantic. I didn't know about the playing cards and don't recall seeing them, but the Cloisters was a highlight of the trip. Recommended!
http://www.metmuseum.org/visit/visit-the-cloisters
http://www.metmuseum.org/visit/visit-the-cloisters
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Richard Kaufman wrote:CardMaker, I see you're selling David Solomon's Cigarette through Card on your website. Have you licensed the rights from him?
Richard,
my version is far, far away from Solomon.
There is a similar version of mine around; marketed by a "famous" french gimmick seller; but mine is better. For the principle itself, no rights required. But mine is different, anyway.