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Since their
initial development, the history or origin of playing cards
have been associated with chance, fate, fortune telling,
magic, games and gambling.
Playing Cards appeared in France about 1360 and the
standard suit signs symbols used in the United States today,
spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs, were first designed by
the French.
The first
playing card company to produce playing
cards in the United States is believed to be
Jazaniah Ford of Milton, Mass. around the
late 1700s. Other early American playing
card makers include Louis Cohen, Lawrence &
Cohen, Samuel Hart, Andrew Dougherty and the
Union Card Co.
Decks of playing cards are often
miniature works of arts, and the
immense diversity of deck designs
created over the centuries, offer a
collector a never ending source of
information and pleasure.
The field of
vintage antique playing cards collecting
is immense and there are cards that can
appeal to many interests and playing card featuring pictures of dogs, cats, flowers,
or intricate designs are highly collectible
as are
cards used to advertise businesses,
products or services. Advertising
decks are just about as numerous as
those with pictorial backs. The idea
of using playing cards for
advertising is an old one and a deck
advertising an old product is worth
more than a deck advertising
something current. Then there is the
collecting of souvenir decks issued
by World Fairs and Exposition,
personalized playing cards, custom
playing cards, promotional playing
cards, jumbo playing cards,
collectible playing cards, beer
breweriana playing cards, novelty
playing cards, and Disney.
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