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A Pair of Zeiss Ikon Cine Film Cartridges, and Card Deck, two cartridges, with spools, in metal cases, and a deck of German playing cards, 32 card set, appears unused.

A gold and diamond novelty pendant, France, mid 20th century, designed as a playing card, each corner collet-set with a fancy-cut diamond representing the suits of hearts, clubs, spades and diamonds respectively, mounted in gold, length 3.7cm, French assay marks and indistinct maker's marks

A SET OF POLYCHROME-PAINTED, GILT AND LACQUERED NINETY-SIX MUGHAL GANJIFA PLAYING CARDS WITH LIDDED BOX Possibly Maharashtra, Central - Western India, 19th centuryComprising ninety-six (8 suits with 12 cards each) polychrome-painted, gilt and lacquered playing cards (ganjifa), each of rounded shape, illustrated with a variety of Indian subjects including enthroned Maharajas, riders on their steeds, acrobats, musicians, dancers, large celebrations, interiors, and banqueting scenes, as well as animals, set against alternating red, yellow, green and blue grounds, the reverse with a chequered grid with clusters of red dots filling the squares, fitted in a rectangular box with sliding lid, polychrome-painted, heightened with gold and lacquered, featuring courtly processions and hunting scenes on the sides, and a courtly interior scene with a crowned princess or queen standing in a white pavilion, in conversation with two male attendants, sprays of white flowers decorating the outer borders and edges of the box.each token 4.5cm diameterthe box 9.3cm x 18cm x 7.8cm The South Asian card game known as Ganjifa first reached India from Iran in the early 16th century and it has remained very popular in India, Pakistan, as well as Iran and Turkey until now. In Mughal times, each complete pack of ganjifa cards had to be eight-suited (Mughal ganjifa). These sets were then later replaced by the Dashavatara ganjifa set, in which each suit represents one of Vishnu's avatars. A complete example of ganjifa pack can be seen in the Ashmolean Museum Collection, Oxford (inv. no. EAX.2078). Qty: 1

19th C Persian handpainted and lacquered playing cards for the game of As-Nas, mounted on a Khatam mosaic inlaid frame, marquetry to both sides. Approx. 23.5 cm wide and 33.5 cm high. Each card approx. 5.7 x 4 cm

An Edward VII silver square miniature playing card case with hinged domed cover, Chester marks 1902

A 19th century rosewood rectangular turn-over-top card table with baize lined playing surface on turned supports and scroll legs

A group of five Art Deco porcelain items, c.1930, comprising:a Robj inkwell, formed as a plinth with three steps, the cover as a nude figure, printed mark 'Robj Paris Made in France',11cm wide13cm deep12.8cm high, andfour German porcelain boxes and covers,the first formed as a lady in a yellow dress, holding playing cards with a cat at her feet, 22.5cm high,the second modelled as a seated lady holding a fan, 10.3cm wide,the third modelled as a seated lady with a tennis racket, 16cm high, andthe fourth modelled as a seated lady with a conical hat, 14.5cm high (5)Condition ReportRobj) Small nibbles to the edge of the foot rim.Card player) Very small flat chip to the upper edge of the base where the lids sits.Conical hat) Small nibble to the top of the hat.General) All with wear, slight losses, and rubbing to the gilding and enamelling throughout.

A William IV rosewood card table, the fold-over top enclosing a baize lined playing surface, on tapering column and platform base, 91.5cm wide, 45.5cm deep, 75.5cm high

An early Victorian rosewood card table, the fold-over top enclosing green baize playing surface, on carved and turned column to four scroll legs with knurled feet and castors, 93cm wide, 46cm deep (closed), 73.5cm high

A collection of Wedgwood blue jasper ware to include four pin dishes as playing card trumps, five various vases, three small circular dishes, small circular ash tray, oval dish and rectangular dish together with a Parrott & Company Coronet ware floral spray decorated biscuit barrel and cover with canework covered handle

A Victorian walnut and Tunbridgeware box, circa 1870; the domed cover inlaid with vacant mother-of-pearl plaque, 14cm high, 28cm wide; a late George III satinwood and crossbanded tea caddy, circa 1800, with twin subsidiary covers within, 13cm high, 26cm wide; and a Tunbridgeware, marquetry and burrwood playing card case, circa 1900, 12cm high

A Victorian mahogany games compendium, late 19th century; the hinged cover opening to a fully fitted interior, with playing pieces for backgammon, painted metal race horses for Steeplechase, a wood cribbage marker, card whist markers and other associated items; the cover interior with fold out playing board; the hinged front opening for the chess pieces; 16cm high, 32cm wide. 21cm deep

19th Century Sorrento ware playing card case, together with a square silver plated casket

Actor Gareth Hunt Signed card with 10 x 8 inch unsigned photo. Alan Leonard Hunt, known as Gareth Hunt, was a British television actor best remembered for playing footman Frederick Norton in Upstairs, Downstairs and Mike Gambit in The New Avengers. Good condition Est.

ONE BOX AND LOOSE MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, to include approximately fifty empty vintage match boxes/books from all around, places include Japan, Canada, Holland, U.S.A, Brussels etc, a vintage Walt Disney Treasure Island jigsaw puzzle (pieces may be missing), The Famous Five vintage card game complete with original instructions, Players, playing cards, four vintage mechanical pencils to include 536 Eagle 'Chief' Eagle Co. New York PAT March 14th 1911, a Webster, gold filled, patent no. not readable etc., three framed prints of horse drawn coaches, vintage leather small case, vintage camera in case, Cineland Zoom 8 camera, ten cigarette card albums, seven menus from a P&O ship, 1956 with prints of royal residences by Kay Stewart, etc. (sd/af), (1 box and loose)

Property of a Lady of Title: a Dutch walnut and marquetry inlaid foldover card table, with concertina action, the shaped, lobed top centred by an inlaid flower-filled urn amidst foliage and butterflies, the baize-lined interior with candle stands to the angles, each inlaid with a playing card of a different suit, the shaped frieze with single drawer above an apron, on shell-carved cabriole legs terminating in unusual pad feet carved as buckled shoes. 73cm by 70cm by 35cm. UK Ivory Act 2018 Exemption Submission Reference -Y8T6Z67A

Collection of vintage games to include a turned wooden chess set, playing card packs and a cribbage board.

A mahogany playing card shoe.

A pair of late Victorian and Edwardian leather bound double playing card packs, both bearing the coat of arms and motto of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards, presented to members annually, one dated 1900, 14cm x 10cm; another, coronation edition, dated June 26th 1902 (3)

A set of three Edwardian and later leather bound double playing card packs, bearing the coat of arms and motto of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards, presented to members annually, 14cm x 10cm (3)

19th century Dutch marquetry inlaid card table, triangular top with floral and urn inlay, drop-leaf action revealing floral and playing card inlay, gate-leg mechanism, on fluted tapering supports terminating in spade feetDimensions: Height: 73cm  Length/Width: 84cm  Depth/Diameter: 84cm

A collection of Magic the Gathering playing card decks and rulebooks to include the Anthologies boxed set, Wizards of the Coast.

A late Victorian rosewood and bone-mounted playing card press, c.1900, with four counter boxes made from boxwood veneered in rosewood and with matching bone mounts, the centre press able to fit two packs of playing cards, 27.5 x 15.5 x 20cms high.PROVENANCE: The Graham Smith Retirement Auction - 50 years in the Antiques Trade.

Two similar George III rosewood and satinwood banded card tables, c.1810, each with canted rectangular hinged swivel action top opening to reveal baize line playing surface, on turned supports raised on a rectangular platform, on four boxwood strung sabre-shaped legs with brass caps and casters, 91.5 x 45.3 x 75.5cms high.PROVENANCE: The Graham Smith Retirement Auction - 50 years in the Antiques Trade.

A fine late 19th Century continental walnut and burr walnut serpentine card table, the moulded serpentine-shaped top opening onto rear gate legs to reveal a baize-lined playing surface with broad walnut edge, above a concealed frieze drawer with shaped apron, raised on carved cabriole legs with gilt enriched acanthus and floral chain decoration, connected by shaped stretchers with urn finial and acanthus wrapped feet, 93.5 x 88 (open) 44 (closed) x 78cms high.PROVENANCE: The Graham Smith Retirement Auction - 50 years in the Antiques Trade.

* French playing cards. Cartes Mythologiques, Paris: V. Lange, circa 1848, the complete piquet deck of 32 playing cards (French suits), chromolithographed and heightened with gold, single-figure courts representing named divinities from Greek and Roman mythology, JC with maker's details, aces showing two mythological scenes, AC with 'Lith Vor. Arouy, Rue St. Honere, 67', pip cards with central single or double medallions depicting more mythological beings, the suit signs surrounded by decorative flourishes and floral ornaments, 9D with tiny spot of surface loss to one suit sign, QH lightly toned, square corners, versos 'enamelled' plain pink, each card 82 x 56 mm, all cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board (42 x 59.5 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.British Museum 1982,U.4589.1-32 (Willshire, French 78); Verame (1989), p.76 "Une de ces innombrables merveilles du XIXe siecle publiees par un petit editeur-imprimeur."

* Puerto Rican playing cards. Political cards 'Barajas Alacran', Taller Alacran in San Juan: Antonio Martorell, circa 1965, the complete deck of 52 (plus 2 jokers) playing cards, printed in red and blue, with indices, suit signs represent Puerto Rican political groups: coconut palm with falling fruit (blue), white 5-pointed star on red, hand holding staff & blue flag with white cross, silhouette of a head wearing a peasant's hat (red), double-ended courts and single-headed aces representing party leaders and other political characters, with various objects incorporated into the designs, ace of coconut palms has Made in U.S.A., jokers depicts a full-length caricature of Lyndon Johnson, then president of the United States, generally toned, few faint corner creases, rounded corners, versos blue with white design including the suit signs and two scorpions incorporating the words Barajas alacran, each card 89 x 63 mm, with original wrapper (some losses), stating Printed in Puerto Rico and the maker's details, 20 cards and the wrapper corner mounted onto a display board (59 x 42 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of display board), the remainder in a plastic bagQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Orzack & Orzack: Political Playing-Cards: American Examples, in The Playing-Card, vol. XI, no. 2, Nov 1982, pp. 33-49.These extremely rare cards were designed and issued by Antonio Martorell and published by his studio and community art centre Taller Alacran. According to Dudley Ollis' note, Ollis was told by Louis Orzack that he (Orzack) had met Antonio Martorell and been presented with a pack of these cards. However shortly afterwards the police in Puerto Rico seized and destroyed all stocks of the cards. Orzack believed that the only packs still in existence were his own and a pack saved by the artist, which is now displayed in the Puerto Rico Museo de Arte de Ponce. Therefore this apparently escaped example, found by Dudley Ollis at a London antiques fair, would seem to be one of only three examples that have survived.The cards support the movement for independence from the United States. The Spanish word alacran means scorpion, and refers to the United States and its hold over the island. The four suits represent: coconut palms with fruit = New Progressive Party, hand with flag = Independentista movement, white star on red = Communist Party, profile head = Popular Democratic Party. This profile head is believed to be that of Governor Muñoz-Marin.

* French playing cards. French army pack, Paris: Henry & Cie, circa 1855, 22 (of 32, without: Q, 10-9 spades; J diamonds; J, 9-8 clubs; 10, 8-7 hearts) stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), each card with a miniature standard French pattern card to two corners (single figure named courts), the captioned cards depict members of Napoleon III's new imperial army, some brown toning and spotting, Q clubs with small brown stain to upper right corner, square corners (lightly rounded from use), versos plain white, each card 77 x 51 mm, together with Characters pack, Pont à Mousson: Marcel Vagné, circa 1890, the complete piquet deck of 32 stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), each with miniature non-standard playing card to upper left, and depicting a named character from literature, nursery rhymes or a national character, ace of hearts with maker's details, generally toned, slight wear to few edges or corners, K clubs with tiny edge tear, square corners, versos plain 'white', each card approximately 80 x x 58 mm, all cards mounted with photo corners onto 2 display boards (42 x 59 cm and smaller), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards)QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: The only reference to this unusual deck we have found is in the MGM Joker KG catalogue for November 1992: Collection Gene Hochman Part II, #76. Napoleon III created his new Imperial Guard in 1854. Second item: We have found no other examples of this deck. Marcel Vagné (1842-1901) took over the large Haguenthal imaging printing house in Pont-à-Mousson (Moselle) in 1880, where he produced mainly games for children. Apparently his works were known for being poor quality in both design and creation - Dudley Ollis noted that these cards are printed on 'poor friable stock'. The various characters portrayed in this pack include: Chinois, Cadet Roussel, Robinson Crusoe, Negre, Don Quixote, Colombine, and others. The miniature court cards show single figure jacks, but the kings and queens are busts of named French royalty.

* French playing cards. Aluette pack, Nantes: Beauvais (1st portrait), circa 1848, a complete deck of 48 stencil coloured wood engraved playing cards (Spanish suits), 2 of swords with maker's details, single figure courts of unusual design, high value cards numbered, few minor marks or spots, small surface loss to 3 of swords (affecting tip of one sword hilt), square corners, versos brown-black lattice, each card 85 x 57 mm, 28 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board (42 x 59.5 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bagQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Rare. According to aluette.net, this pack is the premier portrait by Beauvais of Nantes, dated to 1845-1850. Here Beauvais has attempted to introduce a new and original design, but it is believed that this was not a success and Beauvais later created a second, more classic aluette portrait.

* French playing cards. Spanish National Pattern, Paris: B.P. Grimaud, circa 1900, a complete deck of 48 stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (Spanish suits), all single figure courts and ace of coins with maker's details, 2 of swords with tax stamp, lightly toned and dusty, few minor marks, 2 of clubs somewhat soiled, indices, square corners, versos small blue pattern, each card 95 x 62 mm, together with 36 other French packs, including two circa 1910: G. Jouin of Paris, Belgian pattern for export, and B.P. Grimaud English pattern (Whist no.1000), the remainder all second half 20th century, comprising: Memoires de Casanova de Seingalt, by Philibert of Paris; 3 packs by Arts et Lettres of Nancy; 5 packs by J.C. Dusserre of Paris (one made by Boechat Freres); 3 packs by Catel et Farcy of Paris; 1 pack each by Draeger Freres, by Miro, and by Willeb, all of Paris; and 19 packs by B.P. Grimaud, all marked as complete (not checked), a quantity of cards from each deck mounted with photo corners onto 35 display boards (two encapsulated in clear plastic), none examined out of boards, the remainder in plastic bags, most with original box, each board 59.5 x 42 cm and smallerQTY: (35)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.

Carter (Jimmy). Why Not The Best?, 1st edition, Nashville: Broadman Press, 1975, signed by the author to the front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Kissinger (Henry), Years of Renewal, 1st edition, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999, signed & inscribed by the author to the front endpaper, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed with minor tears to head & foot, 8vo, with other signed political biographies, including works by Hilary Clinton, Colin Powel, plusGuillemard (Arthur G.), Over Land and Sea, a log of travel round the world in 1873-1874, 1st edition, London: Tinsley Brothers, 1875, engraved frontispiece & title page, pages uncut, some minor marginal toning, original blue cloth, boards slightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, andAngell (Norman), The Money Game, how to play it, a new instrument of economic education, reprint edition, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1928, playing cards to the rear, some light toning, rear card folder slightly rubbed, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other modern biography, history, art reference & other non-fiction, including The Radiant City, by le Corbusier, New York: The Orion Press, 1967, original cloth in dust jacket, oblong 4to, The Mystical Qabalah, by Dion Fortune, 10th impression, London: Ernest Benn, 1972, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio, with 2 framed & glazed prints & 2 framed original paintingsQTY: (6 shelves)

* German playing cards. Portuguese Insurrection cards, unknown maker: Germany, circa 1840, 46 (of 52, without 10, jack, queen of spades, and 9, queen, king of hearts) stencil coloured wood engraved playing cards (French suits), commemorating the Evora Monte Convention of 1834, double-ended Germanic courts, scenic aces each depicting a named and dated battle from the Liberal Wars (War of the Two Brothers), with captions in Portuguese and French, 6 of spades with Portuguese tax stamp, dusty, some soiling and occasional stains (especially to king of diamonds and 5 of hearts), square corners, versos brown dotted wiggly lines, each card 88 x 57 mm, together with Bohemian playing cards, Empire pattern, Prague: Emil Klogner, circa 1875, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts, jacks of diamonds and clubs with maker's details, lightly toned and dusty, few pale spots, square corners, versos red checked pattern, each card 87 x 58 mm, plus Hungarian playing cards, War Aid pack (Hadsegélyzö Kártya) no.63, 1st edition, Budapest: Piatnik, 1917, the complete deck of 32 chromolithographed playing cards (German suits), designed by Leo Kober, double-ended named courtseach daus with artist's name, daus of bells with date and imprint, 7 of bells with faint tax stamp and Piatnik jockey imprint, toned, some marks and soiling, king of leaves rubbed with a little wear, rounded corners, double-ended versos depicting a returning soldier with flag and a caption by the Hungarian Ministry of War, each card 113 x 70 mm, with another 19 packs (including two duplicates), all 20th century, from various countries including Ireland, Switzerland, Spain, Ethiopia/France, Indonesia, a quantity of cards from most packs mounted with photo corners onto display boards (55 x 41 cm and similar), encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bags, most with original box/wrapper, all believed complete (not checked) except one Irish pack lacking jokerQTY: (22)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Fournier, Germanic 80 (presumably with plain aces); Hargrave pp.134-135 (slightly different edition); Stanley Gibbons catalogue August 1978 #152 (this actual pack - unsold).

* French playing cards. Comic tradesman pack, France: unknown maker, circa 1820, 23 (of 32, without: J hearts; K, J spades; Q, 7, 9-10 diamonds; K, 7 clubs) hand-coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), each with miniature standard French pattern playing card to upper left (single figure courts), each card (captioned in French) portraying a tradesman in a comic style, attired in objects that relate to his profession, generally dusty, some marks and stains, especially to club pip cards and 9 spades, Q hearts with a couple of small early ink trials, 9 hearts with tiny corner chip, corners lightly rounded from use, versos plain white, each card 84 x 52 mm, all cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board (54.5 x 40 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.The only other example of this apparently rare and comical deck that we have found is in the Museum Ehingen on the Museum-digital Baden-Württemberg website, where it is listed as Spielkarten Piquet Comique. Their pack consists of only 11 of the 32 cards that would have made the full deck, and they suggest a date range of 1801-1825 for its production.

* Indian playing cards. Ramayana Ganjpa, Sonepur, India, circa 1900, 143 (of 144, without 2 of katar (violet)) hand-painted and lacquered circular fabric playing cards, comprising 12 suits of 12, each with pip cards 1-10 and 2 court cards, often a trifle rubbed or creased, 4 pip cards and raja of Jambavat more heavily creased with some surface loss, versos plain red, diameter 40 mm, with original wooden box (rubbed with slight wear), covered with plaster and linen and hand-painted, the sides with intertwining bands and scrolls, the sliding lid with a figure, possibly a sannyasi, 6 x 6.3 x 13.2 cm, together with Ramayana Ganjpa, Sonepur, India, circa 1900, 141 (of 144, without 9 of bears (white), 3 of naga pasha (black), 3 of trishula (pale blue)) hand-painted and lacquered circular fabric playing cards, some rubbing, especially to edges, few cards with mostly minor surface loss, some generally light creasing, versos plain red, diameter 42 mm, with original wooden box (rubbed with slight wear), as above, the sliding lid with Hanuman wielding his mace, 6.4 x 6.7 x 11.8 cm, 48 cards from each pack mounted with nylon wire onto 2 display boards (40 x 54.5 cm and similar), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards), the remainder in their respective boxes, plus Mogul Ganjifa, Rajasthan, circa 1950?, 93 (of 96, without 8 of safed, 9 of shamsher, 2 of gulam) hand-painted and lacquered circular fabric playing cards, comprising 8 suits of 12, some (generally minor) edge chips or surface loss, 7 of chang with loss of 1/4 of card, 5 of shamsher & 4 of surkh creased with surface loss, contained in original wooden box, lacking sliding lid, the sides painted with floral panels, lightly rubbed with a few edge chips, 6.1 x 6.4 x 11.1 cmQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: From the former small princely state of Sonepur in Orissa, India; the cards called ganjpa, which is Oriya for ganjifa.Second item: see Leyden (1982) page 108 for a smiliar deck with an almost identical design on the box lid.

* Danish playing cards. Standard Paris-type pattern, Copenhagen: Steinmann, circa 1810, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (French suits), single figure named courts, jack of clubs with maker's name 'Steinmans', Danish tax stamp on aces of spades and diamonds, dusty, some light soiling and minor marks, some pip cards very lightly creased, versos black dotted lattice, each card 81 x 56 mm, 16 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board (54.5 x 40 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bagQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.See World of Playing Cards website (P. Steinmann webpage), for a very similar pack. Their pack also has 'Steinmans' on the jack of clubs, but helpfully the accompanying tax wrapper clearly states 'P. Steinmann'.

* Jewish playing cards. Artistic Palestine Play-Cards, Jerusalem: Duchifat Press, circa 1920, 51 (of 52, without 6 of menorahs) colour lithographed playing cards, designed by Ze'ev Raban, suits are menorahs, fig leaves, pomegranates, and stars of David, single figure courts depicting named Biblical and other Jewish characters, the acidic cardstock is toned, 7 of pomegranates a trifle stained, square corners, versos green design of zodiac signs, each card 81 x 58 mm, with original wrapper front panel, made from a section of blank postcard (5mm tear to upper corner, ink mark to left figure), 16 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board (54.5 x 39 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bagQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Jewish Museum accession number: F 4561.Ze'ev Raban studied in Poland and Germany before moving to Jerusalem in 1912. There he joined the Bezalel Academy where he was an important teacher and prolific artist. This pack was later modified and republished with French suits as Jacob's Bible Cards. The wrapper front panel gives the title and imprint in Hebrew. The missing back panel would have provided the same information in English, including the title given above.

* German playing cards. Wahrsag Spiel Fur Damen (Ladies Fortune Telling Game), Stuttgart: F.G. Schulz, circa 1830, the complete deck of 32 hand-coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), each with miniature French pattern playing card to upper left, the cards depict various characters and scenes, with captions beneath, plus a blank white card, toned and dusty, some light finger-soiling, few minor brown marks or stains, cards very slightly bowed, square corners, versos plain pink, each card 93 x 58 mm, with explanatory booklet and original pictorial box (possibly lacking an inner part of slipcase), 20 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board (54.5 x 40 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bagQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Friedrich Gustav Schulz was a lithography publisher who was active in Stuttgart between 1820-1865. We have found no other playing cards by this publisher, and no other examples of this charming fortune telling deck. The accompanying booklet explains a couple of different games using these cards (with the blank white card an integral part) and also lists what each card represents.

* German playing cards. Neue Ovale Salon Spielkarten, Leipzig: A. Twietmeyer, circa 1877, a complete deck of 52 colour lithographed oval playing cards (French suits) designed by Fedor Flinzer, double-ended courts representing learning (hearts), war (spades), trade (diamonds) and farming (clubs), jack spades with imprint, ace hearts with Leipzig tax stamp, lightly toned, variable brown marks or spotting, slightly bowed, gilt edges, versos blue hexagons, each card 104 x 68 mm, with original two-part box (lid lacking part of its lip), together with: Belle Alliance pack, Leipzig: Industrie-Comptoir, circa 1816, a complete skat deck of 32 stencil coloured engraved playing cards (German suits), commemorating the war of liberation from Napoleon, single figure courts representing the allied armies, 7 hearts with Industrie-Comptoir, various other captions mainly regarding battles, dusty and spotted, 7H with crease, courners a little rounded from use, versos pattern of small blue squares, each card 90 x 51 mm, plus: German Unity pack, Stralsund: Vereinigte Stralsunder Spielkartenfabriken, 1915, a complete skat deck of 32 chromolithographed playing cards (German suits), 7 & 8 cards depicting named warships, all others cards portraying named German leaders and royalty, imprint on unter of acorns, Stralsund tax stamp on daus of hearts, lightly dusty, some minor toning and scarce spots, ober of bells & daus of leaves with corner crease, rounded corners, versos green pattern of Iron Crosses with central title, each card 102 x 58 mm, with 9 others German decks, including one by F.A. Lattman of Goslar, circa 1885, Whistkarten no.2 with scenic aces, and 8 by Dondorf: Tarok no.245; Club-Karte (between variant 1 & 2); Standardbild variant 2a; whist no.150; Wahrsage-Karten (no.1, also called Cartes Lenormand) variant 2; playing cards no.172; whist no.174 Costumes Suisses; No.110 L'hombre Karten, all believed complete (not checked), the Lenormand deck with two accompanying booklets (one German & one French, five with original box, a quantity of cards from each deck mounted with photo corners (or other non-adhesive method) onto 14 display boards (54.5 x 40 cm and similar), encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), one board double and folding, the remaining cards in plastic bagsQTY: (12)NOTE:First item: British Museum 1896,0501.431 (Schreiber, German 236); Bube Dame König (1982) 153; Cary, GER 583; Fournier, Germanic 95. This oval pack is more commonly found as a 32 card deck. Second item: Cary, GER 386; Hoffman 75 a); Verame (1989) p.101 (uncoloured); World of Playing Cards webpage (Victory Deck). There seems to be two slightly different editions of this pack: ours agrees with those in Hoffman and Verame. The other version has the initials F.M.G. on the 7 of hearts (instead of Industrie-Comptoir) - for Friedrich Gotthelf Baumgärtner who was the owner of the Industrie Comptoir in Leipzig.Third item: Bube Dame König (1982) 109.

* Indian playing cards. Mogul Ganjifa, Rajasthan, circa 1950?, 94 (of 96, without 8 of surkh, wazir of qimash) hand-painted and lacquered circular fabric playing cards, comprising 8 suits of 12, each with pip cards 1-10 and 2 court cards, lightly rubbed in places, a few cards edge chipped or with minor crack(s), wazir of chang with some loss, gulam suit possibly mixed (some suit signs seem to vary), versos red with single line yellow border, diameter 46 mm, with original wooden box (very slight splaying at some joins), hand-painted with lattice design (small area of surface loss to one lower corner), sliding lid unpainted (lightly stained dark green), 6 x 6.4 x 11.5 cm, together with Whist pack, Maharashtra, India: Sawantwadi Lacquerware, 1979, a complete deck of 52 hand-painted and lacquered playing cards (French suits), unmounted cards very lightly bowed, versos red with floral design, rounded corners, each card 102 x 81 mm, with original hand-painted wooden box and sliding lid, maker's name on base, 10.4 x 5.5 x 12.2 cm, plus Whist pack, Maharashtra, India: Sawantwadi Lacquerware, circa 1980, a complete deck of 52 plus joker hand-painted and lacquered playing cards (French suits), unmounted cards lightly bowed, 8 of hearts with tiny flake of surface loss, versos red with floral design, rounded corners, each card 89 x 64 mm, with original hand-painted wooden box and sliding lid, maker's name on base, 9.2 x 4.9 x 11.9 cm, with another 3 packs of Indian playing cards: a variety of Dasavatara Ganjifa, probably Puri district of Orissa (Dandhoshahi?), circa 1970, 120 cards (10 complete suits, including blue peacocks and black rats) possibly from a larger pack; Dasavatara Ganjifa, Orissa, circa 1970, 120 complete, bazaar quality; 555 Unique, by Playwell (Bombay), circa 1980, 52 plus 2 jokers and original card box, a quantity of cards from 4 listed decks mounted with nylon wire or photo corners onto display boards (48 x 54.5 cm and smaller), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards), the remainder in boxes (original or modern) and/or bagsQTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Second and third items: See Leyden (1982) for the earlier 19th (or possibly late 18th) century deck that these packs are based on.

* French playing cards. Aluette pack, Nantes: Roinè (Père & Fils Jeune) and DuMoutier, circa 1820, a complete deck of 48 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (Spanish suits), all cards with double-line border, single figured courts with maker's details, 2 of coins with Borgne, 2 of swords with Faites a Nantes, three jacks have a feather in their caps, no cards numbered, few minor spots or marks, jack of cups with small brown mark to left border, square corners, versos blue stars and dots, each card 84 x 55 mm, 24 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board (54.5 x 42 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bagQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.According to aluette.net, this pack is likely to be the 4th portrait produced by Pierre Vincent Roinè and DuMoutier working together - this time with Roinè's younger son also involved. The dates suggested for this design are 1814-1826-29. It is virtually identical to their 3rd portrait (1814-1823), with the addition of feathers in the caps of three jacks and a few fleur-de-lys. The ink stamped names on the courts appear to include both ROINè P. and ROINè F. (for example, see king of batons and jack of swords respectively), as well as DUMOUTIER.

* Translucent playing cards. Erotic translucent deck, France or Germany?, circa 1865, 14 (of 32?) stencil coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), unusual single figure courts depicting characters of different nationalities, each card (including pip cards) with a hidden stencil-coloured erotic image, gilt edges, square corners, versos plain white, each card 80 x 49 mm, all cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board with cutouts (39 x 54.5 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of board)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Han Janssen (1985), p.267 (illustrated), where they are described as French, but a very slightly different edition to ours. Dudley Ollis however lists them as possibly German in origin. The cards present comprise: king, queen, jack, ace, 8-10 of clubs; king & 9 of diamonds; jack & 9 of spades; queen, 9-10 of hearts. In Transluscent Playing-cards, Trevor Denning (p.47) states that he has found no other translucent court cards beyond the 'standard' design illustrated in his book. All other translucent erotic cards he has seen have been pip cards only, making this a rare example.

A George III parquetry inlaid mahogany card table. Condition- some general wear and minor losses to include surface marks and scratches, chips to veneer and stringing, some marks to the baize playing surface, no signs of woodworm, the table would benefit from a good clean.

A mahjong set by Nintendo playing card co.

Automobile related collectables, to include Mercedes playing card set, an Avon Super Cycle Wild Country aftershave lotion, historic cars, coin set, HP car trays, etc. (1 tray)

A Nicole Freres rosewood music box late 19th century, Swiss, playing six airs, no. 1072, with a 28cm long cylinder, key wind mechanism, and tune card, no.29761, 46cm wide17cm deep13cm highCondition ReportRestored to a high level. Plays very well and holds a tune. Winding key present. Please see the additional images and video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kf3uCDBgfo 

McFarlane - Fantasy - D&D - A small group of games, a model kit and role playing ephemera, that includes A Game of Thrones The Card Game Expansion (sealed); McFarlane Game of Thrones Construction Set; IDW Dungeons & Dragond 'Forgotten Realms'; and 'Dragonfly the Game. Items appear to be in Excellent - Mint sealed condition with some eveidence of minor storage related wear. All items are unchecked for completeness. (This does not constitute a guarantee) (K)

heritage - Hamlet - Benny - Others - An assortment of 40 packs of various playing cards to include Monarchs of England Card Game, The Rescuers Find The Diamond, Happy Families and others. Items appear to be in good-very good condition in good plus boxes. Items not checked for completeness. (This does not constitute a guarantee) RG

Hornby - Pepys - Waddingtons - Others - An assortment of over 30 packs of various playing cards and game sets to include Hornby Railway co. playing Card Game Set, Peter Pan Card Game, Alcatraz and others. Items appear to be in good-very good condition in good plus boxes. Items not checked for completeness. (This does not constitute a guarantee) RG

TWO BOXES OF PICTURE CARDS, CARD ALBUMS, PLAYING CARDS, to include over forty albums with collectors cards, subjects to include ships, wildlife, dinosaurs, trees etc. vintage pull along toy horse with tin frame and wheels, one hundred loose picture cards, fifty postcards subjects include places, humour, royals, The Beatles, etc. (sd/af), (2 boxes)

A collection of 19th Century and early 20th Century playing cards in a wooden playing card press

A 1930s Bridge card set and tray and Rolinx roll-top card box with two packs of playing cards, sealed, together with a set of phenolic napkin rings

20th century mahogany demi-lune card table, fold-over top with gadrooned edge revealing baize playing surface, single pull-out rear support, on square tapering supports with spade feetDimensions: Height: 70cm  Length/Width: 92cm  Depth/Diameter: 45cm

Four vintage playing card games including De La Rue & Co's "Pneumatic" cards and The Wizard Fortune Telling Cards

Attributed to Octavius Oakley (British 1800-1867), portrait of a Gypsy Fortune Teller, sitting outside of a 'Bender' Gypsy Shelter, holding a playing card. Watercolour. 13'' x 8.5'' approx. (32cm x 21cm). Housed in an elaborate mid 19th Century frame, overall size 21'' x 16.5'' (52cm x 41cm).

A quantity of board games to include Scrabble, Risk!, Buccaneer, L'Attaque, Mouse Trap, Ker-plunk!, Simpsons Cluedo and Monopoly, etc, together with a quantity of vintage playing cards and card games

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE CARD TABLEC.1780-90the kingwood crossbanded fold-over top with a carved ribbon and laurel edge enclosing a baize lined playing surface above a fluted frieze on stiff leaf and fluted tapering legs71.8cm high, 86.5cm wide, 45.5cm deepProvenanceGlen House, Bruton.Purchased from Avon Antiques, 26 & 27 Market Street, Bradford on Avon on 8th May 1984 for £2600.

⊕ CHILDREN PLAYING MUSIC AND DANCING, POSSIBLY A DESIGN FOR A FONT FOR ST STEPHEN'S CHURCH BATTERSEAsigned with initals and dated 69 lower right gouache over pencil on card 28 x 36cm; 11 x 14in (irregular) unframed

A late Victorian silver rectangular playing card box, the hinged lid revealing a twin-section interior, London 1898 by W. & G. Neal, weight 106.7g, height 7cm.

A set of Victorian novelty playing card suit pattern silver table salts, formed as an Spade, Diamond, Heart and Club, likely by Arthur Sibley, London 1873, each with gilt wash interior and accompanying matched silver condiment spoon (one broken), 7.7oz gross.

2 x Frosties/Ricicles portable radio late 1970's plus 2 x Winston cigarettes mini radio (one with outer box) plus a Golden Sky novelty playing card radio. Discoloration to one Frosties radio.