Peter Endebrock's Playing-card Pages        home   -   cards from Hannover   -   taxes   -   collection   -   societies   -   my publications

  home   >   collection

On the following pages I show some packs from my collection, and I give a short description of the cards.

Please be aware that the image files may be rather large and may take some time to load. You can see the cards in more detail by clicking on the image.

If you have corrections, additional information, or any other comments to the descriptions of the cards, I should appreciate if you could send an email to me: peter@endebrock.de.

Other packs from my collection will be added at irregular intervals, but mostly one per month.

Extrafeine Schwerdter Karte	May 2012
Gaigel cards with double-faced Swabian pattern	Apr. 2012
Gaigel cards with single-faced Swabian pattern	Aug. 2009 (rev. Apr. 2012)
Frankfurt pattern Whist (2)	Mar. 2012
Olympia-Spielkarte with French suit-signs	Feb. 2011 (rev. Mar. 2012)
Swiss Piquet pack	Feb. 2012
Animal Tarock from Lübeck	Jan. 2012
Piquet pack from Francfort/Main	Dec. 2011
Bavarian Miniature Cards	May 2009 (rev. Dec. 2011)
Poker pack from Glogau	Nov. 2011
Whist pack from Braunschweig	Oct. 2011
Kostümtarock (Fancy Dress Tarock)	Sep. 2011
Luxury pack from Hamburg	Aug. 2011
Fortune-telling pack from Germany	July 2011
Cartolina Postale - Giuoco delle Carte	June 2011
Toy Cards	May 2011
Cartes mignonnes	Apr. 2011
The Allied Armies' Playing Cards	Mar. 2011
Vaterländische Spielkarten 1915	Feb. 2003 (rev. Mar. 2011)
Olympia-Spielkarte with German suit-signs	Feb. 2011
Sheet from Hildesheim, Germany (?)	Jan. 2011
L'hombre cards from Hannover	Apr. 2010 (rev. Dec. 2010)
Swiss Whist pack	Nov. 2010
'Travel' Patience	Oct. 2010 (rev. Nov. 2010)
Royal Revelers	Sep. 2010
Portuguese Cards	Aug. 2010
Hand-drawn cards from Austria	July 2010
Whist pack from Italy	June 2010
Miniature pack from Uruguay	Mar. 2010
Whist cards	Feb. 2010
Künstlerjass (Swiss Artist's Jass)	Jan. 2010
Kartenspielereien (Münchener Bilderbogen)	Dec. 2009
Sheet from Austria (?)	Nov. 2009
Deutsch-Österreichische Bündnis-Spielkarte (2)	Oct. 2009
Deutsch-Österreichische Bündnis-Spielkarte (1)	Nov. 2005 (rev. Oct. 2009)
Patience cards from Czechoslovakia	Sep. 2009 (rev. Oct. 2009)
Whist with Italian Aces	June 2009
Neue Deutsche Spielkarte	June 2002 (rev. June 2009)
Frankfurt Riflemen Cards (Frankfurter Schützenkarte)	Apr. 2009
Pictorial Cards (Béatrice, or the Fracas)	Aug. 2001 (rev. Apr. 2009)
Spielkarten in Bromsilber-Photographie	Mar. 2009
Saks Fifth Avenue	Feb. 2009
Wüst's Patience Karten No. 240	Jan. 2009
Neue Schwerter-Karte	May 2005 (rev. Jan. 2009)
Charactères et Vues Suisses (1)	Feb. 2001 (rev. Jan. 2009)
Peters Union Reifen	Dec. 2008
Shakespeare (Goodall)	Oct. 2008
Hand-drawn miniature pack	Sep. 2008
Dondorf's Jägerkarte	Aug. 2008
Vues & Costumes Suisses (2)	July 2008
Vues & Costumes Suisses (1)	July 2001 (rev. July 2008)
Feinste Whist	June 2008
Rabouge from Rochlitz	May 2008
Swedish matchbox labels	Apr. 2008
Carte da Giuoco Nazionali	Mar. 2008
James MacKay's cards	Feb. 2008
Ovale Salon-Spielkarten	Jan. 2008
Poster stamps from Stralsund: Patience No. 186	Dec. 2007
Danish children's cards	Nov. 2007
Frankfurt pattern Whist (1)	Sep. 2007
Kinderkarte, fein	Aug. 2007
Feine Whist No. 2	July 2007
SPD propaganda pack 1953	June 2007
Playing-card chromos	May 2007
Nürnberg pattern, narrow cards	Apr. 2007
Harlequin Playing Cards	Mar. 2007
Regentkort	Feb. 2007
Elite No. 80	Jan. 2007
Rabouge No. 9	July 2000 (rev. Jan. 2007)
Rabouge No. 5	Nov. 2006
Extrafine No. 60	Oct. 2006
Costumes Suisses National	Sep. 2006
Mohrendeutsche (Moorish German cards)	Aug. 2006
L'hombre Cards from Naumburg	July 2006
North-German Cards	June 2006
American Playing Cards	May 2006
Elfriede Weidenhaus	Apr. 2006
Nursery Rhymes (2)	Mar. 2006
Nursery Rhymes (1)	Mar. 2006
Superfin Whist Usidenz	Feb. 2006
Demag advertising pack	Jan. 2006
Schwerter Karte	Dec. 2005
Feine Traplir-Karten	Oct. 2005
Hand-drawn transformation cards	Sep. 2005
Portrait Nr. 17 'Preussenkarte' ('Prussia cards')	Aug. 2005
Miniature cards from Austria	July 2005
Spielkarte der Münchner Jugend	Apr. 2005
Standard English Playing-Cards	Mar. 2005
Essberger Cards	Feb. 2005
Minchiate 'Carte Fine'	Jan. 2005
Artist's Happy Families	Dec. 2004 (rev. Jan. 2005)
Miniature pack from Germany (3)	Nov. 2004
Deutsche Heereskarte	Mar. 2003 (rev. Nov. 2004)
Skatkarte des 20. Jahrhunderts	Oct. 2004
Pack with single-faced Swiss pattern	Aug. 2004
Whist pack from Russia	July 2004
Whist pack from Stralsund	June 2004
Whist pack from Germany	May 2004
Whist pack from Copenhagen	Apr. 2004
Reichs-Karte	Feb. 2004
Stralsunder Kaiserkarte	Feb. 2004
Pack with Prussian pattern (Stralsund)	Jan. 2004
Whist pack from Goslar	Dec. 2003
Extrafeine Dresdner Schwerdter Karte	Nov. 2003
Trappola (Jemné Spady)	Sep. 2003
Hexenspiel (Vogelspiel)	Aug. 2003
Miniature pack by Wüst	July 2003
Kaffee Piquet	June 2003
Glazed Cards	May 2003
Sport Karte	Apr. 2003
Deutsche Einheitskarte	Nov. 2000 (rev. Feb. 2003)
Französische Spiel-Karte	Jan. 2003
Deutsche Spiel-Karte	Dec. 2002
Deutsche Kriegs Spielkarte	Nov. 2000 (rev. Dec. 2002)
Superfeine Schwerdter Karte	Nov. 2002
Feldherrenkarte	Oct. 2002
Patience pack from Germany	Sep. 2002
Hand-drawn fortune-telling pack	Aug. 2002
Supra Fijne Speelkaarten	July 2002
Hyakunin Isshu Uta Karuta	May 2001 (rev. June 2002)
Miniature pack from Germany (2)	May 2002
Miniature pack from Germany (1)	Apr. 2002
Luxury Piquet pack from Leipzig	Mar. 2002
Viking Spillekort No. 11	Feb. 2002
Cotta's Card Almanac for 1806	Jan. 2002
Gaigel playing-cards from Altenburg	Dec. 2001
Vereinigte Staaten Spielkarten	Apr. 2001 (rev. Dec. 2001)
Rixdorf playing-cards	Nov. 2001
Pack with Roman Goddesses	Oct. 2001
Dondorfs Hundertjahrkarte 1833-1933	June 2001 (rev. Oct. 2001)
Whist pack with secondary usage	Sep. 2001
Béatrice ou les Fracas	Aug. 2001
Deutsche Spielkarten No. 301	Mar. 2001
Charactères et Vues Suisses (2)	Feb. 2001
Historic Playing Cards (2)	Jan. 2001
Historic Playing Cards (1)	Jan. 2001
Luxury Whist pack from Prague	Dec. 2000
Deutsche Luftfahrer Spielkarte	Nov. 2000
Naypes Refinos	Oct. 2000
Deutsche Bomben-Karte	Sep. 2000
Luxury Piquet pack from Vienna	Sep. 2000
Dondorf's 'Burgen-Karte'	Sep. 2000
Skat pack with Prussian pattern (Goslar)	Sep. 2000
Pack from Mecklenburg	Aug. 2000
Jeu de l'Union	Aug. 2000
Deutsche Trachten Karte	Aug. 2000
Deutsche Flottenkarte	July 2000
Erotic pack, partially 'transformation style'	July 2000
Pack with French suit-signs from Hann. Münden (2)	June 2000
Pack with French suit-signs from Hann. Münden (1)	June 2000
Pack with Saxon pattern from Braunschweig	June 2000
Hand-drawn pack from the First World War	June 2000
The Royal Masonic Playing Cards	June 2000
Geographical pack from France	June 2000
Card Almanac for 1817	June 2000
Miniature pack from Germany	June 2000
Artist's playing-cards from Hannover	June 2000
Children's pack with German suit-signs	June 2000