Playing Cards

Collectors' & Reference Sites

52 Plus Joker: Originally formed to cater to the interests of collectors of American antique playing card decks, 52 Plus Joker has long since broadened the scope of the club to include the collecting of playing card decks of all sorts.
CardArt: Playing cards and 20th Century Artists.
Playing Card Ephemera: From the collection of Bob and Rhonda Hawes, showing the use of playing-card imagery in advertising, post cards, calendars, and such items.
The Bob Lancaster Gallery of Unusual Playing Cards: A celebration of playing cards, especially those with non-standard Jacks, Queens and Kings. A wide-ranging display of unusual cards, plus The Information Booth.
The International Playing-Card Society: The International Playing-Card Society serves its members with its journal (The Playing-Card, published bi-monthly) plus other published material and with an annual conference. Local meetings offer more opportunities to trade packs and exchange information with fellow members.
The World of Playing Cards: Here you can find out about playing cards, their history, design and manufacture, and see many different types of cards from around the world.

Playing Cards at Ruby Lane: You will find a good selection of vintage playing cards at the Ruby Lane collectibles mall.
US Games Systems: Browse and shop in the world's largest catalog of tarot cards, playing cards and games.