Historic Cards and Games

On my way out of the house this morning, I spotted a package on our front step (it must have been delivered while we were out last night). It was from Christie's, and contained the catalog for an upcoming auction they are holding in June:
Historic Cards and Games: The Stuart and Marilyn Kaplan Collection

About a third of the 300 pages are tarot decks, including a single card from the mid-15th century (the rest all being 18th century or later). They've also got several books from the 16th century on up, but (thankfully for my budget), none of them jump out as useful to period gaming research. Still it's a pretty cool catalog - lots of example of early playing cards (just not as early as I want)

Historic Cards and Games

On my way out of the house this morning, I spotted a package on our front step (it must have been delivered while we were out last night). It was from Christie's, and contained the catalog for an upcoming auction they are holding in June:
Historic Cards and Games: The Stuart and Marilyn Kaplan Collection

About a third of the 300 pages are tarot decks, including a single card from the mid-15th century (the rest all being 18th century or later). They've also got several books from the 16th century on up, but (thankfully for my budget), none of them jump out as useful to period gaming research. Still it's a pretty cool catalog - lots of example of early playing cards (just not as early as I want)