Right now, this page is chaotic but I thought (like I often do) to publish first and then refine refine refine afterwards. Ready, fire, aim! Very agile of me for those who think in terms of software development methodology.. For suggestions, just put in a comment. I won't publish the comment but I will read it.
A Joker Collection, organized by themes. Amused by Jokers Am I dot com. This is my site and l list it in case someone takes this listing and puts it somewhere else. www.AmusedByJokersAmI.com
Facebook Groups
Facebook Closed Group on Joker Collecting. Run by Joop and Gejus. Very active. Approaching 500 members in late 2020. Really really fun.
A Joker Collection, organized by themes. Amused by Jokers Am I dot com. This is my site and l list it in case someone takes this listing and puts it somewhere else. www.AmusedByJokersAmI.com
Facebook Groups
Facebook Closed Group on Joker Collecting. Run by Joop and Gejus. Very active. Approaching 500 members in late 2020. Really really fun.
Facebook Card Collectors - Pre 1950s Cards
Facebook Group - Joker Hunters - Alan Brunt's group. More trading oriented
Facebook Group about fake cards, recognizing and trying to define and fight
Card Groups & Major Directories
52 Cards Plus Jokers - Lee Asher, President - annual conference in Oct. $25 / year!!!
International Playing Card Society - I-P-C-S.org £49.00 GBP
United Cardists - a forum promoted by @pipchickadee PipChick Anyone can vote.
DXPO - more about this later, it's fantastic!
Playing Card Decks.com -- Useful. Example: How cards are made and Intro to Cards
Books and Catalogs - Key Resources
#1. Hochman Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards by Tom & Judy Dawson. If you don’t have a copy, get one. Maybe two in case you lose one and they go out of print. It is a better resource than us collectors deserve and I am very grateful that it exists.
Paper Empires Vol I by Jason McKinstry. C 2019. A new book which look broadly at the early card makers detailing an extraordinary amount about them.
Ive heard talk of A Fournier and Segeth catalogue and book. I'm looking for them
Forgotten People of Playing Cards by David Seaney
An inventory of Bicycle Decks - Bicycle Cards.org created by Joseph Pierson to share info about the history of Bicycle Playing Cards produced by the Russell and Morgan Printing Company, and its successor, the United States Playing Card Company, from 1885 until approximately 1925. It's current (early 2019).
Card Publishers
Midnight Cards - My favorite! Randy Butterfield did me a favor once for which I am grateful! Thanks.
ElephantPlayingCards.com EPC Ben Jones
Peter Woods - published by NewtsGames.com - UK
Card Collections
The Cary Playing Card Collection at Beineke Library, Yale University.
www.collectorplayingcards.com and
The Cary Playing Card Collection at Beineke Library, Yale University.
www.collectorplayingcards.com and
Joker Collections - I would like to have the time to describe each of the joker collection sites talking about what's interesting and strong and unique about each one. Of course, I will one day but it's a question of time....I'm also interested in profiling the joker collectors. What sorts of people collect jokers?
jokeroftheday.com
AmusedByJokersAmI.com
DXPO - more about this later, it's fantastic and in many ways, a model of excellence!
AmusedByJokersAmI.com
DXPO - more about this later, it's fantastic and in many ways, a model of excellence!
Emile Kiderlen from Holland's Joker website - NEWLY Listed (and now, FIXED)!
Card Dealers
PlayingCardDecks.com - I've probably spent more here than anywhere except Ebay
Empire of Kings and Queens - Where he wonders what is the message from cards
Kardify - card and magic vendor
Collectable Playing Cards Vendor
Games et al - English Gallery of old playing cards and board games.
Gamblers General Store -
Penguin Magic and Cards -
Collectable Playing Cards Vendor
Games et al - English Gallery of old playing cards and board games.
Gamblers General Store -
Penguin Magic and Cards -
Printing companies
USPCC -
Legend
Fournier
Cartamundi
https://cartorama.de
http://www.epcs.org
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/dbs/goslingcards.shtml
52plusjoker.org%20club
http://a_pollett.tripod.com/
https://www.altacarta.com/english/index.html info@altacart.com
Dot Pattern
Dot Pattern
Instagram & Pinterest accounts - could list
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instagram.com/collectorplayingcards
Final Answers by Gerard P Michon. It has a lot of card history. From him I learned: "The Mameluke deck (c. 1370) begat the modern English packs for Bridge and Poker." and that Joan of Arc lives on in French decks as the Queen of Spades. Also, "The oldest full 52-card deck was identified 1983 . Those large oval cards were manufactured in Flanders between 1470 and 1479 (probably in Lille, modern-day France) from paper made before 1450. The deck has three figures (Kings, Queens, Knaves) all hand-painted in three-quarter profiles. The four suits have a hunting theme:
- Red hunting horns.
- Blue hound tethers.
- Blue game nooses.
- Red dog collars.
This next section is a very nebbish effort that should be upgraded with a proper spreadsheet listing by country and function of the people that I deal with. I haven't seen a currently maintained listing of joker clubs, collections, vendors, and resources but maybe it exists. This might be best done as a crowd sourced effort built by the Facebook Joker Collectors Group....