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Lot Number: 257
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Large Lot of 14 Uncut Sheets of Foreign Playing Cards

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c. 1920, Large Group Lot of Fourteen Sheets of Attractive Uncut Foreign Playing Cards, Lot Sold “as is”, Printed by Edoardo Pignalosa in Naples, Italy, Complete Decks of 40 and 48 Cards, Mint.

(7) Complete, Uncut Sheets of 48 Italian playing cards each, measuring 17” x 25” and printed by “Edoardo Pignalosa, Napoli” (Naples). This deck has 12 cards, numbered 2 through 10 (but lacking an 8), plus a Jack, Knight, King and Ace, in suits of Coins, Cups, Swords and Batons. The back design consists of ornate scrollwork. The multicolored faces of these cards are done in an old style, but this sheet was actually printed in the first half of the 1900’s. Edoardo Pignalosa was in business in the 1930’s and was still operating as late as 1959.

(7) Complete Uncut Sheets of 40 Italian Playing Cards, measuring 17” x 20.5” and printed by “Edoardo Pignalosa, Napoli” (Naples). Each deck has four suits of (10) cards, numbered 2 through 7, Plus a Jack, Knight, King and Ace, in suits of Coins, Cups, Swords and Batons. The back design consists of a woman standing beside a pillar with a sign advertising the printer. The multicolored faces of these cards are done in an old style, but this sheet was actually printed in the first half of the 1900’s. Edoardo Pignalosa was in business in the 1930’s.
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Lot Number: 257
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