Playing cards

Playing cards are highly collectible, easy to store and more varied than you'd ever imagine. Stroud Auctions have offered substantial private collections of playing cards at auction ranging from Cries of London dating from circa 1754 which sold for £4,200 all the way to transformation playing cards such as the Tiffany & Co. Harlequin cards sold for £400, where the suit symbols are used in entertaining pictures on each card. The market is truly worldwide and rare examples, even if incomplete or in poor condition, are highly sought after by collectors.