The International Playing-Card Society


IPCS links page

General interest

The playing-cards FAQ IPCS FAQ pages which will eventually be integrated with this web site.
Card GamesJohn McLeod's web site giving rules of card games from around the world, and links to other sites about card games.
BibliographyA selection of books about playing-cards
Playing-card Tax StampsAn authoritative guide to sources of information, compiled by Peter Endebrock

Playing-Card Societies

International Playing-Card SocietyWorldwide association of people interested in all aspects of playing-cards.
52 plus JokerAmerican society for playing-card collectors.
L'AccartFrench Association of Collectors of Playing-Cards and Tarots
TalonAustrian and Hungarian Playing-Card Society
Bube Dame KönigGerman Playing-Card Society
Cartophilia HelveticaSwiss playing-card association
English Playing-Card SocietySociety for collectors and students of English playing-cards.
Brussels Euro Joker ClubSociety for collectors of complete decks, jokers and playing-card backs.
Asociación Argentina Coleccionistas de NaipesSociety for collectors and students of Argentine playing-cards.
Australian Playing Card Collectors Society Society for playing-card collectors in Australia.
Contact details of playing-card societiesList of contact addresses for playing-cards societies worlwide.

Museums, Institutes and Organisations

Addresses of MuseumsA worldwide list of museums with significant collections of playing-cards
Musée Français de la Carte à JouerWeb site of the playing-card museum at Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris.
Deutsches SpielkartenmuseumPlaying-card museum at Leinfelden-Echterdingen, near Stuttgart, Germany
Spielkartenmuseum AltenburgPlaying-card museum in the castle at Altenburg, near Leipzig, Germany
Nationaal Museum van de SpeelkaartBelgian National Playing-Card Museum at Turnhout
Arabako Fournier Karta Museoa / Museo Fournier de Naipes de ÁlavaFournier Playing-Card Museum, Vitoria, Spain
Spielkartenmuseum Jean DieudonnéJean Dieudonné Playing-Card Museum at Grevenmacher, Luxembourg
Institut für Spielforschung und SpielpädagogikBased at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, this institute publishes the journal "Homo Ludens".
Museum and Archive of GamesThe web site of this museum at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada includes a section on playing-cards.
The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing CardsWeb site of the City of London trade guild for playing-card makers, founded in 1628.

IPCS members' home pages

NameWeb siteDescription
Yasha BeresinerInterCol LondonDealer in playing-cards, books, prints and ephemera. Free valuation service.
Edi BrumBrumoli's HomepageHobbies, including playing-cards collecting, and links
Peter EndebrockPeter Endebrock's Home PagePages on cards from Hannover, Tax stamps, Playing-card societies, publications, and images of cards from Peter Endebrock's collection.
Evgeny GrygorenkoRussian Playing CardsRussian and other playing-cards for exchange with other collectors
David ParlettDavid Parlett (games etc.)Includes pages on Skat, historical card games, and original card games including the well-known game of Ninety-Nine.
Christian de Ryckchristian.deryck.free.frA small playing-cards collection. It will enhance later on pattern comparison, an animal joker database, a cardmaker brands table, and some miscellaneous pages.
Jánoska AntalPlaying-card Collection 
Lo ScarabeoWonderful Tarot
Tarocco Meraviglioso
This on-line Art Gallery presents magnificent Tarot paintings and Tarot decks produced in limited editions by Lo Scarabeo. All these works, realized by great Masters and presented by Giordano Berti, are printed on quality paper and beautifully packaged.
Klaus-Jürgen Schultz Spielkartensammlung (playing-card collection) Old playing-cards from my collection, publications and playing cards for trade or swap.
Steve Shedden Personalised Playing Cards Ivory Graphics : UK supplier of custom playing-cards with personalised backs and/or faces.
John SingsGames et alDealer in old playing-cards and games.
Arno SinselmeijerThe Amsterdam Collector's ShowIn the showroom, some of the favorite decks in the collection can be seen, and in the trading room some decks are offered for sale.
Irvin Ungar Arthur Szyk A website dedicated to the great Illuminator Arthur Szyk offering works of art including playing cards.

IPCS members are invited to let us know if you would like your home page listed here, or to suggest other links that should be included on this page.



This page is maintained by John McLeod (webmaster@i-p-c-s.org).
Last updated 28th July 2011