PLAYING CARDS




playing card collecting must run in my family, for i am the third generation to maintain hundreds of decks of old cards.......round, triangular, square and traditionaly shaped.....varying surface textures.....concepts, advertising, souvenir and artistic.....there are tens of thousands of different styles.....i like to have 'card parties' which incorporate a particular type of card with table decor and appurtenances that complement the cards.....floral arrangements, foods, clothes, scorepads and pencils or pens that set the mood or theme of the event.......at my home, i insist on playing by candlelight and music.....friends usually ask that i turn up the lights, turn off the music and get out a deck of "congress" cards......where is the romance of card-playing!

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