Collecting Playing Cards, Identification and Value Guide [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Mark Pickvet (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2006

Playing cards, though still affordable, may not be for long, considering their availability on eBay and other online auction services. The listings on these sites for playing cards at times exceeds 10,000, putting the hobby in line with such collectibles as Coca-Cola, dolls, bottles, furniture, shot glasses, and Star Wars. This handy guide provides the most comprehensive listings to date along with current market values on popular collectible playing cards from the later nineteenth century to the present, with a focus on advertising. There are over 1,600 listings along with hundreds of photographs. Soft drinks, beer, NASCAR, sports, casinos, airlines, cartoons, restaurants, colleges, department stores, and other hot categories of cards are featured in this comprehensive guide.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Playing cards have always looked like a fun item to collect. You will find mare than 1,600 packs of cards listed and several hundred sets pictured in color in this new book. Playing cards come in many different themes such as Disney and Harley-Davidson.

About the Author

Mark Pickvet is a long-time glass appraiser, price recorder, and part-time amateur historian. He has authored two titles for Collector Books: Collecting Playing Cards, and Collector s Guide to Paperweights, due to be released in Spring 2007.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Collector Books; 1 edition (July 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574325248
• ISBN-13: 978-1574325249
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #702,690 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mark Pickvet is the author of a number of books and articles related to glassware (The Official Price Guide To Glassware for Random House), he has also written books on the history of barns and related farm structures (Higginson Publishers), collectible playing cards (Collector Books), and the fantasy "Rockman" series of science fiction (Port Town Publishers) - 4 books in the series with a 5th coming soon!