I recently acquired two decks of these playing cards featuring movie stars of the 1910’s. If you’re a regular on this site you’ll know they are one of my favorites, having claimed space on my home page forever and with a packed Photo ID Guide which includes complete checklist and images of every card I’ve ever seen in the set. According to my Guide these are decks 22 and 23, but I actually think I might be shorting myself a few.
Here’s the newest video:
You can view the 1916 MJ Moriarty Playing Card Photo ID Guide here. I’ll be updating that page to include this video sometime in the near future.
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1926 Gallaher “Cinema Stars” Tobacco Cards issued by Gallaher Ltd. out of Belfast & London. 100 card set. Measures 1-1/2″ x 2-1/2″.
1948 Dinkie Grips card from Series 3 covering MGM films. Full cards with unpunctured “grips” area at bottom measure approximately 2-1/8″ X 4-1/4″. Issued out of Birmingham, England by Dinkie Products with ad on back for Dinkie Grips as well as other Dinkie Products (Dinkie Curlers and Wavesetters).
1939 Gallaher “My Favourite Part” Tobacco Cards issued out of London, measuring approximately 1-1/2″ X 2-1/2″.
