The Interview General background For those who don't know anything about you, what can you tell us about yourself? So let's hand it over to Kevan, and see what we can learn from this passionate collector, and what he has to say about the topic of rare playing cards, and more. I'd corresponded with him before, and when I reached out to him to do this interview, he quickly and kindly agreed.
And he loves talking about playing cards. Kevan focuses on collecting the Congress 606 brand, and has the goal of collecting one deck of each card back produced between 18. One name that kept popping up is The Congress Guy, aka Kevan Seaney. When you are active in playing card forums, you'll eventually discover the names of some regulars who have real expertise and experience in this area. It was time for me to admit that I was well outside my area of expertise, and to consult a more experienced playing card collector in order to get a more informed perspective on this.įortunately I didn't have to look far. Like many of my readers, I tend to focus mostly on collecting modern playing cards, and really don't know a lot about vintage and antique playing cards. People who have been collecting playing cards for a long time and have real experience in collecting vintage and antique decks are often better positioned to answer these questions. Many of us even lack the context and experience to answer them properly, other than having a vague sense that if a deck we want is hard to get hold of or costs a lot of money, we tend to think it is rare. These are questions that collectors of modern deck can easily get confused about. Most of these lists simply have modern decks that fetch high prices or are hard to get hold of because of high demand.īut are those the factors that make a deck rare, and are we even using the term correctly? What factors exactly determine whether a deck of playing cards is genuinely rare: Is it the age of the deck? The going price? The number printed? The current availability? For example, with a quick online search, it didn't take me long to find several lists of "most rare playing cards". Please use the Contact Page to send us any questions or comments, and check out our links below.What should we consider as "rare" playing cards? What determines if a deck of playing cards is a "rare" deck? The term is often used quite flippantly and casually by collectors.
The information contained in this website is the most detailed and up-to-date that you will find anywhere. However in the 1950s, Congress did produce Canasta and Samba decks.Ĭongress playing cards are still being printed to this day (now being made in Spain), making them the longest-running playing card brand, beating out the Bicycle 808s by four years (1885). Congress rode this new wave and switched to "narrow", or "bridge" sized decks and never looked back. "Wide" or "poker" sized decks were the norm until around 1922 or 1923, when bridge replaced whist (606W, whist/narrow size, 1910s-1920s) and became the card game of choice. In the mid 1890s through the early 1900s you will see "64 Congress" (64 card pinochle), as well as "480 Congress" (48 card pinochle). There were two types, stock number 404 (plain edges, discontinued around 1890 or so), and stock number 606 (gold edges). Congress playing cards were first printed in 1881 by the Russell & Morgan Printing Co.
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