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Salisbury, England

Mummified Hand at the Haunch of Venison

The twice-stolen hand of an alleged card cheat, with its final set of playing cards.
Show Low, Arizona

Show Low Card Game Monument

A monument commemorating how a frontier town got its unusual name.
Contract bridge is known to have a dedicated, sometimes intense, community that enforces its codes of conduct.
games

How the Pandemic Brought Cheating to the World of Competitive Bridge

The game's culture cares deeply about its codes of conduct, but online play rewrote the rules.
Adrienne Raphel February 1, 2024
A wild vervet monkey, native to Africa, dines near the Fort Lauderdale International Airport rental car area in 2021.
mummies

Wonder Is Everywhere: An Accidental Mummy, a Murdered Tree, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White October 13, 2023
Bergamo, Italy

Visconti-Sforza Tarot Cards

Beautifully decorated tarot cards from the Middle Ages.
Castello Pozzi
Milan, Italy

Castello Pozzi

A larger-than-life house of cards stands outside the house of a former fashion designer.
A ghoulish 1915 poster from Jay's collection advertising a seance with the magician Howard Thurston.
rare books

For Sale: Ricky Jay's One-of-a-Kind Collection of Magic, Mystery, and Masterpieces

The late, legendary magician and actor always followed his curiosity.
Matthew Taub October 14, 2021
The standard 52-card deck (54 with these guys) is common, but not universal.
games

Playing Cards Around the World and Through the Ages

The complicated lineage of our ubiquitous decks.
Dan Nosowitz July 13, 2020
Count 'em.
whiskey

Sold: A Set of 54 Whisky Bottles, One for Every Playing Card

Only four such sets are known to exist.
Matthew Taub August 22, 2019
Babe Ruth cursed the Red Sox, but he spelled luck for Ellen Kelly.
secret

Sold: A Vintage Babe Ruth Card Found in a Piano

It went to the tune of $130,000.
Matthew Taub April 29, 2019
When carving a boar's head, start with the cheek.
objects of intrigue

The Handy Playing Cards That Taught 17th-Century Cooks to Carve Meat Like a Pro

The decks suggested proper technique, and were a path to class mobility.
Jessica Leigh Hester February 6, 2019
The porron featured prominently on these pages.
postal

For Sale: Relics From a Circus Musician’s Life on the Road

Outside the big top, this artist did a lot of sightseeing.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 13, 2018
Some of the museum's diverse collection on display.
Turnhout, Belgium

National Museum of the Playing Card

Relics from as far back as the 16th century are on display in a city known for its playing card industry.
A photograph by F. W. Guerin from the turn of the century shows a woman holding a book.
objects of intrigue

The Victorian Cards That Explained How to Use a Book to Flirt

"Resting on right cheek: You are too willing."
Natasha Frost March 23, 2018
Santa plotting his route, from a holiday card in the New York Public Library collection.
libraries

The Most Festive Treasures of the New York Public Library's Maps Division

We wish you a mappy Christmas.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 11, 2017
Art Whitney and Midget.
animals

The 'Most Popular Baseball Card Ever' Is Going to Auction

It may not be the most valuable, but it's definitely beloved.
Eric Grundhauser September 12, 2017
Hubert Pearce and Dr. J. B. Rhine experimenting with Zener cards.
science

How One Man Used a Deck of Cards to Make Parapsychology a Science

Dr. Joseph Rhine believed that psychic powers could be studied—and that he had the tools to do it.
Linda Rodriguez McRobbie December 27, 2016
Hallmark artists at work, making some of America's most loved and popular greetings cards.
art

Why the Hallmark Card Company Owns Thousands of Priceless Artworks

Exploring the modern art collection at Hallmark HQ in Kansas City.
Luke Spencer September 30, 2016