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Here are some scans from the Gladiator deck so you can see that there is different art on every card. The upper left is the card back.
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You're welcome! There are other Lo Scarabeo decks, I know of an Alice in Wonderland deck, the Kama Sutra, undersea life, mermaids, etc.Mike Ratledge wrote:REALLY cool decks, samurai007! I know they break some of the basic rules - like "one-way back" and cards other than jokers and AoS being one-way also, but it's certainly an unusual group. I'm sure that I have never seen these before, so I for one really appreciate you taking the time to "show us your cards".
Interesting since I had never seen that name associated with "Playing cards" per se, only with Tarot decks. It's hard to tell from the picture - are these recent (very recent?) or are they 10 years or more old? Do they still make them? I found their website, and just like I expected, I only found Tarot decks there.samurai007 wrote:You're welcome! There are other Lo Scarabeo decks, I know of an Alice in Wonderland deck, the Kama Sutra, undersea life, mermaids, etc.Mike Ratledge wrote:REALLY cool decks, samurai007! I know they break some of the basic rules - like "one-way back" and cards other than jokers and AoS being one-way also, but it's certainly an unusual group. I'm sure that I have never seen these before, so I for one really appreciate you taking the time to "show us your cards".
Gladiators: 2009Mike Ratledge wrote:Interesting since I had never seen that name associated with "Playing cards" per se, only with Tarot decks. It's hard to tell from the picture - are these recent (very recent?) or are they 10 years or more old? Do they still make them? I found their website, and just like I expected, I only found Tarot decks there.samurai007 wrote:You're welcome! There are other Lo Scarabeo decks, I know of an Alice in Wonderland deck, the Kama Sutra, undersea life, mermaids, etc.Mike Ratledge wrote:REALLY cool decks, samurai007! I know they break some of the basic rules - like "one-way back" and cards other than jokers and AoS being one-way also, but it's certainly an unusual group. I'm sure that I have never seen these before, so I for one really appreciate you taking the time to "show us your cards".
Yeah, they have 2 pages of playing cards, and about 50 pages of tarot cards in their 2013 catalog, so tarot has become their main focus, but they continue to make some very nice playing cards too. There are several more I want to get.dazzleguts wrote:I also have a few Lo Scarabeo decks - one of Sea Shells, a Circus one, and a Pinocchio deck that sticks close to the original tale. Each is one I picked up for the great illustrations rather than because I wanted Lo Scarabeo decks. I've seen a few reproductions of antique decks by them as well. Was never taken with their repros since they tended to be modified to fit the Lo Scarabeo look.
Didn't know they had gone over to tarot.
Well, it took a little while, but the package from Lo Scarabeo in Italy arrived today! These 8 decks are now added to my collection:samurai007 wrote:Yeah, they have 2 pages of playing cards, and about 50 pages of tarot cards in their 2013 catalog, so tarot has become their main focus, but they continue to make some very nice playing cards too. There are several more I want to get.dazzleguts wrote:I also have a few Lo Scarabeo decks - one of Sea Shells, a Circus one, and a Pinocchio deck that sticks close to the original tale. Each is one I picked up for the great illustrations rather than because I wanted Lo Scarabeo decks. I've seen a few reproductions of antique decks by them as well. Was never taken with their repros since they tended to be modified to fit the Lo Scarabeo look.
Didn't know they had gone over to tarot.
Edit: Ok, having registered on their site and switched the prices to $ (site has a toggle with Euros), each deck costs $8.38. I just made a cart of 8 decks that I'd like and shipping to the US from Italy for those 8 decks is $18.45, which isn't too bad. Total came out to be $85.49, so less than $11 per deck including shipping.
volantangel wrote:Haha boy are those hard to count..
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