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Not a new deck but an amazing looking vintage one.

Art Nouveau playing cards designed by Otto Benz for Renault in 1987, printed by ASS Altenburger in Germany. Sold as a double deck.





On my personal wishlist. And... an ebay listing for an opened double deck (in new like condition) with the box for 99,99 £. I absolutely love this deck.... I want it so badly. But that price is quite something. If it is still available by next month, I might end up buying it.

You should totes get it. Just be sure to share it's glory with us.

OVSUB wrote:You should totes get it. Just be sure to share it's glory with us.

My current job contract ends in the end of this month. If I can sign a new one and continue working, then I think I will.

Räpylätassu wrote:

OVSUB wrote:You should totes get it. Just be sure to share it's glory with us.

My current job contract ends in the end of this month. If I can sign a new one and continue working, then I think I will.

Good luck, Break a leg hope it's all successful.

is it just me, or does anyone else feel like we really need more decks designed in the art nouveau style?

more please

Was this deck made for Renault the car manufacturer or does it mean another Renault?
Since I drive a Renault it would fit for me, but not for that price. :/

Thank you for posting!

I love the Art Nouveau style. But man, these are ugly.

SirCrunoke wrote:Was this deck made for Renault the car manufacturer or does it mean another Renault?
Since I drive a Renault it would fit for me, but not for that price. :/

Thank you for posting!

Most definitely, the Renault logo is on the cards.

PipChick wrote:is it just me, or does anyone else feel like we really need more decks designed in the art nouveau style?

more please

No way. This deck is ugly

Harvonsgard wrote:Most definitely, the Renault logo is on the cards.

Ah well, it was late and I just scrolled through it. Thank you for pointing that out!

No worries, I got your back .

I'm kinda split on this deck. One part of me shares the point of view of montenzi and scottbre. But they are somehow still pretty interesting and the illustrations are quite nice. It would be cool to see them with better colour choices, imo.

If the courts were creme coloured that would've made them much better.

Just bought the set! Also two other decks from the same seller but more about them later

Got my set!

Basically I didn't read the description carefully enough, the listing was for a single deck in a double deck box. However the seller found another single deck without a tuck box and added it to the box for free. Funnily enough, the extra deck I got has the traditional english indices and the original listed deck has the french indices. For whatever reason though, both have a "K" for King, even the French one. The two decks actually have a slightly different back design, the difference being on the Renault logo. Also the stock is a bit different on them, the French one has a bit more stiffer and sturdier stock, the english one slides a bit better.

Oh, and all the cards have metallic ink on them.



French version back design


English version back design
















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Absolutely love it.

Thanks for the photos. Can't wait to find a set myself. I know what you mean about not noticing something in the item description. I also recently bought what I thought was a double deck set to realize when I got it that it was only a single deck in a double deck box. It was clearly stated as such in the description. Grr.

Räpylätassu wrote:Got my set!

Basically I didn't read the description carefully enough, the listing was for a single deck in a double deck box. However the seller found another single deck without a tuck box and added it to the box for free. Funnily enough, the extra deck I got has the traditional english indices and the original listed deck has the french indices. For whatever reason though, both have a "K" for King, even the French one. The two decks actually have a slightly different back design, the difference being on the Renault logo. Also the stock is a bit different on them, the French one has a bit more stiffer and sturdier stock, the english one slides a bit better.

Oh, and all the cards have metallic ink on them.

Absolutely love it.

Thanks for sharing, the decks are surprisingly tasty.

The head gear of the first shown Joker is quite interesting. Looks familiar, or is it just me?

By the way, the indices in your photos are German and neither French nor English - König, Dame, Bube or Bauer.

Harvonsgard wrote:By the way, the indices in your photos are German and neither French nor English - König, Dame, Bube or Bauer.

Ah damn of course... V as in Valet in French. That's what you get when you write messages after a 9,5 hour workday in a foreign language at 10 pm Although I have to say that the 9,5 hour workday was a lot less than my typical monday, usually they are 10+ hours...

Räpylätassu wrote:Ah damn of course... V as in Valet in French. That's what you get when you write messages after a 9,5 hour workday in a foreign language at 10 pm

plus being stunned to have these beauties in hand on might add .