UNRELEASED Dondorf Playing Cards
Added 2020-07-18 14:58:01 +0000 UTCI'm absolutely fascinated by the history of the Dondorf Playing Card company.
In 1918/1919 they sold over 9 million decks (!) and it seems like nobody really knows a lot about them anymore.
https://www.wopc.co.uk/germany/dondorf
2 years ago I found this back design. It didn't exist in poker size so I redesigned it to fit on a poker card. This back design must be from the 1890s. It's hard to say the exact year and sadly it's impossible to say who has drawn it. I bought 2 Dondorf decks from ebay to redesign a complete deck. I also vectorized the Dondorf logo which doesn't even exist online in a good quality. I've really spent a lot hour to bring back a piece of history.
They copied the "Amercian court cards" for a project. So the back and the face cards on my image aren't actually from the same deck. But those courts are quite fascinating. They copied a lot details from the courts that we know as standard court cards today. So they look familiar but at the same it's still unique.
Dondorf was taken over in 1933 by ASS Altenburger - a German playing card company which was taken over in 2002 by Cartamundi! I thought that is a really nice reason to reprint the cards with them. But since Cartamundi also own USPCC now there is no reason anymore not to choose USPCC.
One reason why I didn't release the deck yet is because I really want to have the original tuck box design. Those details are expensive and of course I also want that this deck gets enough attention.
As soon I feel more comfortable to print them you'll know it first.
Comments
Love it!!
Marc Pérez Estada
2021-03-08 12:46:42 +0000 UTCThat will be an awesome deck
Yuma Playing Cards
2020-08-02 11:43:55 +0000 UTCThat’s really cool man.
Jake Noodle Eason
2020-07-18 16:37:34 +0000 UTCI know I’d grab some!
Brett Mead
2020-07-18 16:23:59 +0000 UTCAnd this is why we love u
ShashinMasuta
2020-07-18 15:29:44 +0000 UTCThey definitely have there place in time and I can understand why they where so popular at the time, great idea Daniel
Anthony Yojimbo Williams
2020-07-18 15:26:35 +0000 UTCA lot of it is not my taste but I love how much effort people put in these playing cards.
Daniel Schneider
2020-07-18 15:20:16 +0000 UTCOh my god, I just checked the cards out from dondorf, they're are master pieces, the art work should be in galleries.
Anthony Yojimbo Williams
2020-07-18 15:18:26 +0000 UTCIts so great that cartimundi hasn't discarded USPCC stock, a wise choice!
Jorge Anido
2020-07-18 15:13:55 +0000 UTCGenius, restoring history and bringing back to life German heritage, truly genius sir. They absolutely smashed it with selling that many decks!
Anthony Yojimbo Williams
2020-07-18 15:13:46 +0000 UTCOh very stunning! Exotic and capturing! Awesome color for floral presentation! Comforting design!
Jorge Anido
2020-07-18 15:11:00 +0000 UTCInteresting
Danny Carey
2020-07-18 15:00:45 +0000 UTCThat's an awesome idea! I love that you try to keep the history of playing cards online
Martijn van de Kant
2020-07-18 15:00:35 +0000 UTCHell yeaaaah
Yassine Boudraa
2020-07-18 14:58:48 +0000 UTC
