Object number
2017/6
Collection
Exhibition
Creator
Description
Fortune Telling deck of cards by Raymond Buckland. Complete set of 52 standard playing cards, 22 fortune telling cards and instruction booklet. Part of the Robert Dawson Romany collection.
Physical description
52 standard playing cards, 22 fortune telling cards and instruction booklet : paper, card
Archival history
MERL Miscellaneous note - [Conversation with Robert Dawson on 25 July 2024] - 'This deck of cards is very rare'., Object History note - 'NOTES ON OBJECTS IN THE ROBERT DAWSON COLLECTION, FROM CONVERSATION MAY 2018 [...] BD105 Gypsy fortune-telling deck. These are from Buckland, the American – all of the cards with waggons and so on. I bought them in 1988. They must be worth about £150 now, all of his stuff is very collectible. He stopped doing it and I never found out what happened to him.', MERL List - Box Number: 10 // Artefact Number: BD 105 // Description: Cards - Gypsy fortune telling deck
Production date
1988 - 1988
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