Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Thanks to Rev

One of the best parts of collecting anything is when friends think to contribute to your collection.  Rev, thanks.  He bought me two new jokers while on a trip to Charleston.  Well done!

 The second of the two (pictured to the right) is a slight variation on one of the very common joker designs (see Joker Collection pp. 31a & 31b).  The first one is a fascinating combination of this same joker design plus the head, falling cards, and banner from another very common design: "the world joker" used by Carta Mundi (see Joker Collection pp. 55a & 55b).