TRW Mission Promo Deck

Front of deck

This is a vintage deck of promotional TRW Mission playing cards printed by Brown & Begelow. They are a standard bridge sized deck with 52 cards plus two jokers. Face cards and pips are standard. TRW Mission was a subsidiary of TRW Inc. The company was founded in 1901 and became defunct in 2002 when it was folded up into Northrop. Tuck case has bad wear damage, but the cards are in very good condition with no missing or damaged cards. Best guess would date these cards between the 1930s and 1960s, but it is impossible to tell. This deck was picked up in a lot from an antique store.

Pairs The Princess and Mr. Whiffle

Front of deck

Pairs is a “new classic pub game” created by game designers James Ernest and Paul Peterson. There are a dozen different decks, and most decks has its own game variant. The game came into being through a Kickstarter in 2014. This deck is The Princess and Mr. Whiffle variation, and was printed after a stretch goal was met. This limited edition version is based on a book by Patrick Rothfuss and Nate Taylor. It is illustrated in the style of a children’s book, but it’s certainly not for children. This deck was from the first print off of Kickstarter because it contains a sturdy, plastic cut card that is not found in commercial copies. The cards are standard bridge sized and contains 55 cards and a rules booklet which includes the a game variant for the deck called Kitty. You can see all of the different decks and read the rules at Hip Pocket Games

This is a standard bridge sized deck of playing cards featuring New York New York printed atop a gold image of the city skyline which includes the twin towers. These are typical souvenir shop style cards, still sealed in shrink wrap. When the cards were printed is unknown, though it seems unlikely that they were printed post 9/11.

New York New York

Front of deck

Joker card

Back of deck

2 decks of Coca Cola Polar Bear playing cards

Front of packaging with cut out showing front of tin design

The polar bear first showed up in Coca Cola advertising in France in 1922 and continued to show up periodically over the next 70 years. The modern polar bear debuted in 1993. This double deck was produced by USPCC in 1998 (blue seal) and Bicycle branded. The two decks are enclosed in a tin with a flip top opening and contains a sporty theme. One deck shows a polar bear cooling off on top of a cooler of Coca Cola, and the other shows a polar bear reaching for a Coke while climbing a mountain. These are standard poker sized decks sealed in original packaging, including two stickers.

This is a deck of souvenir playing cards from the town of Bar Harbor, Maine. The card back shows a collage of images of the harbor town from different angles and times of day. This is a standard poker sized deck and is sealed in the original plastic and tuck case.

Bar Harbor Playing Cards

Front of box and card back design

Bar Harbor Playing Cards Back

Back of box