October 17 – National Playing Card Collectors Day

nPosted October 17, 2019

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nThere are people who collect one thing and people who collect LOTS of things; there is probably at least one someone who collects every single thing in the world. I once knew a little boy who collected (unused) bandages / Bandaids. I thought it was odd, but when he showed me his collection and explained what each different shape and kind of Bandaid was used for, I was super impressed.
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nSo…if you can collect Bandaids, I suppose you can collect playing cards!
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nI once read that playing cards were the world’s first “portable art.” And its true that the printed playing card backs sometimes feature artworks – especially, for some reason, tall ships! 
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nOf course most decks have geometric patterns rather than teeny copies of paintings.
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nI’m pretty sure I’ve never seen a playing card collection, but I’m also sure it would be interesting to check a good collection out!
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nAlso on this date:

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nAstronaut Mae Jemison’s birthday
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nPlan ahead:

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nAnd here are my Pinterest boards for:
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• nNovember holidays

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• nHistorical anniversaries in November

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