{"product_id":"visca-catalunya-playing-cards_","title":"Visca Catalunya Playing Cards – Rare Fournier Reproduction of the 1935 Catalan Deck","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"119\" data-end=\"240\"\u003eScarce Spanish-suited playing card deck reproducing the famous \u003cstrong data-start=\"185\" data-end=\"206\"\u003e\"Visca Catalunya\"\u003c\/strong\u003e deck originally designed in 1935.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"242\" data-end=\"296\"\u003e🔹 Published by \u003cstrong data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"279\"\u003eHeraclio Fournier\u003c\/strong\u003e, Vitoria, Spain.\u003cbr\u003e🔹 Artwork attributed to \u003cstrong data-start=\"323\" data-end=\"332\"\u003eMolné\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose signature appears on the Four of Coins card.\u003cbr\u003e🔹 Complete deck of \u003cstrong data-start=\"406\" data-end=\"452\"\u003e48 cards plus 2 Fournier information cards\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e🔹 Features strong Catalan nationalist symbolism, including the Senyera flag and Catalan heraldic motifs.\u003cbr\u003e🔹 Reproduced from the celebrated 1935 original, one of the most recognizable politically inspired Spanish playing card designs of the 20th century.\u003cbr\u003e🔹 Card size: approximately \u003cstrong data-start=\"925\" data-end=\"939\"\u003e90 × 62 mm\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e🔹 Complete with its original Fournier box.\u003cbr\u003e🔹 Condition: Very good vintage condition. Cards remain clean and bright with little evidence of use. Box shows moderate age-related wear and edge rubbing consistent with storage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1303\" data-end=\"1326\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e🪶 \u003cstrong data-start=\"1306\" data-end=\"1326\"\u003eCollector's Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1328\" data-end=\"1864\"\u003eThe original 1935 \u003cem data-start=\"1346\" data-end=\"1363\"\u003eVisca Catalunya\u003c\/em\u003e deck was produced during a period of strong Catalan cultural and political identity shortly before the Spanish Civil War. Rather than merely reproducing standard Spanish playing cards, artist Molné transformed the traditional suits into distinctly Catalan symbols, creating one of the most visually distinctive regional decks ever published. Fournier's facsimile edition preserves this remarkable historical design and has become increasingly difficult to locate complete with its original packaging.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique Arcana","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54813916791052,"sku":null,"price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/7225\/7292\/files\/ViscaCatalunyaPlayingCards_1.jpg?v=1780341795","url":"https:\/\/www.antiquearcana.com\/products\/visca-catalunya-playing-cards_","provider":"Antique Arcana","version":"1.0","type":"link"}