1923 Teuila Fortune Telling Cards (with Annotations) in Original Box with Instructions
This is the second deck of these Teuila fortune telling cards I've had--I've been keeping a watch out for them because I think they are really fabulous, but they're also pretty rare and one doesn't see very many of them. There are reproduction decks of these out there but these are the 1923 originals, and a complete deck, in the original green box, with the (albeit a bit tattered) instruction booklet, which is all one really needs to become a master fortune teller! The deck was created by Isobel Field, an artist and writer and fascinating character, who lived for a time in Hawaii (hence the backs of the cards, featuring a young Hawaiian woman with cards spread out in front of her). Produced by The US Playing Card Co, Cincinnati, it features 45 cards with wonderful graphics, 6 of them representing people (dark man, fair woman, etc.) and the rest symbolizing all manner of attributes and occurrences, from pride, to malice, to wealth, opportunity, disappointment, danger, excitement, etc. T