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=== Collecting === Because of the long history and wide variety in designs, playing cards are also collector's items.<ref name="cleveland-2010">{{cite web |last1=Attina |first1=Andy |title=Mayfield Heights man displays almost 4,000 playing card decks he has collected in just 10 years |url=https://www.cleveland.com/sunmessenger/2010/04/mayfield_heights_man_displays.html |website=cleveland.com |access-date=28 July 2019 |date=April 8, 2010}}</ref><ref name="dmi-2019"/> In 1911, the ''New York Times'' described [[May King Van Rensselaer]]'s playing card collection of over 900 decks as the largest in the world.<ref name="nyt-1911">{{cite news |title=A Lady Who Has The Largest Collection Of Playing Cards In The World |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1911/11/26/archives/a-lady-who-has-the-largest-collection-of-playing-cards-in-the-world.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 26, 1911}}</ref> According to ''[[Guinness World Records]]'', the largest playing card collection comprises 11,087 decks and is owned by Liu Fuchang of China.<ref name="gwr-playing-cards">{{cite web |title=Largest collection of playing cards |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-collection-of-playing-cards |website=Guinness World Records |access-date=24 July 2019 |date=November 1, 2007}}</ref> Individual playing cards are also collected, such as the world record collection of 8,520 different jokers belonging to Tony de Santis of Italy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Largest collection of joker playing cards |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-playing-card-joker-collection/ |website=Guinness World Records |access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref>
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