In case anyone's interested, my mom still has a bunch of old proof prints of the original card artwork.  (The true original canvas-boards became property of U.S.Games, and are probably buried somewhere in the same vast warehouse as the Lost Ark.)  Last time I was with her I did a quick layout [definitely not a "spread"] just to see what was there.  Larger images with a bit more quality/detail are hosted here .  They're about 8 x 10 inches and have clear plastic protective film, but that didn't prevent the photo paper from fading and color-shifting over the years.  Some are from before the pips were painted in, before they actually turned into *card* artwork.

 

I am actually looking to pass these to a good home, rather than throw them out, unless they're just not worth bothering with.  As material to display in a home, for example, they'd be a little disappointing due to condition.

 

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They look lovely - I'm sure someone would be glad to take them on - I would suggest you try the Museo in Riola... It's very much their sort of thing.

 

https://www.museodeitarocchi.com/en/home

 

They are really nice people and would love to add these to their collection, I'm sure.

hi! if you still have these I would really love to give them a home ❤️ 

Wow.  I haven't thought about these in months, but I *think* they're still in Mom's closet in FL.  I will be there in a couple of weeks and will check.

I think we were yay close to launching them but she said "wait a sec, let's keep those for now".

 

It is possible that a bit of photography and creative image-editing could bring the colors back close to original, especially if compared with a published deck of cards.  I took the latter image above and fiddled with the blue white-point and red black-point, bumped the saturation a little, and came up with this, and that's minimal work for a fairly dramatic change in just the informal layout shot.

 

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 Hello Hobbit...

 This is "Mystic Rose Tarot" (formerly known) I reached out to you a couple of months ago via email to see how you and Barbara have been doing.

  Last I heard, there was moving to a different location, etc. 

 

 If you do read this, I hope we can reconnect via email. 

 Let me know and my contact info is on my website which you can find in my profile.

Hope to hear from you!