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Bertino brand, model Bertino, from Italy, in like‑new condition, a 1940s–1950s mini football card game set with two sealed decks totaling 90 cards, featuring 148 players and 142 play events, housed in the original red rigid box with the original instruction sheet.
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Rare set of playing cards in MIGNON format, "Foot-ball" (Football), original creation by Bertino Torino, patented in 1947. Period: the 1940s–1950s.
Conditions: the two decks of cards (90 cards in total) are still sealed in their original packaging,
Transparent sheets, yellowed by time, have never been opened.
The set includes 148 soccer players and 142 game events.
Original Box: rigid red box with gold lettering; inside you will also find the original instruction sheet in excellent condition.
Mignon format: pocket-size version. Card dimensions: 4.4 x 3.3 x 1.4 cm.
Box: 7.2 x 4.8 x 2.4 cm.
The patent, filed around 1947, was not meant only to protect the drawings but above all the logical mechanism of the game. This set simulates an entire soccer match through 142 "game events" (such as fouls, throw-ins, shots on goal).
The patent was intended to prevent other publishing houses from copying the mathematical structure and the rules that allowed one to "play football" on a table. The designation "patented worldwide" indicated the Bertino company's ambition to export the format abroad as well, protecting the original idea from foreign imitators at a time when football was becoming the global mass phenomenon.
The production of Bertino cards tied to this game ceased between the late 1950s and the early 1960s.
The photo where the cards are clearer is from another one of my decks.
Rare set of playing cards in MIGNON format, "Foot-ball" (Football), original creation by Bertino Torino, patented in 1947. Period: the 1940s–1950s.
Conditions: the two decks of cards (90 cards in total) are still sealed in their original packaging,
Transparent sheets, yellowed by time, have never been opened.
The set includes 148 soccer players and 142 game events.
Original Box: rigid red box with gold lettering; inside you will also find the original instruction sheet in excellent condition.
Mignon format: pocket-size version. Card dimensions: 4.4 x 3.3 x 1.4 cm.
Box: 7.2 x 4.8 x 2.4 cm.
The patent, filed around 1947, was not meant only to protect the drawings but above all the logical mechanism of the game. This set simulates an entire soccer match through 142 "game events" (such as fouls, throw-ins, shots on goal).
The patent was intended to prevent other publishing houses from copying the mathematical structure and the rules that allowed one to "play football" on a table. The designation "patented worldwide" indicated the Bertino company's ambition to export the format abroad as well, protecting the original idea from foreign imitators at a time when football was becoming the global mass phenomenon.
The production of Bertino cards tied to this game ceased between the late 1950s and the early 1960s.
The photo where the cards are clearer is from another one of my decks.
Details
Era
1900-2000
Model/ Name
Bertino
Country of Origin
Italy
Condition
Mint
Height
4.5 cm
Width
3.3 cm
Estimated Period
1940-1950
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