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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 4539880, member: 55&quot;]My guess would be that the design was chosen for the top just because it was an attractive, old-looking image; and that the box has nothing to do with tarot.</p><p>All the actual tarot decks I&#039;ve seen, old or new, are a standard size, considerably larger than a standard playing-card, and so would not fit in this box.</p><p>The wood inserts are fairly common in my experience, especially on imported or inexpensive items.</p><p>The box has seen some hard knocks, but I&#039;m not sure it is very old. In many ways it reminds me of the decoupage fad of the 1970s, where individuals would choose an image they liked and stick it to the top of a random box, often an inexpensive import or something found at the thrift shop, then give it a good coat of lacquer.&nbsp; And some of these of course were done using boxes that were old at the time they were decoupaged.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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