The Murphy Varnish Transformation Playing Cards were originally printed in 1883 by Andrew Dougherty, as an advertising deck for the Murphy Varnish company from Newark, New Jersey.
The Murphy Varnish company was founded in 1865 by Franklin Murphy, the former Governor of New Jersey. In a transformation deck there are unique pictures on each card intertwined with the pips, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades, & Hearts. As an advertising deck it depicts comical pictures of varnish salesmen, people worshiping cans of varnish and all of the good uses for the Murphy Varnish.
The deck is so popular it is actually on the cover of the Hochman encyclopedia of American Playing Cards.
Brand Home run games Printer Us playing card company Material Premium card stock Size Poker
Michael scott launched his first deck nearly 10 years ago. home run games has been responsible for many reproductions of vintage and classic us decks over the last few years, such as the triplicate and saladee's patent replica decks.
