France's first poker Museum in December 17, 1999 officially opened . This National Museum is located in the south of Paris on the Seine Province city of Issy-les- Lino , collection is very rich. In the 8500 collection , there are 5000 cards, 800 engraved version , drawings and advertising , as well as more than a thousand pieces and poker -related items . One of the most valuable collections are a Tarot cards - " Ferrari car ." Solitaire is a piece of the works of the fifteenth century , gouache encrusted decoration above , is 67 years ago , at a public auction to the high price of 750,000 francs purchased . Other treasures include: 16th-century Paris, a painting manufacturing the best version of a 17th-century layout tables, a luxurious creation in 1967, the only existing copies , and two in 1919 produced four sets of printed poker ballet costumes card. The museum will be 17th-century palace architecture and modern architectural styles blend. It cost 59 million francs , of which 42% funding by the state , the rest by the local governments themselves.
In China , the collection of poker history , relatively speaking though not long, but there are decades of history, in the Republican period , someone started collecting poker , and now has several generations of people. Chinese poker collectors are mainly concentrated in Shanghai , Beijing and other cities . In Shanghai , there are a lot of people over one thousand favorites , few people reached the ten thousand or more, there are people held poker exhibitions.
