Ross G Caldwell
philebus said:Mark Filipas mentions on the linked page that Modiano closed in 1988. Can anyone confirm that? I would hate to think that when the existing stocks are gone, then the cards are gone also. It is always sad when a little of the world's diversity is lost.
According to their website -
http://www.modiano.it/it/storia.php
"The (cardproduction) activity went from generation to generation until 1987, when Modiano was bought by Grafad, a "cartotecnical" industry already present in the market."
As far as I know, Modiano still makes cards under its own name, even if the business is no longer in the family nor independent (private?). Grafad would certainly not want to lose the prestige of that name. Modiano was awarding the "Modiano Prize" for things like playing card research at least until 2000, when John McLeod won it. So the name has some autonomy.
A similar situation exists with Carta Mundi, who owns the name of AG Müller, and France Cartes, who owns among others Dusserre.
Ross